International Building Simulation Conference 2005, Montreal, Canada.
Contains 180 papers.
Volume content
This paper is part of a larger research to ‘theoretically’ review the application of natural ventilation to commercial buildings, the potential…
Building performance simulation tools have significantly improved in quality and depth of analysis capability over the past thirty-five years. Yet…
CFD calculations on night cooling by natural ventilation have been carried out for two different opening geometries: 1) a set of panels and 2) a…
The EnerGuide for Houses (EGH) database is a management information tool and central depository for tracking residential energy evaluations and…
This paper describes the results of a computational study on the feasibility of cooling houses in the Netherlands with a system consisting of a…
Behavioural models derived from on-going field studies can provide the basis for predicting personal action taken to adjust lighting levels or…
Presence of volatile organic compounds in indoor air affects human health. Throat and eye irritation together with headache and weakness are …
This paper presents CFD simulations of natural displacement ventilation airflows in which the buoyancy force produced by a heat source is opposed…
This paper deals with the issue of using micro- Combined Heating and Power plants (mCHP) in high-performance houses in terms of energy …
This paper deals with the use of computer simulations both for design support of a new building including its heating, ventilation and air-…
This paper presents a numerical model for the analysis of impact of building envelope porosity on energy. In the porous envelope, the infiltrating…
The evaluation and analysis of available simulation tools suggests a thorough research methodology for creating a new front-end interface that…
This paper studies in three-dimension the coupled convective and radiative heat transfer rate from a window surface with adjacent aluminium…
Highly glazed buildings are often considered to be airy, light and transparent with more access to daylight than traditional buildings, but their…
This paper presents the performance of a computer simulation code for modelling the evaporative cooling of buidings by water spray vaporization,…
Many existing building energy performance assessment frameworks, quantifying and categorising buildings post occupancy, offer limited feedback on …
For a quick and reliable energy evaluation of houses, one needs simple energy analysis software. A key requirement for simplified inputs is to…
There is a strong demand for accurate moisture modelling since moisture poses a risk for both the constructions and the indoor climate. Thus, in…
To have a proper energy management in buildings, it is necessary to evaluate its HVAC system. To properly compare operating strategies and solve…
A brand-new methodology for considerably accurate time-series cooling load calculation in a dwelling is established, motivated by the fact that…