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The three-dimensional wind environment in Lanqiying community of Beijing city, which is complicated due to the dense distribution of the highrise buildings, is investigated by computational fluid dynamics method. The turbulent flow past the buildings is simulated by solving the incompressible Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations. Both the reverse flow between the buildings and the ecirculation of the wake can be observed. The spectrum analysis of aerodynamics coefficient are successfully obtained and compared with the twodimensional results.

Energy savings by integrating the daylighting availability in the electric lighting management contributes to the realization of ‘Green Building’. This paper provides a simulation and calculation of office building in North China with RADIANCE software on the basis of theoretical analysis, which focuses on the influence of Window-to-Wall Ratio (WWR), sill height, glazing transmittance and window shape on Lighting Savings (LS). The study finds out the relationship between those window parameters and LS. The results may be reference for  designers as daylighting is involved.

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) is a promising method to study the urban built environment. However, the pecularities of the urban wind environment are difficult to simulate with a CFD package. The aim of this work is to develop CFD model capable of simulating the urban boundary layer which can then be used to investigate the effects of built form on the pressure coefficient regeme. The model concentrates on two aspcepts: the boundary conditions and domain size.

This paper highlights the difficulty of using energy simulations to answer general questions in typical  building design scenarios. By analyzing the question, it is identified that problems of a search-based nature may encounter situations where an exhaustive search is impractical with reasonable resources. This paper presents the method of using heuristics to solve such questions within just a few simulations. While the solutions may not necessarily be guaranteed to be global or ideal, they are optimal within reasonable limits and sufficient for the types  of questions addressed.

The minimum illuminance requirement for New Zealand Building Code (NZBC) Clause G7 – Natural Light is currently not being met in some new apartments. Daylight simulation is the most effective method of predicting the performance of daylight in apartments, but due to the complexity and time required to gain accurate results, these simulations are not routinely done. This paper discusses an investigation into whether a tool could be created that will identify when daylight simulations may be required to prove compliance with NZBC G7.

This paper utilizes a probabilistic mold risk assessment method, introducing a novel mold risk indicator (MRI). The MRI captures the risk of mold occurrence at identified “trouble spots” under uncertainty. It will show how the MRI can enhance decision-making in a mold remediation case.

Traditional approaches to simulate airflow movements in buildings are computationally expensive and do not achieve real-time prediction of results. This paper discusses an Adaptive Localization Method (ALM) that significantly minimizes the simulation domain to achieve close to real-time predictions. As the user interacts with the space by modifying boundary conditions (opening a window, etc), while being immersed in an Augmented Reality (AR) environment, the ALM detects the changes and narrows down the simulation space significantly for re-simulation instantly.

The proposition of an assessment method of wind condition in urban structures is presented in the paper. In the second part of the paper two virtual residential districts with different urban organisation have been investigated. An assessment model used to examine wind conditions in selected urban organisation structures defines quantitative and qualitative features of the study area. Two elements of the urban environment, wind conditions and urban development, are evaluated.

Natural ventilation relies on less controllable natural forces so that it needs more artificial control, and thus its prediction, design and analysis become more important. This paper presents both theoretical and numerical simulations for predicting the natural ventilation flow in a two-zone building with multiple openings which is subjected to the combined natural forces. To our knowledge, this is the first analytical solutions obtained so far for a building with more than one zones and in each zone with possibly more than 2 openings.

Bake-out with dilution ventilation is a potential technology that can shorten emission cycle of indoor VOCs and other hazardous gas, and then reduce indoor environment pollution brought forward by building materials. This technology based on characteristic that chemical substance of building materials is easier to emit under high temperature. This paper used numerical value method to compute TVOC removal amount under different operation conditions and concentration changes indoor during bake-out exhaust dilution process.