International Building Simulation Conference, Nice, France, 1991.
Contains 85 abstracts.
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In this paper, we want to show an application of fuzzy control to building thermal regulation. Thanks to a new learning method, inspired from connexionnist…
A new bioclimatic building concept based on solardriven ventilation is analysed through the use of physical and numerical modelling. Measurements are…
The developments in the computer-aided building design will enable designers to improve the energy performance in buildings, through a more appropriate…
The study is focussed on the sensibility of optimal start/stop control of hydronic heating systems on boiler and radiator sizing, supply temperature lift,…
The comparisson between measurements and simulations is a very important stage in the methodology for empirical whole model validation of building energy…
A simplified procedure is described, to model daylighting, cooling, and heating impacts of vertical glazing in commercial buildings. Both annual and peak…
Over the past seven years, Ross & Baruzzini, Inc., (R&B) has been working on a project to determine the relationship of the air conditioning load…
The present paper shows a possible way to make simulation computer codes more easy to use by nonspecialists. The basic idea is to implement a code which…
The TEF (Transfer Evolution Formalism) and the ZOOM software (Zone Organized Optimal Modelling) have been developped in order to give a flexible framework…
A numerical study of turbulent air flow in ventilated multi-room configurations, where both of buoyancy- and radiation-effects are of importance, is…
A first order correction to uni-directional heat transfer is proposed, so that multi-dimensional heat transfer effects can be accounted for with only a…
The approach adopted by the Gaz de France Research Center for the modelling-simulation of building performance separates as far as possible modelling from…
Courseware is educational software, designed to create an instructional environment, for the purpose of facilitating learning. Courseware is being developed…
As part of visualization of interior luminous environment in daylighting a programme (NATUREL) has been developed at CSTB. It allows to take into account…
This paper presents a new, improved method for designing radiant panel heating systems using accepted thermal comfort criteria, mean radiant temperature,…
The presentation of most HVAC simulation programs are out of date and batch processing type. Their use is complex and often requires a good data processing…
This paper discusses recent efforts to develop an intelligent front end (IFE) for a building energy simulation model using a readily available expert system…
This paper presents a new technique for the thermal systems modelling. This method, based on the structural modularity of a thermal system such as a…
Fast accurate micro-computer simulations of the thermal, lighting, and energy performance of buildings offers the promise of informing architects' design…
Analytical solutions for coupled diffusion of heat and moisture through a material are used to develop a generalisation of the wellknown 2 x 2 matrix method…