Advanced Building Simulation

Contents......Page 6
Figures......Page 8
Tables......Page 12
Contributors......Page 13
Acknowledgement......Page 14
Prologue......Page 16
1.1 Introduction......Page 19
1.2 The maturation of the building simulation toolset......Page 20
1.3 The place of simulation in the changing landscape of collaborative design teams......Page 26
1.4 New manifestations of simulation......Page 31
1.5 Final remarks......Page 36
References......Page 37
2.1 Introduction......Page 40
2.2 Outline of the case......Page 41
2.3 Uncertainty analysis......Page 44
2.4 Refinement of the uncertainty analysis......Page 57
2.5 Decision-making under uncertainty......Page 65
2.6 Summary and outlook......Page 70
References......Page 71
3.1 Introduction......Page 75
3.2 Benefits of building simulation......Page 76
3.3 The Monte Carlo method......Page 77
3.4 Model for temperatures......Page 79
3.5 Model for solar radiation......Page 87
3.7 Barometric pressure simulation......Page 92
3.9 Some results of Monte Carlo simulations......Page 93
3.10 Validating the simulation model......Page 95
3.12 Summary and conclusions......Page 99
References......Page 100
4.1 Introduction......Page 102
4.2 Zonal modeling of building airflow......Page 107
4.3 Zonal modeling of coupled heat and airflow......Page 114
4.4 Quality assurance......Page 122
4.5 Performance assessment methodology......Page 124
4.6 Conclusion......Page 129
Notes......Page 130
References......Page 131
5.1 Introduction......Page 134
5.2 Computational fluid dynamics approaches......Page 135
5.3 Simulation and analysis......Page 139
Nomenclature......Page 152
References......Page 153
6.1 Introduction......Page 156
6.2 Determining the appropriate problem (what to model)......Page 158
6.3 Determining the appropriate modeling criteria (how to model)......Page 161
6.4 Determining the appropriate validation strategy......Page 166
6.5 Potential applications......Page 168
References......Page 172
7.1 Introduction......Page 174
7.2 Sentient buildings......Page 175
7.3 Self-organizing models......Page 177
7.4 A simulation-based control strategy......Page 186
References......Page 202
8.1 Introduction......Page 204
8.2 Technologies for interoperability......Page 206
8.3 Design analysis integration......Page 216
8.4 Conclusions and remarks......Page 227
Acknowledgment......Page 228
9.1 Introduction......Page 232
9.2 Immersive building simulation......Page 235
9.3 Example cases......Page 249
References......Page 259
Epilogue......Page 262
Index......Page 264