International Building Simulation Conference 2003, Eindhoven, Netherlands.

Contains 190 papers.

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The  design  for  the  new Federal  Building  for  San Francisco includes an office tower that is to be naturally ventilated.
Philip Haves, Guilherme Carrilho da Graca and Paul Linden
This paper describes modelling and simulation of a space with radiant cooling ceiling (CC). The computer model represents a      test chamber,  which is located in a laboratory of  the  Department of Environmental   Engineering in Prague.
Vladimír Zmrhal, Jan Hensen and František Drkal
A  preliminary  investigation  is  made  into  the  global variation in irradiance under the Clear, the Intermediate (partly   cloudy)   and the   Overcast   sky   conditions (Nakamura  et.  al.,  1986,  1987).
Masato Oki and Hiroyuki Shiina
This paper presents a simulation study employed for the optimization of the building envelope for a new university building located in Montreal (latitude 450N).
Athanassios Tzempelikos and Andreas K. Athienitis
This paper draws the attention to the importance of a correct modelling of the inlet temperature of naturally and mechanically ventilated multiple-skin facades.
Saelens D., Roels S. and Hens H.
The purpose of this paper is to explain the indoor thermal radiation environment of the human body in detail. Using a 3-D human body model, shape factor calculations between a human body and surroundings are executed.
Masaki Manabe, Hitoshi Yamazaki, Koji Sakai
This  article  presents  a  one-dimensional  model  of spray vaporization that can be easily used in thermal performance simulations of buildings.
Antonio César S. Baptista da Silva, José A. Bellini da Cunha Neto, Roberto Lamberts
In this study, formulae for predicting projected area factors and view factors of individual body parts of standing and sedentary humans for detailed radiation analysis were developed.
K. Kubaha, D. Fiala and K. J. Lomas
A   two-level   analysis   was   used   to   study   the economic potential of implementing Building Cooling, Heating and Power (BCHP) technologies in the U.S.
Marek Czachorski, Jaroslav Wurm
A web-based, non-expert daylighting analysis tool has been developed to support daylighting-related design decisions in peripheral private offices during an early design stage.
C. F. Reinhart, M. Morrison
This study is aimed to contribute to energy saving and to achieve the indoor thermal comfort by preventing the down draft along the window in building with less heating energy than the common equipment, e.g. FCU.
Yasuo Utsumi, Hiroshi Kobayashi and Ryushi Kimura
Two room air conditioners were modeled in order to predict the total cooling capacity, the sensible cooling capacity and the Energy Efficiency Ratio (E.E.R.) of each appliance.
Gustavo Cherem-Pereira and Nathan Mendes
The   sky   view   factor   indicates   the   relationship between the visible area of the sky and the area covered by urban structures.
Léa C.L.Souza, Daniel S. Rodrigues, José F.G. Mendes
This paper describes a performance-based evolution model using GA as the evolution algorithm and CFD as the evaluation mechanism.
Ali M. Malkawi, Ravi S. Srinivasan, Yun Kyu Yi and Ruchi Choudhary
A computer-model is used to simulate the evacuation of the occupants in a building.
Ronald Oldengarm
Embedded   generation   has   been   described   as   a “paradigm shift” in the way in which electricity is produced, with the focus of power  production shifting away from large centralised  generation plants to production of heat and power close
Andy Grant, Nick Kelly
The aim of the presented work is to refine the ESP-r system by incorporating phase change materials (PCM) modelling. The behaviour of PCMs is modelled using ESP-r’s special materials facility.
Heim D. and Clarke J. A.
Radiant heating and cooling, including building component embedded systems, have become a common heating and/or cooling technology in the recent few years.
Gerhard Zweifel, Matthias Achermann
The rapidly developing Internet broadband network offers new opportunities for deploying a range of energy, environment and health-related services for people in their homes and workplaces.
J A Clarke, S Conner, V Geros, C M Johnstone, S Karatasou, J Kim, M Santamouris and P A Strachan
A study by Reinhart and Herkel showed term predictions of daylight availability in architectural spaces should take the conditions  of all individual time steps into account.
Benjamin Geebelen and Herman Neuckermans

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