LoginThis paper describes a recently developed, multi-chromatic lighting simulation model, known by the acronym DIM (Digital Illumination Model).
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COMBINE is a file utility program developed by Jeff Hirsch of Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories for use with the DOE2.1C building energy simulation program.
This paper describes results from a larger project [1] which investigated the sizing of Thermal EnergyStorage (TES) systems used as part of the cooling system in buildings.
Experimental studies during the 1940S concluded that heat loss from slab-on-grade floors is proportional to floor perimeter length. More recent numerical investigations, however, indicate that area and shape are also important parameters.
Today energy saving rates due to retrofits in residential housing are either measured by experiment on site or predicted by system simulation.
A new computer program has been written for comparing the annual energy and economic performances of different window systems in non-residential buildings.
From a viewpoint of energy conservation air infiltration and ventilation have to be minimised.
Two methods for reducing weather data are assessed and compared with respect to use for heating calculations.
This paper summarises the work of the CIBSE Example Year Task Group. Its main task has been to develop a methodology for the selection of representative weather data.
In building design the ability to predict the effects of daylight is of increasing importance. Daylight can be an important factor in building energy efficiency; in some buildings lighting may account for half the energy cost.
The objective of this paper is to present validated mathematical models for estimation of hourly and daily solar irradiation on surfaces of arbitrary orientation and tilt from irradiation on a horizontal plane.
Annex VIII is a two year task sharing project, started offically in 1984.
A new method to determine flows and volumes in multiple cell systems with a single tracer gas in one active experiment is described. The tracer gas is released in each cell in a certain pattern in time.
This report contains subsequent results of the measuring campaign in the Zolder housing estate, Belgium (see also abstract number 2964).
The study presented has resulted in a simplified procedure for obtaining an overview and a comprehensive picture of the analysis of energy turnover in single family houses, with special consideration given to random and time dependent variations.