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International Building Simulation Conference 2007, Beijing, China.

Contains 288 papers.

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Meeting the current and future UK challenges for sustainable building designs – Case studies

This paper uses two case studies to illustrate the process of building design with due regard to sustainable construction and how the recent …

Mei J. Ren, Matthew Cotton, Kate Brown, Garry Palmer
Coupling strategies for combined simulation using multizone and building envelope models

Combined heat, air, moisture and pollutant simulations (CHAMPS) at the building system level are essential for improving energy efficiency and…

Andreas Nicolai, Jianshun S. Zhang and John Grunewald
Modelling and simulation of building energy consumption: a case study on an institutional building in central Queensland, Australia

Modelling and simulation of energy consumption in Information Technology (IT) building on the Rockhampton campus of Central Queensland …

Ashfaque Ahmed Chowdhury, M. G. Rasul, M. M. K. Khan
Development of supervisory control strategy for online control of central cooling water systems

This paper presents a model-based supervisory control strategy for online control of building central cooling water systems to enhance their…

Shengwei Wang, Zhenjun Ma and Xinhua Xu
Optimal operation for HVAC system with seasonal underground thermal storage system

The present paper proposes an optimal operational strategy of an actual HVAC system with a seasonal underground thermal storage system using…

Masato Miyata, Harunori Yoshida, Masanobu Aono, Tadakatsu Takegawa, Yoshiyuki Nagura, Youichi Kobayashi, Jeongsoo Kim
Application and verification of energy baseline estimation method by simulation

A rational method to estimate the energy baseline of a building is indispensable in performing such as retro commissioning, on going commissioning…

Masato Miyata, Harunori Yoshida, Takuro Iwata, Zhaoming Zhang, Yoichi Tanabe, Tadahiro Yanagisawa
Analysis on the well-mixing assumptions used in multizone airflow network models

The well-mixing assumptions, uniform distributions of air temperatures and contaminant concentrations and neglect of air momentum effects in a…

Liangzhu (Leon) Wang and Qingyan (Yan) Chen
Numerical simulations of the natural ventilation design mix of elementary school classrooms

Most traditional elementary school classrooms here do not have air-conditioners and it often feel stuffy in classrooms located in the top floors.…

Hsin-hung Wu, Fu-Jen Wang, Che-ming Chiang and Chi-ming Lai
Simulation study on estimation method for flow rate in air-conditioning system with water thermal energy storage

It is difficult to investigate the performance of airconditioning systems with thermal energy storage tanks because flow rate in the system is…

Ken-ichiro Takeshima, Kazunobu Sagara, Toshio Yamanaka and Hisashi Kotani
Energy study of a habitation using a solar thermal and photovoltaic installation

The integration of renewable energies in the dwellings is a solution to diminish their energy consumption. It also could represent important …

Raffenel , E Blanco, J Virgone, G Thomas
Comparison between monitoring and simulating. An important step forward for model reliability

The new European regulations on energy saving were aimed at a reduction in consumption in the winter phase. This caused even warm countries such…

F. Stazi, C. Di Perna, L. Del Prete, A. Stazi
Energy labeling system for residential building in China

Residential Building Energy Efficiency (RBEE) becomes more important in recent years in China. From 1986, Chinese government has carried out a…

Xiaoliang Zhang, Da Yan, Yi Jiang
Development of a data model for energy consumption analysis and prediction of large-scale commercial buildings

This paper presents a new methodology for largescale commercial buildings energy consumption data analysis. This methodology relies on a unified…

Fangting Song, Yi Jiang, Anne Le Mouel, Jean-Jacques Roux
A comparative study on evaluation methods of emergency ventilation strategies

With the occurrence of indoor terrorism attacks and the accidental release of toxic chemicals, people have paid more attentions on such emergency…

Lina Zhao, Xianting Li
Coupling simulation on subway tunnel smoke propagation

Subway is consisted of tunnels, platforms and ventilation shafts. The air flow between these structures forms a ventilation network. There is…

Wei Deng, Xiaofeng Li, Yingxin Zhu
Life cycle green cost assessment method for green building design

Life cycle green cost assessment (LCGCA) method, which can evaluate building environmental load and economic performance throughout its life cycle…

Lijing Gu, Daojin Gu, Borong Lin, Mingxing Huang, Jiazi Gai, Yingxin Zhu
The design of a comfortable thermal environment by simulation: A case study

In this paper, a 3-floors building with capacious spaces was introduced. It has unique shape and all-glass envelope, which worsens the …

Hongjun Li, Borong Lin, Xiang Zhou, Yingxin Zhu, Guangzong Han and Fanbing Meng
A life cycle assessment method for buildings

Green building has come to be a goal of building design now. Since sustainable performance of building involves lots of aspects, an integrated…

Daojin Gu, Lijing Gu, Yingxin Zhu
Application of simulation to solve hunting problem in VAV system

Variable Air Volume (VAV) system has been widely used in order to reduce energy consumption. However, operation performance and energy …

Zheng Han, Yingxin Zhu, Chunhai Xia, Guohai Xu
Simulation-based method to assess building energy consumption level at operation stage

Energy conservation at building’s operation stage is very important for the national economy. Building up reasonable methods to assess building…

Xiaoru Zhou, Yingxin Zhu, Chunhai Xia and Haibo Chen
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