International Building Simulation Conference 2011, Sydney, Australia.
Contains 206 papers.
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For optimal conservation of the stored objects, museum storage buildings require a very stable interior climate, with only minimal and slow variations in…
This paper describes the results of a study aimed at assessing the effectiveness of Phase Change Materials (PCM) for the improvement of summer thermal…
The drive to reduce carbon emissions and energy utilisation, directly associated with dwellings and to achieve a zero carbon home, suggests that the…
This paper investigates the accuracy of CFD simulation in predicting the nature of multiple plume interactions in a naturally ventilated indoor environment…
A kind of separate heat-pipe heat exchanger (SHP exchanger), which can move heat from indoor air to outdoor air by making use of their temperature…
People spend around 90% of their time in buildings while about 40% of primary energy needs are due to buildings. That is why the present paper deals with a…
With the rising individual demand for energy as well as the diminishing fossil energy resources, new opti-mized concepts for energy supply and usage are re-…
The sensitivity of a real (under construction) UK school building’s energy consumption to input parameters was investigated using IES Virtual Environment.…
An alternative to using numerical simulation to model ventilation performance is to model internal air flows using water-based experimental models. However…
The achievement of sustainable goals in the home environment demands an optimized management of electricity loads from the control side.The present work…
This document is a case study of the design and construction of a 30,000 sq.m office tower that has achieved an excellent energy efficiency outcome close to…
The William McCormack Place Stage 2 (WMP2) building is located in Cairns, North Queensland. The climate is classified as tropical equatorial, hot and humid…
Infiltration is rarely considered a critical factor in AC design. Purposed built buildings such as libraries or shopping centres with dynamic occupants may…
This paper outlines a methodology for determining the thermal performance of a complex ventilated glazed facade system through desktop analysis and computer…
Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation (CFD) has been mainly used for building scientists as an analysis tool to assess the complex phenomenon of building…
A simplified model of a primary HVAC system comprising an on-off boiler, thermal storage and solar thermal collectors is simulated in hourly resolution. The…
Buildings and their renewable energy systems typically operate for a lifecycle of well over 20 years. Due to this the climate that a new building or…
Conventional air-conditioning methods in hospitals have often involved air-recycling and indefinite pressure regimes, which increase cross-infection risk.…
CFD modelling was identified as the only tool able to predict accurately the performance of a cooling system for a 200m high glazed building lift shaft…
The introduction of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) in Poland established minimal building energy performance requirements for new and…