LoginAir infiltration through revolving doors may have significant impact on the heating load of commercial and institutional spaces, and may create discomfort to people. This paper modifies a 40-year old model by Schutrum et al.
IBPSA 2003 - Eindhoven, Netherlands
International Building Simulation Conference 2003, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
Contains 190 papers.
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Predicting human geometry-related factors for detailed radiation analysis in indoor spaces | 2003 | English
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.
Sim_Zonal a software to evaluate the risk of discomfort: coupling with an energy engine, comparison with CFD codes and experimental measurements | 2003 | English
The software Sim_Zonal is a tool for evaluating indoor temperature and air flow distributions for residential and office buildings.
Technical and economical interest of sustainable refurbishment technologies in France, Italy and Filand | 2003 | English
The aim of the European SSHORT (Sustainable Social Housing Refurbishment Technologies) project is to increase and promote rational and efficient use of energy in the retrofitting of social housing buildings.
Numerical simulation on the prevention effect of the cold draft along the window in wintertime | 2003 | English
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.
Room air conditioners: determination of empirical corelations for predicting building energy consumption | 2003 | English
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.
We consider a strictly three-dimensional modeling technique as a basis for numerical simulations. Applications range from
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software is increasingly being used to predict the effects of wind on buildings and on the people in and around them.
This paper describes a performance-based evolution model using GA as the evolution algorithm and CFD as the evaluation mechanism.
Skyvision: a software tool to calculate the optical characteristics and daylighting performance of skylights | 2003 | English
Skylights can offer useful benefits in reducing building energy consumption and improving building occupants satisfaction.
Enclosure systems design and control support via dynamic simulation-assisted optimization | 2003 | English
This paper presents a computational environment for performance-based integrated building enclosure de- sign and control support.
This paper demonstrates one step forward in the development of virtual laboratories that can be used for the development and test of HVAC control systems. While predefined parameters are used for standard tests, individual tests of c
Approximately 60 percent of the weight of all wastes in Germany originates from the building area. For construction activities usually non-renewable resources are used.
The Loop Equation Design Method has been proposed for sizing ventilation airflow components of natural and hybrid ventilation systems.
Estimating performance of thermal displacement hvac systems using heat balance-based simulation programs | 2003 | English
This paper will address the shortcomings of typical heat balance-based HVAC design and analysis software when applied to thermal displacement ventilation (TDV) system design.
Ice storage system (ISS): simulation of a typical HVAC primary plant equipped with an ice storage unit | 2003 | English
Within the framework of energy management in a tertiary building, it is necessary to evaluate the possibilities of cold energy storage.
Building energy simulation is playing an increasingly important role in building energy codes. This paper investigates the important underlying issues affecting the use of building energy simulation for enhancing building energy codes.
Condensation and mold problems have been identified as one of the severest IAQ problems in Japan.
The design choice for any wall system must be integrated with some moisture engineering analysis.
Integration of control and building performance simulation software by run-time coupling | 2003 | English
This paper presents the background, approach and initial results of a project, which aims to achieve better integrated building and systems control modeling in building performance simulation by run- time coupling of distributed computer programs