This paper addresses the challenge of incorporating occupant behavior into building performance simulation models used during the design process that is, before the actual occupants are known.
As a next step building performance simulation models were used to evaluate alternative building designs (specifically various surface and layout design options and degrees of vegetation) in view of their mitigation effectiveness vis-à-vis climate change projections.
Building Performance Simulations, performed by accurately modeling the building and the active energy systems, show that the kind of architecture and the destination of use (i.e., high occupancy and endogenous sensible and latent gains) favor an energy retrofit mainly based on the deep refurbishment of the HVAC system and on the installation of a photovoltaic plant.
In order to perform building performance simulations based on the IFC compliant data models expressed through the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) based formats, an add-on data mapping engine has been developed as a front-end application in S2.
The use of simplified methods or tools to quantify the impacts of occupant behavior in building performance simulations significantly contributes to performance gaps between simulated models and actual building energy consumption.
However, as a consequence of a fragmented building industry building performance simulations (BPSs) in the early design stage are closely related to who is creating and operating the BPS models.
A quasi-steady-state model suitable for use in building performance simulations that expressed the chiller's performance was developed.
EDSL Tas is used to run building energy performance simulations.
My research area was building performance and diagnostics, including energy simulation and modeling, smart buildings and indoor air quality, and energy efficient building technologies.
This study aims to perform, compare, and evaluate Integrated Building Design (IBD) processes, collaborating the Building Information Modeling (BIM) with Building Performance Simulation (BPS) applications to perform energy analysis and improving the building energy performance of a Generalizable Building Design (GBD), an universal application on health care facilities design in Thailand.
