International Building Simulation Conference 2001, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Contains 153 papers
Volume content
Daylight illuminance is one of the most important element which comprises the luminous environment by daylight both in interior and at outdoor of…
Despite the potential benefits of improved energy efficiency and enhanced comfort for eventual occupants, most architects and engineers resist…
The application of building simulation for the thermal improvement of buildings in developing countries is limited by the scarcity of hourly climate…
This paper deals with comparison between the CFD method and the zonal one, and also model experimental validation. The zonal method consists of a …
The eXtensible Markup Language (XML) has recently become the W3C Standard for commu nicating …
The use of daylighting in buildings can be an improvement when trying to enhance the environmental quality and the energy efficiency of them…
This paper investigates the possibility of encoding architectural design intentions into a generative design system, using as a test bed the…
This report introduces the rapid prototype method newly developed to design individual housings. (Reference 1) Since the individual housing naturally…
In addition to the fact that the serviceability of building constructions used as exhibition halls has to be ensured, the climate stability of the…
Computer simulation Of measurement methods can give in-depth information on the possible effect of a wide variety of…
Due to in adequate architectural standards and bad building design, one can frequently find school buildings with very bad performance regarding…
In object based models, conversion becomes necessary when there is a mismatch among the representations of same physical quantity at the ports…
The modeling of convective flows with 3D lattice Boltzmann fluid dynamics is presented using a lattice BGK approach for low Mach number flows with…
CODYBA is a software addressed to designers, teachers and research organisms. This software determines the energetic fluxes of a building zone.…
Estimating relative humidity from outdoor air temperature and humidity, and indoor air temperature is a means to assess…
There are two purposes for this paper, one is that the calculation method, which took sunlight into consideration using All Sky Model, is shown,…
This paper will describe a simulation experiment designed to benchmark the use of separate electric driven chiller plants for a nominal 100,000 sq.…
During the past few years, our research team has developed techniques to solve problems associated with designing a collaborative evaluation …
The paper describes the main features of the new simulation environment ColSim [15] and a special application for investigating ventilation strategies…