International Building Simulation Conference 2007, Beijing, China.
Contains 288 papers.
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When low carbon and renewable energy (RE) systems are adopted in a building, matching the outputs from RE systems (e.g. photovoltaic, solar …
Local thermal sensations of all body parts were studied in neutral-warm room while face, chest and back were each exposed to local cooling air.…
Energy and environment has been issues concerned all over the world. In China, the application of small size gas-fired air-cooled air-conditioner…
A parameter adjustment method for an ammonia heat pump chiller using a genetic algorithm (GA) was developed. The parameters were automatically…
This paper presents different thermal comfort models and empirical verification for assessment of the thermal conditions of transitional spaces in…
Sustainable buildings design process is typical for modeling and simulation usage. The main reason is because there is generally no experience…
The performance of a passive heating system was evaluated as part of design works for the project of an office building. The passive heating…
It is important to understand and model the behaviour of occupants in buildings and how this behaviour impacts energy use and comfort. It is…
This paper presents results from a window blind usage field study that was conducted in California, USA. In this study, the measurements of…
The energy demand for heating is decreasing significantly in modern highly-insulated dwellings. Due to larger glass areas and well insulated…
Reliable information regarding user presence and behavior in buildings is crucial for building performance simulation applications (energy …
The effectiveness of building performance simulation can be increased if more reliable information regarding user presence and behavior in…
This study aims to reveal the advantages of district heating and cooling system (DHC) in energy efficiency as an urban energy system in the future. In…
As in most buildings windows, shades, luminaries, radiators, fans, and other control devices can be operated by building occupants, information on…
Guiyang is the capital city of Guizhou province in southwest China, located in the Mild Climatic zone in China. With the economy booming in recent years,…
This paper describes the development of computational thermal manikins (CTMs) to be used in a coupled simulation envrionment to simulate the …
Water heating in the U.S. has been identified as a major component of total energy consumption used in buildings, mostly coming from the…
While most current building simulation tools consider occupants as predictable robots the true nature of human behaviour is more complex. This…
The Canadian residential sector contributes approximately 80 megatonnes (Mt) of greenhouse gases (GHG) to the environment each year. With the…
An ESP-r component model for gas-fired water storage tanks was developed within the context of the simulation for building-integrated cogeneration…