Empirical Validation of Multi-Zone HVAC System Model: Evaluation of Existing Infiltration Models used in Building Energy Simulation [PDF]
, 2020 Piljae Im, Yeonjin Bae, Joshua New
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Buildings, 2023 Air leakage is an essential factor contributing to overall building performance. It plays a major role in determining energy consumption in harsh climates, particularly in residential buildings, as it represents a significant component of the envelope ...
Mohamed A. Makawi +2 more
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Investigation of a multizone building with HVAC system using a coupled thermal and airflow model [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 In building energy simulations, the air infiltration and interzonal airflow are generally either not considered or calculated oversimplified. However, the effects of air infiltration and building airflow have an impact on the thermal comfort and the ...
Eydner Matthias +3 more
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Can commercial buildings cope with Australian bushfires? An IAQ analysis
Buildings & Cities, 2021 The Australian 2019/20 summer witnessed an extraordinary bushfire season characterised by unprecedented duration, geographical reach and impact. The aftermath of the bushfires includes increased health-related implications on people due to short and long
Arianna Brambilla +4 more
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Quantifying the health burden misclassification from the use of different PM2.5 exposure tier models: A case study of London [PDF]
, 2020 Exposure to PM2.5 has been associated with increased mortality in urban areas. Hence, reducing the uncertainty in human exposure assessments is essential for more accurate health burden estimates.
Ewart, Ian +2 more
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CO2-based grey-box model to estimate airflow rate and room occupancy [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2019 In the existing building stock, heating, cooling and ventilation often run on fixed schedules assuming maximal occupancy. However, fitting the control of the HVAC system to the building’s real demand offers large potential for energy savings over the ...
Wolf Sebastian +5 more
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Energies, 2020 In this case study, the energy performance of a secondary school building from the 1960s in Gävle, Sweden, was modelled in the building energy simulation (BES) tool IDA ICE version 4.8 prior to major renovation planning.
Jessika Steen Englund +3 more
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Contrasting the capabilities of building energy performance simulation programs [PDF]
, 2008 For the past 50 years, a wide variety of building energy simulation programs have been developed, enhanced and are in use throughout the building energy community.
Crawley, Drury B. +3 more
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Building fault detection data to aid diagnostic algorithm creation and performance testing. [PDF]
, 2020 It is estimated that approximately 4-5% of national energy consumption can be saved through corrections to existing commercial building controls infrastructure and resulting improvements to efficiency.
Chen, Yan +4 more
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Performance evaluation and optimal design of supermarket refrigeration systems with supermarket model "SuperSim", Part I: Model description and validation [PDF]
, 2011 This is the post-print version of the final paper published in International Journal of Refrigeration. The published article is available from the link below.
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