LoginThe research on provision of computational support for building performance analysis has traditionally concentrated on the building design phase. However, computational modeling can also effectively apply to the building operation phase.
IBPSA 1999 - Kyoto, Japan
International Building Simulation Conference 1999, Kyoto, Japan.
Contains 177 papers
Volume content
Linking the comis multi-zone airflow model with the energyplus building energy simulation program | 1999 | English
This paper describes an effort to link the COMIS 3.0 multi-zone airflow model with the EnergyPlus building energy simulation program.
Numerical analysis on the production of cool exergy by making use of heat capacity of building envelopes | 1999 | English
This paper describes a method to calculate cool and warm exergies stored by building envelopes and the result of a case study in terms of passive cooling strategy using the building envelope heat capacity.
Study into optimized control for air-conditioning system with floor thermal storage | 1999 | English
Air-conditioning systems with floor thermal storage can be used for cutting peak load and utilizing nighttime electric power.
Research on calculation method of thermal design load in radiant heating and coolind systems | 1999 | English
A new calculation method is proposed for designing space radiant heating/cooling systems by improving conventional methods of steady and unsteady heat transfer calculation theory which has usually been used for designing of buried pipe floor heati
The treatment of convective heat transfer at internal building surfaces has a significant impact on the simulation of heat and air flow.
The optimization of the cogeneration systems (CGS) with the gas engine generator is studied by using the Hamiltonian algorithm (HA).
Simulation of daylight performance of buildings by the daylight source model based on geostational meteorological satellite images | 1999 | English
This paper introduces a method to simulate the day-light performance of buildings using geostational me- teorological satellite images.
Numerical analysis of annual exergy consumption for daylighting, electric-ligthing, and space heating/cooling system | 1999 | English
The purpose of this study is to show explicitly a series of exergy input, output, and consumption for daylighting, electric-lighting, and space heating/cooling system and hence to reveal how daylighting system consumes solar exergy and how electri
RARX algorithm based model development and application to real time data for on-line fault detection in Vav Ahu Units | 1999 | English
Assimilation of cost-effective Fault Detection and Diagnosis (FDD) technique in building management sys- tem can save enormous amount of energy and material.
Internal melt ice-on-coil tank with built-in horizontal tubes is a kind of ice tank used widely. Its discharge process is effected greatly by density different between ice and water.
A reduction in the emissions arising from urban activities demands a combination of energy efficiency measures and a move away from fossil fuel sources.
The purpose of this study is to develop the technique that mixing energy loss is predicted at the time of the air conditioning system design by the simulation.
In the present work, human thermal comfort is investigated within the built environment. The analysis is based on two building thermal simulation models.
The paper discusses the development of a computational thermal simulation engine as an object. The simulation engine utilizes Transfer Function (TF) Algorithms where all TF procedures have been implemented.
Data-stream driven distribuited virtual environments: distribuited virtual environments: air quality management district visualization | 1999 | English
The physical space we experience and live in on a daily basis is controlled by the physical laws of nature, which are identified through science.
This paper deals about the presentation of a new software RUNEOLE used to provide weather data in buildings physics. RUNEOLE associates three modules leading to the description, the modelling and the generation of weather data.
In this paper, we describe the characteristics of “Luminous Planner” as a general-purpose lighting design tool, and of “LSR(Lighting Simulation Radiosity)”, which is capable of high-precision lighting simulation by taking space reflection i
Development of an optiml operational planning system using an object-oriented framework for energy supply plants | 1999 | English
An optimal operational planning system with a userfriendly interface using an object-oriented framework is developed for the purpose of determining operational strategies of energy supply plants in a simple and rational manner on personal computer
Estimate for optimum volume of rock bed and air flow rate for an air-based solar heating system | 1999 | English
In this paper, an approach to the optimum volume of rock bed, its charged thermal energy and the optimum air flow rate for an air-based solar heating system in charging mode is presented.