International Building Simulation Conference 1999, Kyoto, Japan.
Contains 177 papers
Volume content
The research on provision of computational support for building performance analysis has traditionally concentrated on the building design phase. …
Simulation of visual context in architecture, the environment that surrounds both building and observer, is an…
This paper proposes useful techniques of regression analysis to estimate regional water temperatures for the optimum design of the hot water …
This work has allowed to test different model improvement tools, by applying them on two building models.…
It is important to apply the natural light effectively for the low energy consuming daylighting design. A reliable standard sky is absolutely required…
A reduction in the emissions arising from urban activities demands a combination of energy efficiency measures and a move away from fossil fuel …
This paper describes an effort to link the COMIS 3.0 multi-zone airflow model with the EnergyPlus building energy simulation program. COMIS 3.0 is a…
A new calculation method is proposed for designing space radiant heating/cooling systems by improving conventional methods of steady and unsteady…
Based on K- two equation turbulence model, we used PHOENICS 1.4 and numerically simulated air distribution and contamination field under …
The optimal supervisory control strategy for a central chilled water facility has been determined. A quadratic linear regression relation for the total…
It is necessary to predict the load of the following day and hours to establish optimal thermal storage. In this paper, three kinds of load prediction…
This article presents the SIM-FAST software : it is a tool which allows to evaluate the energy consumption and the financial cost of French buildings…
In the present work, human thermal comfort is investigated within the built environment. The analysis is…
Air-conditioning systems with floor thermal storage can be used for cutting peak load and utilizing nighttime electric power. For the effective use of…
The objective of the work presented in this paper is to develop a building performance assessment tool that will assist the design process rather…
In the framework of a collaboration between EDF and CSTB, we carried out a specific experimental protocol in Bouin house (CSTB site, house …
The experiments involving clothed subjects are conducted to reproduce the situation in which people enter an air-conditioned room just after…
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the capabilities of four energy analysis software to predict the energy performance of an existing house…
It is required that the urban air temperature is estimated on the average and macroscopically for studying the urban thermal environmental…