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International Building Simulation Conference 2007, Beijing, China.

Contains 288 papers.

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Effectiveness of energy conservation measures in residential sector of Japanese cities

Energy consumption by residential sector of 20 Japanese cities was modeled at the city-scale. In the model, households were classified into 228…

Ayako TANIGUCHI, Yoshiyuki SHIMODA, Takahiro ASAHI, Yukio YAMAGUCHI, Minoru MIZUNO
Identify contaminant sources in airliner cabins by inverse modeling of CFD with information from a sensor

In case contaminants are found in an aircraft cabin, it is useful to identify the contaminant source location and strength. This can be done…

Tengfei Zhang, Qingyan (Yan) Chen
DAYLIGHT1-2-3 – A state-of-the-art daylighting/energy analysis software for initial design investigations

This paper provides an overview of Daylight1-2-3, a new daylighting/energy analysis software for design professionals and architectural students…

Christoph Reinhart, Denis Bourgeois, François Dubrous, Aziz Laouadi, Phylroy Lopez, Octavian Stelescu
Simulation of energy management systems in EnergyPlus

An energy management system (EMS) is a dedicated computer that can be programmed to control all of a building’s energy-related systems, including…

Peter G. Ellis, Paul A. Torcellini, Drury B. Crawley
A study of optimal arrange of vent in a subway station

The subway station is a special location with very dense crowd. Because subway station situates in underground, people can not evacuate to ground…

W. Zhong , H.B.Wang, W. Peng
Coupled Analytical Tool of Ventilation Calculation and CFD in Annexation System of Cool/Heat Tube and Natural Ventilation

Natural ventilation airflow rate is generally calculated using indoor and outdoor temperature difference without consideration of heat balance…

Song Pan, Harunori Yoshida, Mingjie Zheng
Analysis of building energy efficiency strategies for the hot summer and cold winter zone in China

In this paper, three typical cities (Shanghai, Changsha and Chongqing) in the hot summer and cold winter climate zone of China was selected to…

Dongming Xie, Guoqiang Zhang, Jin Zhou, Quan Zhang
Computer model of a university building using the EnergyPlus program

This paper presents the development of a computer model of an academic building using the EnergyPlus program and its calibration with monitored…

Danielle Monfet, Radu Zmeureanu, Roland Charneux and Nicolas Lemire
Comparison of crowd simulation for building evacuation and an alternative approach

This paper presents an overview of crowd simulation models, their limitations, and an alternative agentbased approch. First we introduce several…

Nuria Pelechano and Ali Malkawi
Numerical prediction of natural convection occurring in building components using lattice Boltzmann method

A double population Lattice Boltzmann is used to solve the problem of the diffrentially heated cavity The use of a non-uniform grid makes it…

Frédéric Kuznik, Gérard Krauss, Gilles Rusaouen
Study on the hygrothermal performance of wooden basement systems of floating houses in “passive house technology”

This paper presents results of a study concerning the hygrothermal and durability performance of timber construction wall and bottom slab…

Christoph Buxbaum, Albert Seiler, Oskar Pankratz
Building energy analysis and simulation of Changsha area

In this paper, the potential of energy saving in residential building in Changsha area was studied with dynamic simulation approaches. As we know…

Junwen Hu, Changzhi Yang, Jinghua Yu
The energy consumption of the public buildings in Osaka, Japan

The aim of this research work is to investigate the actual energy consumption in existing public buildings and to obtain the basic data for energy…

SiQiang Lu, Kazuo Emura, Norio Igawa, Hideyo Nimiya
Numerical and experimental study on optimal running mode of smoke extraction system in a subway station in Beijing

Velocity fields on the platform area and flow rate of the smoke extraction system were experimentally measured under the different fan-operation…

Yingxia YANG, Chao CHEN, Hongming FAN, Lu QU and Mingliang REN
Application as Commissioning Tool of Various HVAC Simulation Programs and Visual Tools

Various simulation programs and visual tools of HVAC system ever released, which were not  originally developed to be used as commissioning …

Mingjie Zheng, Song Pan
Sensor fault detection and diagnosis for vav system based on principal component analysis

VAV system is a very complicated one in airconditionging systems, thus automatic control become the key of such a system. As necessary …

Xiaowen Yi, Youming Chen
A further step in environment and bioclimatic analysis: The software tool SOLENE

It is obvious that a building permanently exchanges with its nearby environment (mainly light, heat, sound, visual accessibility); these…

Francis Miguet
Fast evaluation of sustainable heating and cooling strategies for solar homes with integrated energy and CFD modeling

This paper demonstrates a simple and practical simulation-based approach for fast identification of appropriate building design strategies at the…

Justin Spencer and Zhiqiang Zhai
Comparing environmental impacts of buildings with Eco-Bat

This paper presents the features of Eco-Bat, a computer program developed to assess the environmental impacts of buildings, including …

Didier Favre, Stéphane Citherlet
Performance-based envelope design for residential buildings in hot climates

Residential buildings are characterized by being envelope-load dominated buildings, hence are greatly influenced by the outside climatic …

Saleh N. Al-Saadi, Ismail M. Budaiwi
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