The Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) is developing a new software (EnergyGauge USA) which allows simple calculation and rating of energy use of residential buildings around the United States.
IBPSA 1999 - Kyoto, Japan
International Building Simulation Conference 1999, Kyoto, Japan.
Contains 177 papers
Volume content
Industry foundation classes and interoperable commercial software in support of design of energy-efficient buildings | 1999 | English
Interoperability among software tools that are used in building design can make the use of building energy simulation tools more frequent and more effective.
The use of air flow modeling tools for building design is still limited due to lack of explicit standards governing infiltration and ventilation rates in buildings. There is also inconsistency and discrepancy in the use of such modeling tools thro
A program for ground temperature data generation based on the expanded amedas weather CD-ROMS | 1999 | English
The Expanded AMeDAS Weather Data CD-ROMs would be available and may be utilized to conduct building simulations. However, the CD-ROMs do not include temperature data for thermally undisturbed ground.
The UC Berkeley Multinode Comfort Model is based on the Stolwijk model of human thermal regulation but includes several significant improvements.
This paper concerns reasons - and solutions – for the time lag in the uptake and use of building simulation in the Czech Republic relative to many other countries. Following a brief introduction, several barriers to the use of simulation are ident
A method to edit movies for a visual simulator and the of the torsional motion of high-rise buildings on human perception | 1999 | English
A study of the way in which humans visually perceive the motion of high-rise buildings was carried out. In our experiment, an edited movie was projected so that the subjects could observe the motion of the view from a window.
Several features of heat transfer on enclosing surfaces is discussed including temperature distributions in a room heated by a floor heater.
Comparison between wave theory and energy method in acoustic prediction of HVAC duct networks | 1999 | English
Sound predictions based on the wave theory were carried out on HVAC duct networks.
A potentially fast, flexible and accurate earth-contact heat transfer simulation method | 1999 | English
It is a basic premise of this paper that accurate earthcontact simulation is important and that the rapid parametric analysis of a structure can help designers pinpoint critical aspects of a structure early in the design stage.
An evaluation of radiance based simulations of annual indoor illuminance distributions due to daylight | 1999 | English
This paper presents a new, accelerated method based on GD\OLJKWFRHIILFLHQWV according to Tregenza [1] to calculate cumulative annual indoor illuminance distributions.
Assessing the value of typical meterological years built from observed and from synthetic data for building thermal simulation | 1999 | English
Typical Meteorological Years obtained from observed meteorological records have become the de facto data source when evaluating thermal performance of buildings.
The objective of this study is to improve the control performance of Ondol heating system in apartment buildings. For this purpose, prevalent control systems and relevant researches are evaluated.
Calibration procedure of energy performance simulation model for a commercial building | 1999 | English
Calibration with actual data has been considered as one of the most important and difficult part for the systematic energy audit procedure.
Large Eddy Simulation (LES) with a Dynamic Subgrid-scale Model (DSM) is a powerful tool to predict indoor airflow. However, the model needs to average the model coefficient over a homogeneous direction.
An absorption chiller model is developed for HVACSIM+(J). The model simulates dynamic characteristics of the chiller, such as dynamic trends of chiller temperatures and COP.
Coupling between a graphical simulation environment simulator and an optimisation algorithm | 1999 | English
The main aim of this study is to derive some simple rules for an optimal management of direct electric heating in residential buildings. Optimal management should minimise the running cost of heating while maintaining comfort, in the case of contr
A comprehensive approach to modeling and evaluating the visual environment in buildings | 1999 | English
This paper describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a computational tool for the comprehensive support of the lighting design process.
Within the research context relating to the modeling process of architectural buildings and landscape planning, the CRAI particularly works on the simulation of day-light and artificial illumination. The purpose of this research is to develop a so