In this research work, energy simulation was used as a forecasting tool in architectural
design. It includes the study of a multi-family residential building in five different climate …

Buildings' energy systems release heat to the atmosphere that contributes to the urban heat
island. In return, the energy demand from buildings depends on the meteorological …

Dynamic cooling load changes caused by weather, occupants and equipment use are
prevailing challenges for heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) system design …

The hourly dynamic calculation method given in EN ISO 13790 uses a lumped-capacity
5R1C thermal network model of a building. This model enables the use of hourly occupancy …

Air-to-water heat pumps are one of the most common and energy efficient heating systems
for buildings, particularly floor-heating plants. One way to further improve their effectiveness …

Coupled models developed from the building energy simulation (BES) and computational
fluid dynamics (CFD) methods are occasionally used for analyzing the buildings thermal …

Abstract Development of a simplified building model can effectively mimic the transient
building thermal behaviour which essentially depends on the weather profile and the …

Although smart thermostats have increasingly provided homeowners with abundant
operational data related to advanced HVAC control and energy usage management in …

To enable optimal building energy management in response to the ever-changing building
and boundary conditions, it is critical to have numerical models that can provide accurate …

Buildings are the result of a complex integration of multi-physics subsystems. Besides the
obvious civil engineering infrastructure, thermal, electrical, mechanical, control …