International Building Simulation Conference 2009, Glasgow, Scotland.
Contains 307 papers.
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In this study we are investigating the urban environment, including complicated social dynamics, as the “urban system”. We have developed a simulator…
This paper proposes a set of principles for an international database of building materials that would meet Quality Criteria for use in building performance…
Building designers need design tools that enable them to rapidly explore the energy performance implication of early design decisions. The tools…
With the current focus on energy performance certification, factors such as increased and unstable fuel prices and consequent heating and electrical costs…
Parametric analysis is a powerful method for exploring alternative design options and establishing variable dependency therefore design guide. The text-…
We address the model-adaptive coupling between computational codes for indoor thermal comfort analysis considering different levels of detail in space and…
This paper describes the methods developed to couple a commercial CFD program with a multi-segmented model of human thermal comfort and physiology. A…
The UC Berkeley Comfort Model is a helpful simula-tion tool for the assessment of thermal comfort in non-uniform environments. A major element of the model…
In this study, we developed a numerical thermal manikin (NTM) with inner-body thermoregulation functions to investigate the local and overall thermal…
The advent of environmentally driven building regulations, rising energy costs, and heightened client awareness of energy-related issues has increased the…
This paper focuses on the environmental impacts assessment module recently implemented in an energy balance tool. It describes the data and the methodology…
This paper presents the results of implementing 14 high-performance measures in a prototypical office building in a hot and humid climate using the DOE-2…
Guidelines for isolation rooms in hospitals require keeping these rooms at negative pressure differential, but the guidelines do not impose a particular…
This paper proposes an approach to the creation of design tools that address the real information needs of designers in the early stages of design of non-…
Despite the software developments intended to facilitate the use of energy simulation programs by architects in the early design stage, a very limited…
This paper describes the modelling and analysis of a 5 MW chilled water plant used for the cooling of a recently constructed data centre in the UK. The…
This paper presents the development of a novel school outline design, which can be applied in the different climate zones of Turkiye, underpinned by…
In the beginning of 2008 the new Dutch standard NEN 5060:2008 (NEN,2008) was published (status is still ‘preliminary’). The standard contains four new…
Overheating during hot summers is a major risk which will increase under climate change. Thermal dynamic modelling is used to compare the current…
The purpose of this study is to develop a design support tool by combining a thermal environment simulation with a luminous environment simulation for urban…