International Building Simulation Conference 1997, Prague, Czech Republic.
Contains 117 papers.
Volume content
Within the framework of the validation methodology of our computer software CLIM2000, we asked 12 users to do the same validation exercise (…
The U.S. Departments of Energy and Defense (DOE and DOD) are jointly developing EnergyBase, a new building energy simulation tool that builds on…
The XCEED™ software tool allows engineers to create textual, mathematical and graphical descriptions of compressed air systems including, but not…
This is the first of two papers that describe the development of simulation methods for optimally controlled central plant equipment which have…
The purpose of this paper is to present a new method to energy analysis. The method consist three different phases: in the first phase the target…
The traditional round hut has been analysed by simulating the sensitivity of its different components in…
SOMBRERO, a PC-program running under the operating system WindowsTM, calculates the proportion of shaded area of an arbitrarily oriented …
Many building simulation computer programs, originally developed on mainframe computers for research purposes, can now run on the powerful …
Training new users of simulation programs typically focuses on a single tool–specific techniques for interacting with, creating models, and…
CA-SIS software has been developed on PC as a tool for engineering offices in their Heating, Ventilating and Air Conditioning studies. Based…
The physics of moisture transfer is complex and as a result modelling is normally carried out on a macroscopic basis, with empirical coefficients…
The CLIM 2000 software environment [1] was developed by the Electricity Applications in Buildings Branch of the French utility company,…
A new method aimed at the selection of the best reduction technique for each given invariant linear system, such as those obtained when modelling…
COMIS 3.0 is a new simulation environment developed in the framework of IEA/ECB Annex 23. To our knowledge this is the first time that one of the…
The design of monitoring system for distnbuted energy and heat supply is presented in the paper. The analysis of monitoring system and…
Life-cycle design of air conditioning systems requires that plant should be capable of maintaining zone comfort conditions within specified limits…
This paper briefly reviews recent research into the modelling of complex fenestration systems, before presenting some results obtained by the use…
Combined conduction-convection-radiation heat transfer in concrete block walls with one or two cavities is simulated using the CFD code “FIDAP”.…
Collaborative building engineering is a team effort in which many elements have to be combined into a unified structure. The aims of the architect…