International Building Simulation Conference 1999, Kyoto, Japan.
Contains 177 papers
Volume content
This paper is focused on the evaluation of simulation system using the experiment result and the con- figuration of peri-counter which is the part of…
A coarse-grid zonal model of room air convection is formulated and written with the SPARK object- oriented simulation environment. The model consists…
This paper examines the process by which the kitchen exhaust from a dwelling unit diffuses throughout the…
If an insulated and airtight house is cooled by passive ventilation using buoyant convection, the indoor air temperature can be kept lower than the…
Construction and operation of buildings is internationally a major cause of resource…
Located in an extreme arid natural environment, the city of Mexicali has confronted maximum temperatures of 54C during summertime. The high dependency…
Most of the Brazilian population is concentrated in the shore region in cities like Rio de Janeiro. In this town, there is a large number of …
In calculating the heat flows around the floor plenum of underfloor air distribution system, the convective heat transfer coefficient is an influential…
Recent developments in photovoltaic components, small-scale combined heat and power systems and ducted wind turbines have opened up the possibility…
In recent years there have been a number of research and development initiatives directed at integrated energy generation systems which can meet the…
An evaluation method for life cycle energy (LCE) and CO2 (LCCO2) of houses by the system dynamics (SD), a method for understanding how all the…
Solar energy and wind energy are one of renewable energies, and they are inexhaustible energy source which are available anywhere. Photovoltaic power…
This paper presents the Umidus program which has been developed to model coupled heat and moisture transfer within porous media, in order to analyze…
Building dynamic simulation has been available to building design engineers for some time. However steady state methods are still being used and …
The successful application of moisture simulation models to building envelopes requires accurate values of material transport…
Up to now, within the framework of validation of the global building energy simulation software programme CLIM2000, we have not focused on analytical…
The numerical model for the analysis of the combined convective-conductive heat transfer in the building components has been developed. Presented model…
The traditional methods for the evaluation of the thermal performance of buildings are appropriate to winter…
This paper referrer to the existence of the variety modes and the 'chaos' in building ventilation system, and…
Nowadays architects commonly use the ‘coupled space concept’. Examples are mezzanines, half-open office spaces and…