Building performance simulation for design and operation

When used appropriately, building performance simulation has the potential to reduce the environmental impact of the built environment, to improve indoor quality and productivity, as well asto facilitatefuture innovation and technological progress in construction. Since publication of the first edition of Building Performance Simulation for Design and Operation, the discussion has shifted from a focus on software features to a new agenda, which centres on the effectiveness of building performance simulation in building life cycle processes. This new edition provides a unique and comprehensive overview of building performance simulation for the complete building life cycle from conception to demolition, and from a single building to district level. It contains new chapters on building information modelling, occupant behaviour modelling, urban physics modelling, urban building energy modelling and renewable energy systems modelling. This new edition keeps the same chapter structure throughout including learning objectives, chapter summaries and assignments. Moreover, the book: Provides unique insights into the techniques of building performance modelling and simulation and their application to performance-based design and operation of buildings and the systems which service them. Provides readers with the essential concepts of computational support of performance-based design and operation. Provides examples of how to use building simulation techniques for practical design, management and operation, their limitations and future direction. It is primarily intended for building and systems designers and operators, and postgraduate architectural, environmental or mechanical engineering students.

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Foreword to the second edition; Foreword to the first edition; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; 1 Building performance simulation -- challenges and opportunities; Part I Fundamentals; 2 Thermal load and energy performance prediction; 3 Ventilation performance prediction; 4 People in building performance simulation; 5 Indoor thermal quality performance prediction; 6 Weather and climate in building performance simulation; 7 Daylight performance predictions

8 Moisture modeling and durability assessment of building envelopes: recent advances9 Computational modeling in architectural acoustics; Part II Design; 10 The role of simulation in performance­based building; 11 BIM and BPS: a case study of integration cost metrics and design options; 12 Building simulation for policy support; Part III Operational optimization; 13 Building simulation for practical operational optimization; 14 Modeling and simulation in building automation systems; Part IV Systems; 15 HVAC systems performance prediction; 16 Micro­cogeneration system performance prediction

17 Modeling in building­to­grid integration18…