LoginThe present means of building representation, fall short in establishing a common modelling base for the various application specific analysis and simulation programs, describing building behavior and performance.
IBPSA 1991 - Nice, France
International Building Simulation Conference, Nice, France, 1991.
Contains 85 abstracts.
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This paper deals with an optimal control algorithm which enables to regulate the heating installation of a building with discontinuous occupation. The control structure is based on the quadratic optimization principle.
Zonal models are a promising way to predict air movement in a room with respect to comfort conditions and gradient of temperature because they require extremely low computer time and may be therefore rather easily included in multizone air movemen
This paper summarizes a study on the extent of computer use by industrialized housing producers in the U.S., Japan, Sweden and Norway.
Increasing design standards within the building industry mean that some form of pre-construction testing of the building envelope is required.
Sensitivity Analysis and emperical Validation of Hlite Using Data from the Nist Indoor Test Cell | 1991 | English
Over the past seven years, Ross & Baruzzini, Inc., (R&B) has been working on a project to determine the relationship of the air conditioning load caused by building lighting with time.
Me Energy Kernel System (EKS) is an energy simulation environment that facilitates the creation, validation and maintenance of simulation programs using the object-oriented programming (OOP) paradigm.
Beem: a simplifield procedure to calculate daylighting and other impacts of fenestration | 1991 | English
A simplified procedure is described, to model daylighting, cooling, and heating impacts of vertical glazing in commercial buildings. Both annual and peak impacts are calculated, as well as cooling-equipment -sizing impacts.
Impact of simultaneous simulation of buildings and mechanical systems in heat balance based energy analysis programs on system response and control | 1991 | English
The current generation of building simulation software is based upon separate building, mechanical system, and equipment simulations.
A first order correction to uni-directional heat transfer is proposed, so that multi-dimensional heat transfer effects can be accounted for with only a moderate increase in storage and CPU timerequirements.
Application of Simulation programs to the Assessment of Overhekating Rosks in Buildings and the of IEA Annex 21 | 1991 | English
This paper describes the objectives of International Energy Agency (IEA) Annex 21 and the ongoing work of Subtask B which deals with how programs should be used for particular applications.
A transient model for analyzing the hygrothermal behavior of building constructions | 1991 | English
While advanced models for combined heat and moisture transfer have been available in the community of building scientists within the last two decades, such models have not yet become an item in the toolbox of consultants, building designers or man
Fast accurate micro-computer simulations of the thermal, lighting, and energy performance of buildings offers the promise of informing architects' design decision-making.
A simulation approach to the evaluation of coupled heat and mass transfer in building | 1991 | English
This paper describes the techniques used within the ESP environment# to simulate coupled heat and mass flows in integrated building and plant systems.
This paper presents a new, improved method for designing radiant panel heating systems using accepted thermal comfort criteria, mean radiant temperature, and radiant asymmetry as bases for decision making.
This paper presents a new technique for the thermal systems modelling. This method, based on the structural modularity of a thermal system such as a building belongs to the modal methods family.
The approach adopted by the Gaz de France Research Center for the modelling-simulation of building performance separates as far as possible modelling from simulation. Emphasis is placed on modelling and its validation.
A design tool for interior daylighting description of luminous enviroment with image synthesis | 1991 | English
As part of visualization of interior luminous environment in daylighting a programme (NATUREL) has been developed at CSTB. It allows to take into account complex shapes of building, furniture and apertures.
A numerical study of turbulent air flow in ventilated multi-room configurations, where both of buoyancy- and radiation-effects are of importance, is described in this paper.
The simulation of the transient behaviour of buildings is becoming more important as faster and cheaper computers reach the market. Many simulation programs and specialized tools have been developed to simulate complex situations.