International Building Simulation Conference Australia, 1993.
Contains 72 abstracts.
Volume content
After a short description of the physical phenomena involved, unified expressions are worked out describing net airflow and net heat flow through large…
Software engineering is the structured approach to the development of computer software. It centres upon the concepts of system theory, and as such, many of…
Building designers are increasing their use of computer software to more effectively take advantage of analytical tools that are useful to the design…
ALLAN. SIMULATIONINEPTUNIX is a software designed at the GAZ DE FRANCE Research and Development Division and developed with the aid of CISI Ingenierie…
The CLIM 2000 software environment was developed by the Electricity Applications in Buildings Branch of the French utility company, Electricité de France.…
The methodology for validation of Building Energy Simulation Programs developed within the CEC concerted action PASSYS by the Model Validation and…
The design of buildings involve specialists from different disciplines, each performing tasks specific to their purpose, using data that describes the…
Computer simulations play an important role in programs being conducted by electric utility companies in the United States to reduce customers' demand for…
A new service has been developed to assist new home?builders to examine the design options with a view to improving the energy efficiency and comfort of…
The paper reports on the NODES project as a spin-off implementation of the EC-funded COMBINE project. NODES targets efficient data exchange in a LAN-…
Weather data at thousands of stations throughout the world are compiled for air-conditioning load calculation using a personal computer. Several selected…
Field measurements of the thermal performance of five low cost houses in Malaysia were carried out. Thermal simulation tests were performed on two of the…
The "CALIN" project (Computer Aided Learning Integration System) aims at the development of a hybrid computer aided learning (CAL) integrated system for…
Computer-based simulation methods offer a powerful and flerible tool for building energy analysis. This paper presents a research study on the thermal and…
Several older buildings have been found to violate the building code requirements with respect to health and safety of occupants. In order to ensure…
The object oriented (00) approach to software engineering offers new possibilities for the modelling of plant systems within a building context. This paper…
Developed in this study is the computer simulation program which can predict the temperature and humidity variation in multiroom of a residence, especially…
The application, design, and sizing of commercial water heating systems has been hampered by the lack of an accessible tool for evaluating long-term…
The SPARK simulation environment is an object based simulation environment. Its objects are equations or systems of equations. Creating SPARK objects…
This contribution contains the description of a design and evaluation system which is formulated for the early phases in the building design process. These…