International Building Simulation Conference 1997, Prague, Czech Republic.
Contains 117 papers.
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Buoyancy driven flows have always been, and still are, difficult to model using CFD programs. Much validation work is required along with…
A directory of building energy software tools is now available on the web. The directory contains information on more than 100 tools ranging from…
Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) provide an environment of interoperability among IFC-compliant software applications in the architecture,…
This paper describes a series of tests that were performed to determine whether a neural-network model could outperform a correlation-based model…
New developments of both user-friendly interfaces and mathematical models have been added to the very known software package TRNSYS /2/, a…
The research we develop consists in evaluating "radiative comfort" during no heating periods in dwelling space and particularly in office…
This paper investigates the implications of the selection of various sky luminance distribution models for the computational prediction of…
An extensive experimental program on single sided natural ventilation was carried out within the frame of PASCOOL EC research…
Within the framework of full-scale experimental validation of the global building energy simulation software programme CLIM2000, an…
The simulated cooling plant equips an office building whose maximum cooling demand is about 5 MW. To meet this load, the cooling plant uses five…
A new generation building simulation tool combines the most important inter-acting physical processes (air infiltration and ventilation, heat…
Hollow core ventilated slab systems provide an effective means of utilizing the building structure as a thermal store. The optimum control…
Optimization and control of displacement ventilation systems in buildings require accurate modeling of aeraulic and thermal phenomena involved in…
The majority of design studies on naturally ventilated that wind power is expected to provide a significant or mechanically ventilated buildings do not…
The methods for evaluating the thermal performance of each insulation detail alternative with the multidimensional heat transfer simulation are…
Thermal storage tanks are widely used in Japan mainly to shift electrical energy usage to night time for the purpose of peak demand reduction.…
HOT2000™, a residential energy analysis program, is constantly under evolution. New models are added to the program and its user base is ever…
The conception of complex buildings with innovative facade elements often demands dynamic building simulations. In some cases the required thermal…
Central to the formulation of a mathematical model to describe moisture transport through porous building materials is the initial choice of the…
By describing three recent case-studies, this paper aims to elaborate the current state of building energy modelling and simulation in the Czech…