International Building Simulation Conference 2005, Montreal, Canada.
Contains 180 papers.
Volume content
For the past 50 years, a wide variety of building energy simulation programs have been developed, enhanced and are in use throughout the building…
Volatile organic compounds (VOC) are major indoor air pollutants. Physical models that have been developed to predict VOC source (emission) and sink…
When designing district heating serving different buildings, an architectural engineer should suggest optimal operation policy of heating, based…
This study aims to verify the advantages of district heating and cooling (DHC) systems in terms of energy efficiency. From the measurement data,…
In building studies dealing about energy efficiency and comfort, simulation software need relevant weather files with optimal time steps. Few tools…
An indoor thermal simulation was conducted in a traditional house in a mountain area of Nepal for the purpose of thermal improvement…
The hygrothermal environment of the Japanese traditional house constructed by wet process with clay wall and the recent house constructed with…
This research investigated the influence of three layouts of operating rooms on the indoor environment control, on thermal comfort and on…
In this paper, the mathematical model of a HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning) equipment is described. This system is inserted into a…
Traditional night cooling control strategies relies on the knowledge of the current situation – indoor and outdoor. The building is ventilated –…
This paper discusses an experience of teaching building simulation to students in a small class of a Masters program in an architecture school.…
This paper proposes a method for creating an extreme seven-day weather data set for HVAC design purposes and examines its suitability. The …
This paper covers the innovative use of advanced numerical simulation in the field of structural engineering. It begins with a brief review of…
In recent years, indoor humidity levels are gaining greater attention in building design and operation, due to the increasing concern over…
An 'active façade' responds to (and anticipates on) changing indoor and outdoor conditions. To assess the potential of such a façade for…
This paper describes a new data set appropriate for empirical validation of whole-building energy simulation software. The data has been created…
This paper complements a previous publication in the Building Simulation Conference series by identifying where perceptualization techniques can…
This paper presents an overview of the use of building simulation in a private consultancy in New Zealand. The current state of the industry is…
The paper deals with the computational simulations of the performance of the hybrid ventilation system for the moderate climate, which was…
The Australian Building Greenhouse Rating (ABGR) scheme is a performance-based rating for office buildings. While it was originally designed for…