International Building Simulation Conference 2013, Chambéry, France.
Contains 470 papers.
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This paper describes yearly and monthly optimization of greenhouse shells. Simulations adopt a validated building energy simulation program, adapted and re-…
This paper presents a sensitivity analysis of Model based Predictive Control (MPC) performance, with the final goal to rank the building and system…
The aim of this paper is to develop an opti-mization algorithm to control the temperature in the occupation zone, using reduced-order ap-proaches based on…
This paper explores a technique for generating marginal abatement cost curves for individual build-ings. It makes use of sequential optimisation and…
Thermal renovation of buildings has other consequences than energy savings. In this project, a light framed renovation façade with a low U-value was added…
Today, radiant floor heating systems are generally used for heating indoor environments of residential buildings. Radiant heating is physically comfortable…
A measurement technique was developed on capture efficiency of commercial kitchen ventilation systems affected by disturbance due to HVAC diffusers and…
SRC (System of Resistances and Capacitances), is a new building thermal simulation program which uses an RC-Network representation to model the thermal flow…
To holistically understand the influence of inhomo-geneous and dynamic indoor climatic effects on hu-man thermal comfort, it is essential to investigate the…
Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is one of the branches of fluid mechanics that uses numerical meth-ods and algorithms to solve and analyze problems that…
Biomimicry offers opportunities to advance the development of flexible building facades. Here, the combination of external fur, bioheat transfer (blood…
This paper describes the investigation of a former sports centre in order to establish design guidelines for a refurbishment. We performed dynamic thermal…
Different wall construction configurations lead to different wall thermal behaviour which affects energy consumption and thermal comfort of the room. In…
Calibration of Building Energy Simulation is an under-determined problem. There can be several correct solutions. The consequences of using the Building…
Architecture practice is on the front line directly applying best-case evidence-based solutions to conserve energy. Conserving resources through energy…
The main objective of this study is to develop a more accurate method to estimate the energy consumption of commercial buildings at the design stage. The…
Natural ventilation is a cost-effective way to reduce cooling energy for buildings. However, the performance of natural ventilation largely depends on…