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THE SUCCESSES AND FRUSTRATIONS OF DYNAMIC SIMULATION.

Author(s) : BOWMAN N., LOMAS K.

Type of article: Article

Summary

THE AUTHORS DISCUSS THE MODELS AVAILABLE FOR SIMULATION OF BUILDING THERMAL PERFORMANCE AND THE METHODS BY WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN VALIDATED. THEIR CONCLUSION IS THAT VALIDATION AGAINST ACTUAL BUILDING MEASURED PERFORMANCE CONTAINS SO MANY UNPREDICTABLE ERRORS THAT TO DATE IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO BE CERTAIN WHETHER FAULTS LIE IN THE MODELS OR NOT. MAJOR PROBLEMS INCLUDE UNPREDICTABLE VARIATIONS IN OCCUPANCY BEHAVIOUR, DOUBTFUL MEASUREMENT OF INFILTRATION, AND THE DIVERGENCE BETWEEN THEORETICAL AND ACTUAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PERFORMANCE. D.W.H.

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  • Original title: THE SUCCESSES AND FRUSTRATIONS OF DYNAMIC SIMULATION.
  • Record ID : 1989-0674
  • Languages: English
  • Source: AIRAH J. - vol. 42 - n. 4
  • Publication date: 1988
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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