Conference Agenda

Urban Energy Lab 4.0 - An integrated step towards a sustainable future of city districts

Christian Vering, Rita Streblow, Dirk Müller

RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Introduction to statistical learning - application to building energy data analysis

Simon Rouchier

Université Savoie Mont Blanc, France

The novel dynamic building energy performance simulation tool SIM-VICUS

Stephan Hirth, Andreas Nicolai

TU Dresden, Germany

Introduction to the BOPTEST framework for simulation-based benchmarking of advanced controllers

Javier Arroyo^1,2,3, David Blum⁴

1: Department of Mechanical Engineering, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium; 2: EnergyVille, Thor Park, Waterschei, Belgium; 3: Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Mol, Belgium; 4: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, USA

A BIM-based Business Process Model to support LEED® certification in retrofit projects.

Letizia D'Angelo^1,2,3, Magdalena Hajdukiewicz^1,2,3, Federico Seri^1,2,3, Marcus Keane^1,2,3

1: School of Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, National University of Ireland, Galway; 2: Informatics Research Unit for Sustainable Engineering (IRUSE), National University of Ireland Galway; 3: Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway

Ecological and economic analysis of low-temperature district heating in typical residential areas

Jan Stock¹, Dominik Hering¹, André Xhonneux¹, Dirk Müller^1,2

1: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Institute of Energy and Climate Research, Energy Systems Engineering (IEK-10), Jülich, Germany; 2: RWTH Aachen University, E.ON Energy Research Center, Institute for Energy Efficient Buildings and Indoor Climate, Aachen, Germany

Multidisciplinary BIM-model for an integrative design approach: study case of a car dealership building in Brussels

Nassim Jamali, Pedro Marques, Jolien De Clerck, Wim Boydens

Boydens Engineering, Belgium

Facility location problem in thermal network design

Tristan André Rey, Jessen Page

HES-SO, Switzerland

MILP based approach for the preliminary investigation of thermal networks in urban areas

Francesca Belfiore^1,2, Tristan Rey¹, Jessen Page¹, François Maréchal²

1: HES-SO Valais-Wallis, Switzerland; 2: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland

MUSEGRIDS tool: energy performance calculation based on EPBD standards for EU and abroad

Gema Hernández Moral, Victor Iván Serna González, Francisco Javier Miguel, César Valmaseda Tranque

Fundacion CARTIF, Spain

Optimal operation of distributed energy systems - a game theory based approach

Sarah Henn, Sarah Welter, Tanja Osterhage, Dirk Müller

RWTH Aachen University, E.ON Energy Research Center, Institute for Energy Efficient Buildings and Indoor Climate, Germany

Impact of 2-zone recirculation on IAQ and energy performance of a demand controlled MEV system

Ivan Pollet¹, Bavo De Maré¹, Steven Delrue¹, Frederik Losfeld¹, Jelle Laverge², Samuel Caillou³

1: Research, Renson Ventilation, Waregem, Belgium; 2: Building Physics Research Group, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium; 3: Belgian Building Research Institute (BBRI), Limelette, Belgium

Global sensitivity analysis of a bottom-up building stock energy model

Sebastian Forthuber, Lukas Kranzl, Andreas Müller, Iná Maia

TU Wien, Austria

Heat zoning- and district heating simulation tool

Raf De Herdt, Joris Dedecker, Thomas Koch, Pedro Pattijn

Ingenium NV, Belgium

The impact of climate change on the reliable optimization for energy and economic refurbishment of a residential building in Italy

Amedeo Pezzi, Marco Manzan, Paolo Rosato

University of Trieste, Italy

Integrated design of refrigerant, heat pump and system components: Process intensification for optimized heat pump systems

Christian Vering, Sebastian Ostlender, Fabian Wuellhorst, Philipp Mehrfeld, Dirk Müller

RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Modeling the impact of Climate Change on Future Heating Demand in Different Types of Buildings in the Belgian residential building stock

Essam Elnagar¹, Sébastien Doutreloup², Vincent Lemort¹

1: Thermodynamics Laboratory, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Université de Liège, Belgium; 2: Laboratory of Climatology, Department of Geography, UR SPHERES, University de Liège, Belgium

Climate change sensitive overheating assessment in dwellings: a case study in Belgium

Ramin Rahif¹, Abdulrahman Fani¹, Piotr Kosinski², Shady Attia¹

1: Sustainable Building Design Lab, Dept. UEE, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Université de Liege, Belgium; 2: Faculty of Geoengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Heweliusza Street 10, 10-724 Olsztyn, Poland

Influence of the hydronic loop configuration on the energy performance of a CO2 heat pump for domestic hot water production in a multi-family building

Matteo Dongellini, Claudia Naldi, Gian Luca Morini

Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Bologna, Italy

Methods for determining occupant behavioural models for energy-efficient retrofitting of 20th-century buildings

Antonella Mastrorilli¹, Roberta Zarcone², Chenafi Sabrina¹, Colonneau Téva¹

1: Laboratoire LACTH, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture et de Paysage de Lille, 2 Rue Verte, 59650 Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France; 2: Laboratoire GSA, Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris-Malaquais, 14 rue Bonaparte, 75006 Paris

Human in the Loop: perceived based control as the key to enhance buildings’ performance

Davide Calì, Christian Ankerstjerne Thilker, Sebastian Arcos Specht, Jaume Palmer Real, Henrik Madsen, Bjarne W. Olesen

DTU, Denmark

A simulation workflow for exposure characterisation of daylit spaces based on occupant gaze orientation

Mandana Sarey Khanie¹, Mikkel Kofod Pedersen¹, Trine Illum¹, Rasmus Nielsen¹, Thorbjøn Asmussen²

1: Technical University of Denamrk, Denmark; 2: VELUX A/S, Hoersholm, Denmark

Quantifying household specific self-consumption of photovoltaic-based power generation in energy efficient buildings – a comprehensive parametric study to increase the reliability of energy consulting

André Müller^1,2, Johannes Koert², Patrick Wörner²

1: Institute for Housing and Environment, Germany; 2: Institute of Concrete and Masonry Structures, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

Computational assessment of occupant-centric radiant cooling solutions

Helene Teufl, Ardeshir Mahdavi

Department of Building Physics and Building Ecology, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

Occupant-centric control of transparent dynamic façades through an integrated co-simulation framework

Luigi Giovannini, Manuela Baracani, Fabio Favoino, Valentina Serra

Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy

Optimization workflow for the design of efficient shading control strategies

Abel Sepúlveda, Francesco De Luca, Jarek Kurnitski

Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

Tool Development for Automatic Simulation of central and decentral Heat Supply Scenarios and Application to a district in the City of Mainz, Germany (SimStadt 2.0 project)

Verena Weiler¹, Eric Duminil¹, Bodo Balbach², Bastian Schröter¹

1: University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart, Germany; 2: Mainzer Stadtwerke AG

Design optioneering for the definition of technological solution of envelope using BIM

Frida Bazzocchi¹, Neri Banti¹, Carlo Biagini², Cecilia Ciacci¹, Vincenzo Di Naso¹

1: University of Florence, DICEA (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering ), Italy; 2: University of Florence, DiDA (Department of Architecture), Italy

Uncertainty analysis of building energy analysis based on replicated Latin Hypercube sampling

Wei Tian¹, Miaorou Jin¹, Pieter de Wilde², Xing Fu³, Jiaxin Shi¹

1: Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China; 2: Plymouth University, UK; 3: Tianjin Architectural Design Institure, China

Quality check of openBIM input data for thermal building simulation based on mvdXML

Andreas Geiger, Karl-Heinz Häfele, Veit Hagenmeyer

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Cross-over analysis of building-stock modelling approaches for bottom-up engineering model

Usama Bin Perwez, Yohei Yamaguchi, Yoshiyuki Shimoda

Osaka University, Japan

Automatic IFC data enrichment with space geometries for Building Energy Performance Simulations

Georgios Nektarios Lilis, Kyriakos Katsigarakis, Dimitrios Rovas

University College London, London, UK

Projecting impacts of uncertain climate change on future energy demand

Sandhya Patidar, David Jenkins, Andrew Peacock

Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom

Analysis of the energy performance of a new ventilated brick wall: behaviour of real scale prototype under different ventilation configuration and weather conditions

Costanza Vittoria Fiorini¹, Domenico Palladino², Cinzia Buratti³

1: CIRIAF, University of Perugia, Via G. Duranti 63, 06125 Perugia, Italy; 2: ENEA, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development of Engineering, Via Anguillarese, 301, 00123 Rome, Italy; 3: Department of Engineering, University of Perugia, Via G.Duranti 67, 06125 Perugia, Italy

Development of an urban sewage state prediction model and case studies for the evaluation of sewage heat utilization potential

Weian Chen¹, Shohei Miyata², Yasunori Akashi²

1: National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 2: University of Tokyo, Japan

Investigating the control strategies for Breathing Walls during summer: a dynamic simulation study

Andrea Alongi, Adriana Angelotti, Livio Mazzarella

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

An evaluation of the proposed framework to introduce a smart readiness indicator for buildings

Vasiliki Varsami, Esfand Burman

Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, University College London (UCL), United Kingdom

Automatic generation of second level space boundary geometry from IFC models

Eric Fichter, Veronika Richter, Jérôme Frisch, Christoph van Treeck

Institute of Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Building (E3D), RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Geometrical interoperability of 3D CityGML building models for urban energy use cases

Avichal Malhotra¹, Yue Pan², Jérôme Frisch¹, Christoph van Treeck¹

1: Institute of Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Building (E3D), RWTH Aachen University, Germany; 2: Nesseler Grünzig Bau Gmbh, Germany

Interoperability between BIM and building energy modelling – a case study

Francesco Asdrubali¹, Manuel Manzo², Gianluca Grazieschi³

1: University of Roma Tre, Italy; 2: University of Roma Tre, Italy; 3: University of Roma Tre, Italy

Texture mapping and IFC material retrievement for virtual reality applications

Sebastian Duque Mahecha, Sergi Aguacil Moreno, Alexandre Dennis Stoll, Laurent Deschamps

Building2050 group, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Fribourg, Switzerland

Proposed integration of utilities in the Energy ADE 2.0

Maximilian Schildt, Christian Behm, Avichal Malhotra, Sebastian Weck-Ponten, Jérôme Frisch, Christoph van Treeck

Institute of Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Building (E3D), RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Simulation support for the design of ventilated windows: a case study

Shiva Najaf Khosravi, Ardeshir Mahdavi

Vienna University of Technology, Austria

Daylighting simulation using spectral ray tracing

Antony Escudie¹, Chloé Therreau¹, Tanguy Timmermans², Louis Dellieu², Grégoire Besse¹

1: Eclat Digital; 2: AGC Glass Europe

Evaluating daylighting performance metrics in LEED v4 for commercial office buildings: What criteria is missing to enhance the visual performance and comfort of occupants?

Riwayat Katia, Nourhan Elsayed, Tarek Rakha

Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America

Designing a Solar Shading Solution parametrically using the direct sun and the view to the outside for a building in Vietnam

Pedro Marques, Chinh Trieu, Wim Boydens

Studiebureau Boydens, Belgium

Facades, roofs and solar parking yield estimation at Utrecht science park

Tayzer Damasceno de Oliveira^1,2,3, Luis Fialho², Atse Louwen^3,4, Wilfried G.J.H.M. van Sark³

1: Accenture, Lisboa, Portugal; 2: University of Évora, Évora, Portugal; 3: Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands; 4: Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy

Heat and moisture transport through a living wall system designated for greywater treatment

Hayder Alsaad, Conrad Voelker

Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany

A convolutional neural network for the hygrothermal assessment of timber frame walls

Astrid Tijskens, Staf Roels

KU Leuven, Belgium

Besos: a python library that links energyplus with energy hub, optimization and machine learning tools.

Theodor Victor Christiaanse^1,2, Paul Westermann^1,2, Will Beckett^1,2, Gaelle Faure^1,2, Ralph Evins^1,2

1: Energy in Cities group, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Victoria, BritishColumbia, Canada; 2: Institute for Integrated Energy Systems, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Data-driven black box model of building dynamics

Sophie Bernard^1,2, Valery Ann Jacobs¹, Bert Belmans^1,3, Arjen Mentens¹, Filip Descamps^1,4, John Lataire¹

1: Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium; 2: Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium; 3: Universiteit Antwerpen, Belgium; 4: Daidalos Peutz, Belgium

Summer passive strategies assessment based on calibrated building model using on site measurement data

Obaidullah Yaqubi^1,2,3, Auline Rodler^1,2, Sihem Guernouti^1,2,3, Marjorie Musy^1,2,3

1: Equipe de recherche BPE, Cerma Ouest, Nantes, France; 2: Institut de Recherche en Sciences et Techniques de la Ville (IRSTV) , Nantes, France; 3: CNRS UMR 6183, GeM, Université de Nantes, France

A low-order semi-physical borefield model for optimal control applications

Iago Cupeiro Figueroa¹, Lieve Helsen^1,2

1: KU Leuven, Belgium; 2: Energyville, Belgium

An Open-AI gym environment for the Building Optimization Testing (BOPTEST) framework

Javier Arroyo^1,2,3, Carlo Manna^2,3, Fred Spiessens^2,3, Lieve Helsen^1,2

1: Department of Mechanical Engineering, KU Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium; 2: EnergyVille, Thor Park, Waterschei, Belgium; 3: Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Mol, Belgium

Open and Reproducible Use Cases for Energy (ORUCE) methodology in systems design and operation: a dwelling photovoltaic self-consumption example.

Sacha Hodencq, Benoit Delinchant, Frederic Wurtz

Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Grenoble INP*, G2Elab, 38000 Grenoble, France

Is your building automation and control system properly designed and installed?

Muhyiddine Jradi

University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Adapting French buildings to future climate: Passive design optimisation

Anaïs Machard^1,2, Christian Inard¹, Jean-Marie Alessandrini², Charles Pelé², Jacques Ribéron³

1: Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Ingénieur pour l’Environnement (LASIE, UMR CNRMS 7356), La Rochelle Université, 23 Avenue Albert Einstein, 17000 La Rochelle, France; 2: Département Energie et Environnement, Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment (CSTB), 84 Avenue Jean Jaurès, Champs-sur-Marne, 77447 Marne-la-Vallée CEDEX 2, France; 3: Département Santé et Confort, Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment (CSTB), 84 Avenue Jean Jaurès, Champs-sur-Marne, 77447 Marne-la-Vallée CEDEX 2, France;

Assessing the relevance of updated climate files in the simulation of residential buildings located in semi-arid regions

Emanuela Giancola, María Nuria Sánchez, Helena López, Jose Antonio Ferrer, María José Jiménez, Silvia Soutullo

Energy efficiency in buildings research unit, CIEMAT, Spain

Climate change impact on the future performance of Nearly Zero Energy buildings: A case study base analysis

Mamak Pourabdollahtootkaboni, Giovanna De Luca, Ilaria Ballarini, Vincenzo Corrado

Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

The impact of a high-end climate change scenario on the energy consumption of a Flemish office building

Delphine Ramon, Karen Allacker

Department of Architecture, Faculty of Engineering Science, KU Leuven, Belgium

Development of a new decision tool for Sustainable COOLing Systems (CORNET SCOOLS)

Jeroen Van der Veken¹, Margot De Pauw²

1: BBRI, Belgium; 2: KCE Thomas More, Belgium

Mapping the gap in user-related building performance simulation models

Ardeshir Mahdavi, Veselina Bochukova, Christiane Berger

TU Wien, Austria

The impact of occupancy prediction accuracy on the performance of model predictive control (MPC) in buildings

Tao Yang, Fisayo Caleb Sangogboye, Krzysztof Arendt, Konstantin Filonenko, Jonathan Dallaire, Mikkel Baun Kjærgaard, Christian Veje

Center for Energy Informatics, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Consequences-based graphical model for contextualized occupants’ activities estimation in connected buildings

Huynh Phan¹, Thomas Recht¹, Laurent Mora¹, Stéphane Ploix²

1: I2M Bordeaux, University of Bordeaux, CNRS, Arts et Metiers Institute of Technology, Bordeaux INP, F-33400 Talence, France; 2: G-SCOP, Grenoble Institute of Technology, UMR CNRS 5272, 46 Avenue Felix Viallet, 38031 Grenoble Cedex 1, France

Multi-Agent based simulation of human activity for building and urban scale assessment of residential load curves and energy use

Mathieu Schumann^1,5, Quentin Reynaud², Nicolas Sabouret³, François Sempé⁶, Benoit Charrier^1,5, Jérémy Albouys^1,3,4,5, Yvon Haradji¹, Christian Inard^4,5

1: EDF R&D, Palaiseau, France; 2: QRCI, Clermont-Ferrand, France; 3: LIMSI-CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France; 4: LaSIE, CNRS, La Rochelle Université, La Rochelle, France; 5: 4evLab, EDF R&D, CNRS, LaSIE, La Rochelle Université, La Rochelle, France; 6: FSCI, Paris, France

The formulation of a reference load curve to measure energy flexibility

Muhammad Salman Shahid¹, Benoît Delinchant¹, Béatrice Roussillon², Frédéric Wurtz¹, Daniel Llerena²

1: G2Elab, 21 Rue des Martyrs, CS 90624, 38031 Grenoble CEDEX 1, France; 2: GAEL, 1241 Rue des Résidences, 38400 Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France

Identifying grey-box models from archetypes of apartment block buildings

Marius Eide Bagle¹, Philip Maree², Harald Taxt Walnum¹, Igor Sartori¹

1: SINTEF Community, Norway; 2: SINTEF Digital, Norway

Integrating thermal, energy, lighting, and acoustics in building design approach: Lesson learned from students assignments

Rizki A. Mangkuto, Anugrah Sabdono Sudarsono, R.S. Joko Sarwono

Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia

Statistical methodologies for verification of building energy performance simulation

Amin Nouri, Jérôme Frisch, Christoph van Treeck

Institute of Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Building (E3D), RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Easy-to-implement simulation strategies for annual glare risk assessment based on the European Daylighting Standard

Bruno Bueno¹, Abel Sepúlveda², Christoph Maurer³, Simon Wacker⁴, Taoning Wang⁵, Tilmann E. Kuhn⁶, Helen Rose Wilson⁷

1: Fraunhofer ISE, Germany; 2: Taltech, Estonia; 3: Fraunhofer ISE, Germany; 4: Fraunhofer ISE, Germany; 5: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory LBNL, Berkeley CA, USA; 6: Fraunhofer ISE, Germany; 7: Fraunhofer ISE, Germany

A machine-learning framework for daylight and visual comfort assessment in early design stages

Hanieh Nourkojouri¹, Zahra Sadat Zomorodian¹, Mohammad Tahsildoost¹, Zohreh Shaghaghian²

1: Shahid Beheshti University, Iran, Islamic Republic of; 2: Texas A&M University, College Station, United States

Reducing heat island effect: a mathematical model of green roof design

Jing Hong¹, Dennis Michael Utzinger²

1: Rivion; 2: University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee

Semantic web ontologies for buildings objects and their performance data

Eleanna Panagoulia, Zachary Lancaster, Tarek Rakha

Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America

A machine-learning framework for acoustic design assessment in early design stages

Reyhane Abarghooie¹, ZahraSadat Zomorodian¹, Mohammad Tahsildoost¹, Zohreh Shaghaghian²

1: Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran; 2: Texas A&M University, College Station, United States

A Python library for Radiance matrix-based simulation control and EnergyPlus integration

Taoning Wang¹, Greg Ward², Eleanor S. Lee¹

1: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, United States of America; 2: Anyhere Software

Functional mock-up unit based generic threat injection framework for energy efficient and resilient buildings

Yangyang Fu, Xing Lu, Zheng O'Neill

Texas A$M University, United States of America

Real-time light simulation methodology for expedited comparison and optimization studies through agent-based photon modeling

Vishal Vaidhyanathan, Jichen Wang

Carnegie Mellon University, United States of America

Radiant spectral energy for simulation in the built environment

Joseph Del Rocco, Joseph T. Kider Jr.

University of Central Florida, School of Modeling, Simulation, and Training

Short-term forecasting of building energy consumption with deep generative learning

Yichuan X. Ma

The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Economic and emission reduction potential of renewable based energy systems in an apartment building in cold climatic conditions

Hassam ur Rehman, Ala Hasan, Francesco Reda

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland

Integration of a flexible tensile material in a second skin façade system: a passive method to enhance the energy performances of the Italian building scenario

Giovanni Ciampi, Yorgos Spanodimitriou, Michelangelo Scorpio, Antonio Rosato, Sergio Sibilio

Department of Architecture and Industrial Design, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy

Study of optimal control strategies for an energy production system using thermal mass of buildings

Charbel Salameh^1,2, Bruno Peuportier², Patrick Schalbart²

1: Accenta; 2: Centre Efficacité énergétique des Systèmes Mines Paristech

Effect of introducing hybrid power system for housing

Saori Nakao¹, Yasuyuki Shiraishi¹, Yusuke Shigematsu²

1: The University of Kitakyushu, Japan; 2: Saibugas Co., Ltd., Japan

Activation of the building thermal mass to store PV surplus energy

Arno Dentel, Christina Betzold

Technische Hochschule Nürnberg, Germany

Impact of implementing air-conditioning systems on the school building stock in Brazil considering climate change effects: a bottom-up benchmarking

Matheus Soares Geraldi, Mateus Vinicius Bavaresco, Veronica Gnecco, Enedir Ghisi, Michele Fossati

Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Borehole latent energy storage system integrated with solar thermal collectors and heat pumps

Parham Eslami Nejad, Arash Bastani, Alain Nguyen, Etienne Saloux

CanmetENERGY, NRCan, Canada

Simulation-based analysis of the load-shifting potential of Heat Pumps in Multi-Family Houses using co-simulation

Daniel Schmidt, Sabine Hoffmann

TU Kaiserslautern, Germany

Operational control of earth-to-air heat exchanger using reinforcement learning

Kento Tomoda¹, Yasuyuki Shiraishi¹, Dirk Saelens^2,3

1: The University of Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan; 2: KU Leuven, Department of Civil Engineering, Building Physics & Sustainable Design Section, Leuven, Belgium; 3: EnergyVille, Genk, Belgium

Distribution of potential savings from urban-scale energy modeling of a utility

Brett Bass¹, Joshua New²

1: The University of Tennessee; 2: Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Dynamic simulation of a radiant ceiling panel incorporating PCMs for building cooling and heating applications

Andres Gallardo, Umberto Berardi

Ryerson University, Canada

The energy master planning process for districts

Matthias Haase

ZHAW, Switzerland

Case study of an NZEB (renovation) with 7 years measurement data – what can a designer learn from it?

Matthias Haase

ZHAW, Switzerland

Smart ventilation control to minimize the infection risk with COVID-19 in office buildings

Zhihong Pang¹, Pingfan Hu^2,3, Xing Lu¹, Qingsheng Wang^2,3, Zheng O'Neill¹

1: J. Mike Walker '66 Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA; 2: Mary Kay O'Connor Process Safety Center, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA; 3: Artie McFerrin Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

Numerical investigation of a novel diffuse wall ventilation: thermal comfort and cross-infection control effectiveness

Chen Zhang, Gaute Larsen Tveit, Truls Ramstad, Peter V. Nielsen, Rasmus Lund Jensen

Department of the Built Environment, Aalborg University, Denmark

Developing thermal comfort maps for naturally ventilated spaces

Vardan Soi¹, Swati Puchalapalli², Rashmin M. Damle³

1: Masters in Technology, Building Energy Performance (MTech BEP), CEPT University; 2: Terraviridis; 3: CEPT University

Multi-objective optimisation of Indian Jaali fenestration system for visual, thermal and perceptual performance using computational methods

Afshan Rehman, Amulya Surapaneni

Carnegie Mellon University, United States of America

Fine-grained measurement of the indoor built environment with robotic vacuum cleaners

Joseph McLaughlin¹, Michal Young¹, Siobhan Rockcastle^1,2

1: University of Oregon, United States of America; 2: Baker Lighting Lab

Investigating the relationship between interpretability and performance for optimal rule-based control

Eikichi Ono^1,2, Kuniaki Mihara², Takamasa Hasama², Yuichi Takemasa², Bertrand Lasternas¹, Adrian Chong¹

1: National University of Singapore, Singapore; 2: Kajima Technical Research Institute Singapore, Singapore

Performance of aerogels as thermal insulation materials for buildings in tropical climates

Aminu Wali Bashir, Eliane Hayashi Suzuki, Joao Roberto Diego Petreche, Brenda Chaves Coelho Leite

Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

A combined CFD-based genetic algorithm and human body thermoregulation model for designing the indoor thermal environment

Wei Liu¹, Yu Xue², Dayi Lai³

1: Division of Sustainable Buildings, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Brinellvägen 23, Stockholm, 100 44, Sweden; 2: School of Civil Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China; 3: Department of Architecture, School of Design, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

Simulation of COVID-19 ultraviolet disinfection using coupled ray tracing and CFD

Nathaniel Jones¹, Paul Lynch², Joseph Hewlings¹, Justin Boyd², Ryan Seffinger¹, Dan Lister², Renee Thomas¹

1: Arup, United States of America; 2: Arup, United Kingdom

Radiation control optimization for dynamic glazing in building façades in subtropical climate

Eliane Hayashi Suzuki, Racine Tadeu Araujo Prado, Brenda Chaves Coelho Leite

Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil

Influence of interventions against spread of COVID-19 on noise levels in student restaurant

Lukáš Zelem¹, Vojtech Chmelík², Monika Rychtáriková³

1: STU Bratislava, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Architecture; 2: STU Bratislava, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Department of Architecture; 3: KU Leuven, Faculty of Architecture,

Buoyancy-driven ventilation in a real operational building: Uncertainty quantification of the discharge coefficient

Lup Wai Chew, Chen Chen, Catherine Gorlé

Stanford University, United States of America

Impact of landscaping elements on pedestrian wind simulations using OpenFOAM

Rubina Ramponi¹, Viet Le², Jake Haskell³, Adam Brooks²

1: Arup, Dublin, Ireland; 2: Arup, New York, United States of America; 3: Arup, Berlin, Germany

Full-scale validation of natural ventilation models in Stanford’s Y2E2 building

Chen Chen, Catherine Gorlé

Stanford University, United States of America

Whole-building energy simulation analysis and optimization of residential building equipped with air-duct system in three different regions

Arash Zarmehr, Joseph T. Kider .Jr

Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central Florida, United States of America

Development of a digital twin of the temperature distribution in datacenters

Eric Terry

Actiflow

Characterised sun path patches as a way to design better shading

Andrew Corney¹, Vladimir Bajic²

1: Trimble SketchUp, United Kingdom; 2: Trimble SketchUp, USA

Modelling solar shadings with metallic slats for optimal daylighting. What parameters should we focus on?

Bertrand Deroisy¹, Marshal Maskarenj², Sergio Altomonte²

1: Belgian Building Research Institute, Brussels, Belgium; 2: Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

A spectral model for longwave radiant heat transfer: influence of new generation polymers in BES

Edouard Walther, Antoine Hubert

AREP L'hypercube, France

Modelling naturally ventilated double skin facade in Modelica

Alessandro Dama¹, Jaime Varas del Ser¹, Ettore Zanetti¹, Francesco Casella¹, Olena Kalyanova Larsen²

1: Politecnico di Milano, Italy; 2: Aalborg University, Denmark

Open-source photovoltaic model for early building planning processes: Modeling, application and validation

Laura Maier¹, Michael Kratz^1,2, Christian Vering¹, Philipp Mehrfeld¹, Dirk Müller¹

1: RWTH Aachen University, E.ON Energy Research Center, Institute for Energy Efficient Buildings and Indoor Climate, Aachen, Germany; 2: currently studying at ETH, Zurich, Switzerland

The influence of uncertainties in grid electricity primary energy conversion factors on multi-criteria trade-off solutions in façade design optimisation

Samuel Bruno de Vries, Roel C.G.M. Loonen, Jan L.M. Hensen

Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands, The

Analysis of HVAC retrofit layouts including solar cooling system with adsorption heat pump - Modelling, dynamic simulation and multi-criteria evaluation

Paola Colombo, Giulia Filippini, Rossano Scoccia, Marcello Aprile, Mario Motta

Department of energy, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Performance comparison of static and adjustable photovoltaic panels

Dawid Wolosiuk, Matthias Schuss, Ardeshir Mahdavi

Vienna University of Technology, Austria

The path towards a zero fossil fuel Building

Frederik Maertens, Wim Boydens

boydens engineering, Belgium

Retrofit of a 1970’s apartment building into energy plus, results of a prototype apartment

Eelke P. Bontekoe¹, Wilfried G.J.H.M. van Sark¹, Liza Looijen², Paul Das³, Joris van den Heiligenberg³, Arno F. Peekel⁴

1: Utrecht University, The Netherlands; 2: Hogeschool Utrecht, The Netherlands; 3: Bos Installatiewerken, The Netherlands; 4: Utrecht Sustainability Institute (USI), The Netherlands

Estimation of the thermal properties using modal identification method and optimal experiment design applied to historical building walls

Benjamin Kadoch¹, Julien Berger²

1: Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, IUSTI UMR 7343, 13453, Marseille, France; 2: Laboratoire des Sciences de l’Ingénieur pour l’Environnement (LaSIE), UMR 7356 CNRS, La Rochelle Université, CNRS, 17000, La Rochelle, France

Living lab ‘De Schipjes’: a zero-fossil-fuel energy concept in the historic city center of Bruges

Jelger Jansen^1,2, Frederik Maertens³, Wim Boydens^3,4, Lieve Helsen^1,2

1: KU Leuven, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Celestijnenlaan 300 box 2421, 3001 Leuven, Belgium; 2: EnergyVille, Thor Park 8320, 3600 Genk, Belgium; 3: boydens engineering, Kooidam 6, 8200 Bruges, Belgium; 4: Ghent University, Department of Architecture and Urban planning, Jozef Plateaustraat 22, 9000 Ghent, Belgium

Simulation-based Optimization of thermal Comfort in a heritage Manor House

Torsten Schwan, Rene Unger

EA Systems Dresden GmbH, Germany

A hybrid measurement-simulation approach to determine the reflectance map of a historic tapestry

John Mardaljevic¹, Eleonora Brembilla², Stephen Cannon-Brookes³, Nigel Blades⁴

1: Loughborough University, United Kingdom; 2: TU Delft, Netherlands; 3: UCL, United Kingdom; 4: National Trust, United Kingdom

The impact of light distribution and furniture layout on meeting light exposure objectives in an office - a simulation case study

Megan Danell¹, Steffen Hartmeyer¹, Lisa Petterson², Robert Davis³, Marilyne Andersen¹, Siobhan Rockcastle⁴

1: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland; 2: SRG Partnership, Portland, OR United States of America; 3: Pacific Northwest National Lab, Portland, OR, United States of America; 4: University of Oregon, Eugene, OR United States of America

Evaluating the use of photobiology-driven alertness and health measures for circadian lighting design

Athina Ji-Hae Alight, J. Alstan Jakubiec

University of Toronto, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, Toronto, Canada

Integrated analysis of daylight and solar access building requirements and performance in urban environments in Estonia

Francesco De Luca, Abel Sepúlveda

Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia

Machine learning techniques for the daylight and electric lighting performance predictions

Chantal Basurto, Oliver Paul, Jérôme H. Kämpf

Idiap Research Institute, 1920 Martigny, Switzerland

Luminance distributions in consultancy: Simulations or measurements?

Thijs Willem Kruisselbrink

Peutz BV, Netherlands, The

Design and test of reduced grey-box models adapted to office buildings

Thibault Péan, Soledad Ibañez Iralde, Jordi Pascual, Jaume Salom

IREC Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, Spain

Evaluation of existing infiltration models used in building energy simulation

Yeonjin Bae¹, Jaewan Joe², Seungjae Lee¹, Piljae Im¹, Lisa C. Ng³

1: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States; 2: Inha University, South Korea; 3: National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States

Exploring the possibility of calibrating a whole-building model from the short-term monitoring of selected reference rooms

Ilaria Pittana¹, Riccardo Albertin², Alessandro Prada³, Francesca Cappelletti⁴, Andrea Gasparella²

1: Dep. of Industrial Engineering, University of Padua, Italy; 2: Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy; 3: Dep. of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Italy; 4: Dep. of Architecture and Arts Iuav University of Venice, Italy

A novel multi-domain model for thermal comfort which includes building indoor CO2 concentrations

Sarah Crosby¹, Adam Rysanek²

1: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; 2: School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

A gap-filling method for room temperature data based on autoencoder neural networks

Antonio Liguori¹, Romana Markovic², Jérôme Frisch¹, Andreas Wagner², Francesco Causone³, Christoph van Treeck¹

1: E3D - Institute of Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Building, RWTH Aachen University, Mathieustr. 30, 52074 Aachen, Germany; 2: Building Science Group, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Englerstr. 7, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany; 3: Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, Via Lambruschini 4, 20156 Milano, Italy

A synthetic population model for representing occupant behaviors in buildings

Handi Chandra Putra, Tianzhen Hong

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States of America

How do buildings adapt to changing occupancy? A natural experiment

Brodie W. Hobson¹, Tareq Abuimara¹, H. Burak Gunay¹, Guy R. Newsham²

1: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University; 2: Construction Research Centre, National Research Council Canada

Investigating thermostat setpoint preferences in Canadian households

Karthik Panchabikesan¹, Mohamed Ouf¹, Ursula Eicker¹, Guy Newsham², Heather Knudsen²

1: Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada; 2: Construction Research Centre, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

Use of district energy modelling and stakeholder engagement in developing decarbonisation strategies

Susan Pierce^1,2, Lorenzo De Donatis², Fabiano Pallonetto³, Giovanni Tardioli²

1: University College Dublin; 2: Integrated Environmental Solutions Ltd.; 3: IVI Institute - Maynooth University

Investigating the correlation dynamism between WiFi connection counts and camera-based occupancy counts

Nastaran Alishahi, Mohamed M. Ouf, Mazdak Nik-Bakht

Concordia University

Modelica-json: Transforming energy models to digitize the control delivery process

Michael Wetter¹, Jianjun Hu¹, Anand Prakash¹, Paul Ehrlich², Gabe Fierro³, Milica Grahovac¹, Marco Pritoni¹, Lisa Rivalin⁴, Dave Robin⁵

1: Berkeley Lab, Berkeley, CA; 2: Building Intelligence Group, Portland, OR; 3: University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA; 4: Facebook, Menlo Park, CA; 5: BSC Softworks, Atlanta, GA

Effect of selected passive cooling measures on overheating in residential buildings in Canada

Michal Bartko, Abdelaziz Laouadi, Michael Lacasse

National Research Council, Canada

District heating: a practical solution for reducing fossil fuel dependency in Quebec’s remote communities

Annie Pike, Michael Kummert

Polytechnique Montreal, Canada

Quantifying the effect of multiple demand response actions on electricity demand and building services via surrogate modeling

Na Luo, Jared Langevin, Handi Chandra Putra

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States of America

Optimizing price-informed operation of a battery storage system in an office building

Xuechen Lei, Ellen Franconi, Yunyang Ye

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States of America

Assessing building envelope thermal performance using in-situ measurements

Jade Deltour¹, Karel De Sloover¹, Sebastien Pecceu¹, Nicolas Heijmans¹, Geert Bauwens²

1: BBRI, Belgium; 2: KULeuven, Belgium

Simulating gentle failure as an approach to building resiliency

Ibone Santiago Trojaola¹, Susan Ubbelohde^1,2, George Loisos¹, Nathan Brown¹, Eduardo Pintos¹, Santosh Philip¹

1: Loisos + Ubbelohde, Alameda CA USA; 2: University of California, Berkeley CA USA

Energetic self-sufficiency of a greenhouse residence: a dynamic techno-financial feasibility study

Charlotte Verhaeghe¹, Mateusz Bobier¹, Rik Berens¹, Amaryllis Audenaert¹, Stijn Verbeke^1,2

1: University of Antwerp, Belgium; 2: VITO, unit Smart Energy and Built Environment, Belgium

Energy prediction under changed demand conditions: robust machine learning models and input feature combinations

Thomas Schranz¹, Johannes Exenberger¹, Christian Møldrup Legaard², Ján Drgoňa³, Gerald Schweiger¹

1: Graz University of Technology, Austria; 2: Aarhus University, Denmark; 3: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA

Quantification of the cost of oversizing cooling installations in a case study under construction in Vietnam

Pedro Marques, Mathias Vandecasteele, Kien Le Trung, Wim Boydens

Studiebureau Boydens, Belgium

Spatial distribution of thermal comfort: a case study in Paris' station

Edouard Walther¹, Mateusz Bogdan¹, Fanny Peyre², Christian Inard²

1: AREP L'hypercube, France; 2: LASIE Université de La Rochelle, France

Spectral and biological simulation methods for the design of healthy circadian lighting

J. Alstan Jakubiec, Athina Alight

University of Toronto, Canada

An optimization of the switching temperature for an energy system with a double-source heat pump

Sara Bordignon, Giuseppe Emmi, Marco Rossi, Michele De Carli, Angelo Zarrella

Department of Industrial Engineering - Applied Physics Section, University of Padova, Italy

Wind-driven air flow modelling in Modelica: verification and implementation in the IDEAS library

Klaas De Jonge^1,3, Filip Jorissen², Lieve Helsen^2,4, Jelle Laverge¹

1: Ghent University, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning , Belgium; 2: University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Belgium; 3: FWO, Research Foundation Flanders; 4: EnergyVille, Thor Park, Waterschei, Belgium

Evaluation of energy and indoor environmental performance of mechanical ventilation systems under different climatic conditions

Dragos-Ioan Bogatu¹, Ongun Berk Kazanci¹, Charalampos Angelopoulos², Daniel Coakley², Bjarne W. Olesen¹

1: International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy, Department of Civil Engineering, Technical 6 University of Denmark, Nils Koppels Allé, Building 402, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark; 2: Mitsubishi Electric R&D Centre Europe BV, 17 Firth Road (AC3), Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston, West Lothian EH54 5DJ

PCM-enhanced building envelope for improved thermal comfort and energy efficiency in danish buildings

Morten Hagenau, Muhyiddine Jradi

University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Comparison of data-driven model-based and model-free control approaches for unlocking building energy flexibility

Anjukan Kathirgamanathan^1,3, Eleni Mangina^2,3, Donal P. Finn^1,3

1: School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University College Dublin, Ireland; 2: School of Computer Science, University College Dublin, Ireland; 3: Energy Institute, University College Dublin, Ireland

Time-based economic hierarchical model predictive control of all-electric energy systems in non-residential buildings

Laura Maier, Larissa Kühn, Philipp Mehrfeld, Dirk Müller

RWTH Aachen University, E.ON Energy Research Center, Institute for Energy Efficient Buildings and Indoor Climate

Large-scale multicriteria sorting for the integration of photovoltaic systems in the urban environment

Martin Thebault¹, Gilles Desthieux², Christophe Ménézo¹

1: University Savoie Mont Blanc, LOCIE/FRESBE, F- 74944 Annecy-le-Vieux, France; 2: Haute école du paysage d’ingénierie et d’architecture de Genève (hepia), Institute for Landscaping Architecture Construction and Territory (inPACT), University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Geneva, Switzerland

Development of a 3D and high resolution dynamic thermal model of a room with sun patch evolution for thermal comfort applications

Teddy Gresse¹, Lucie Merlier², Jean-Jacques Roux¹, Frédéric Kuznik¹

1: Univ Lyon, INSA Lyon, CNRS, CETHIL, UMR5008, 69621 Villeurbanne, France; 2: Univ Lyon, UCBL, INSA Lyon, CNRS, CETHIL, UMR5008, 69622 Villeurbanne, France

Impact of building thermal inertia in different climates using energy dynamic simulation through a simplified description model

Roberto Rugani¹, Marco Bigazzi¹, Fabio Fantozzi¹, Marco Marengo², Marco Picco², Giacomo Salvadori¹

1: University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 2: University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom

Bedroom environmental discomforts, occupant behaviors, and sleep quality based on an online survey

Chenxi Liao^1,2, Jelle Laverge¹, Mizuho Akimoto³, Chandra Sekhar⁴, Pawel Wargocki²

1: Research group Building Physics, Construction and Climate Control, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ghent University, Belgium; 2: International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy, Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Denmark; 3: Department of Architecture, Waseda University; 4: School of Design and Environment, National University of Singapore

Phase-change materials selection: numerical study based on design of experiments.

Gilles Baudoin, Geoffrey van Moeseke

Université catholique de Louvain, UCLouvain, Belgium

Study of the influence of temperature on the moisture buffering capacity of bio-based concretes

Igue Fathia Dahir¹, Anh Dung Tran Le¹, Alexandra Bourdot², Promis Geoffrey¹, Sy Tuan Nguyen³, Omar Douzane¹, Laurent Lahoche¹, Thierry Langlet¹

1: University of Picardie Jules Verne, France; 2: Ecole normale supérieure Paris-Saclay, France; 3: University of Science and Technology – the University of Danang, Viet Nam

An integrated approach to quantify the potential local climate mitigation of a district energy network compared to individual air conditioning systems.

G-E Kyriakodis^1,2, Emmanuel Bozonnet¹, Peter Riederer²

1: University of La Rochelle; 2: CSTB Sophia-Antipolis

Building Performance Simulation to support tree planting for cooling need reduction: a machine learning approach

Massimo Palme¹, Claudio Carrasco², Riccardo Privitera³, Daniele La Rosa³

1: Universidad Católica del Norte, Chile; 2: Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile; 3: University of Catania, Italy

Development and analysis of a metric to manage overheating risks in residential energy codes

Rasoul Asaee, Alex Ferguson

Natural Resources Canada, Canada

Faster computation of g-functions used for modeling of ground heat exchangers

Jeffrey Spitler, Jack Cook

Oklahoma State University, United States of America

Evaluating the impact of neighbouring structures on a high-rise residential block’s performance

Weijie Xu, Carlos Jimenez-Bescos, John Kaiser Calautit

University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Where HVAC models fail - a conceptual framework for extending effective HVAC modelling into early concept design of net zero buildings

David Rulff, Theodor Victor Christiaanse, Ralph Evins

University of Victoria, Canada

Developing a simplified methodology for simulating energy performance of buildings with thermally activated building systems

Mohsen Sharifi, Josué Borrajo Bastero, Rana Mahmoud, Eline Himpe, Jelle Laverge

Ghent university, Belgium

Analysis of the thermal performance of a ground water storage cell with helical shaped pipe for ground source heat pumps

Marco Marigo¹, Enrico Prataviera¹, Sara Bordignon¹, Michele Bottarelli², Angelo Zarrella¹

1: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Italy; 2: Architecture Department, University of Ferrara, Italy

Borehole thermal energy storage integration: a case study

Jonas Cleiren¹, Freek Van Riet², Kristof Smits¹, Wolf Nys¹, Roel Vandenbulcke¹, Ivan Verhaert³

1: Hysopt NV, Antwerp, Belgium; 2: Noven NV, Ghent, Belgium; 3: EMIB research group, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Towards a new simulation based hybridGEOTABS design methodology!

Alexander Jean Lucienne Berquin

Boydens Engineering, Belgium

Investigation of the temperature-dependent conductivity towards improving energy performance of building

Anna Wieprzkowicz, Dariusz Heim

Lodz University of Technology, Poland

3D drone-based time-lapse thermography: a case study of roof vulnerability characterization using photogrammetry and performance simulation implications

Tarek Rakha¹, Yasser El Masri¹, Kaiwen Chen¹, Pieter De Wilde²

1: Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America; 2: University of Plymouth, United Kingdom

Dynamic modelling and comparison between transient step response of capacitive hygrometers and chilled mirrors

Ettore Zanetti, Rossano Scoccia, Marcello Aprile, Mario Motta

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Improving the Reliability of theoretical approaches for hygrothermal characterization and modeling of building envelopes

Imane Oubrahim^1,2,3, Thierry Duforestel^1,3, Rafik Belarbi^2,3

1: EDF R&D, TREE EDF Lab Les Renardières, 77818 Moret-sur-Loing, France; 2: LaSIE UMR 7356, CNRS, La Rochelle Université, Avenue Michel Crépeau, 17042 La Ro- chelle Cedex 1, France; 3: 4ev Lab CNRS, Université de La Rochelle, Electricité de France EDF, Avenue Michel Cré- peau, 17042 La Rochelle Cedex 1, France

Thermal inertia analysis of family house heating system: towards higher energy flexibility

Vojtěch Zavřel, Elizaveta Andreeva, Jakub Šimek, Martin Barták

CTU in Prague, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Czech Republic

Comparing Machine Learning based Methods to standard Regression Methods for MPC on a virtual Testbed

Felix Bünning^1,2, Corentin Pfister^1,2, Ahmed Aboudonia², Philipp Heer¹, John Lygeros²

1: Urban Energy Systems Laboratory, Empa, Switzerland; 2: Automatic Control Laboratory, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

Advanced Control of Dynamic Facades and HVAC with Reinforcement Learning based on standardized co-Simulation

Christoph Gehbauer¹, Andreas Rippl^1,2, Eleanor Lee¹

1: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; 2: University of Applied Sciences Technikum Wien

Analysis of the impact of predictive models on the quality of the Model Predictive Control for an experimental building

Arash Erfani¹, Xingji Yu², Tuule Mall Kull³, Peder Bacher⁴, Tohid Jafarinejad¹, Staf Roels¹, Dirk Saelens¹

1: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; 2: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway; 3: Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia; 4: Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

Missing data imputation for diagnostic purposes in building system : application to an office setting

Houda Najeh, Stéphane Ploix

G-SCOP laboratory, University of Grenoble Alpes,France

Approaches toward multi-aspect indoor-environmental performance indicators

Ardeshir Mahdavi, Christiane Berger

Department of Building Physics and Building Ecology, TU Wien

Comparison of overheating risk in nearly zero energy dwelling based on three different overheating calculation methods

Shady Attia¹, Ramin Rahif¹, Abdulrahman Fani¹, Mohamed Amer²

1: Univeristé de Liège, Belgium; 2: Renowatt, Liege, Belgium

Influence of zoned use and occupancy on Daylight Autonomy in high-rise mass housing in Colombia

Alejandra Jiménez Gómez, Alejandro Naranjo Ortiz, Elizabeth Parra Correa, Lucas Arango Díaz, Jorge Hernán Salazar Trujillo

Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Colombia

Assessing the current and future risk of overheating in London’s care homes: The effect of passive ventilation

Ioanna Tsoulou¹, Nishesh Jain¹, Eleni Oikonomou¹, Giorgos Petrou¹, Alastair Howard², Rajat Gupta², Anna Mavrogianni¹, Ai Milojevic³, Paul Wilkinson³, Michael Davies¹

1: University College London, United Kingdom; 2: Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom; 3: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

A modeling framework for building-integrated biotic Carbon Sequestration (CS) techniques: Towards mitigating climate change

Jayati Chhabra, Tarek Rakha

Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America

Generating future-urban weather files for building performance simulations: case studies in London

Agnese Salvati, Maria Kolokotroni

Brunel University London, United Kingdom

A bootstrap method to investigate the variability of overheating risk against the future climate uncertainty in dwellings

Cheng Cui, Rokia Raslan, Ivan Korolija

Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, University College London, London, UK

Dimensionality reduction for calibration of dynamic building simulation models

Aurelien Bres

AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria

Reducing the energy performance gap on building stock level using actual energy data

Paula van den Brom, Laure Itard

Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Using a large floorplan dataset to study the impact of simulation zoning simplifications

Aurelien Bres

AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, Austria

Natural ventilation simulation for application to environmental planning in early design stage

Nozomu Ota, Sei Ito

Shimizu Corpration, Japan

Control logic and parameters in a VAV system considering unevenly distributed internal loads and damper characteristics

Akari Nomura¹, Shin Yamamoto², Shohei Miyata¹, Yasunori Akashi¹, Masashi Momota³, Takao Sawachi⁴

1: Department of Architecture, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan; 2: Taisei Corporation, Tokyo, Japan; 3: Tokyo Denki University, Tokyo, Japan; 4: Building Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan

Development of test procedure for the evaluation of building energy simulation tools - phase III addition of subsystem test toward systematic diagnostics for HVAC system simulation-

Sei Ito¹, Eikichi Ono², Harunori Yoshida³, Hiromasa Yamaguchi⁴, Eisuke Togashi⁵, Kazuki Yajima⁶, Hiroshi Ninomiya⁷, Koichi Shinagawa⁸

1: Shimizu Corporation, Japan; 2: National University of Singapore, Singapore; 3: Professor Emeritus of Kyoto University, Japan; 4: Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc., Japan; 5: Kogakuin University, Japan; 6: SHINRYO CORPORATION, Japan; 7: Nikken Sekkei Ltd., Japan; 8: Nihon Sekkei, Inc., Japan

Transfer learning based inverse modeling to identify unknown building properties

Yun-Dam Ko, Cheol-Soo Park

Seoul National University, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

Meta-modelling of operation schedules of commercial buildings based on measured electricity demand data

Yohei Yamaguchi, Fumiya Enokihara, Yoshiyuki Shimoda

Osaka University, Japan

Further development and validation of the "PROFet" energy demand load profiles estimator

Kamilla Heimar Andersen, Synne Krekling Lien, Karen Byskov Lindberg, Harald Taxt Walnum, Igor Sartori

SINTEF AS, Norway

The efforts towards development of an energy efficiency upgrade platform

Mahnameh Taheri, Loic Jacob, Colin Parry, Sahar Mirzaie, Agnieszka Hermanowicz, Ioanna Vrachimi, Alan Wegienka

arbnco Ltd., United Kingdom

Alternative modelling approaches to energy performance certificates

David Jenkins, Peter McCallum, Sandhya Patidar, Sally Semple

Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom

Predicting the effects of building energy conservation policies: Modeling decision-making of building owners and tenants to maximize their own profits

Atsushi Funabiki¹, Yuki Oto², Shohei Miyata¹, Yasunori Akashi¹

1: Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan; 2: Obayashi Corporation

Urban climate simulation: coupling of mesoscale meteorological model with building-resolved neighborhood CFD simulation

Jan Carmeliet¹, Aytaç Kubilay¹, Dominik Strebel¹, Dominique Derome²

1: ETH Zurich, Switzerland; 2: Université de Sherbrooke, Canada

Case study of evaporative cooling technologies for Australian office buildings

Paul Bannister¹, Hongsen Zhang², Stephen White³

1: DeltaQ Consulting Service Pty Ltd, Australia; 2: Enerefficiency Pty Ltd, Australia; 3: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia

Optimization of electric lighting in a hospital emergency room - A case study

Zhafirah Ajrina, Desliana Putri Pratiwi, Rizki Armanto Mangkuto, Revantino Revantino

Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia

Reallocation of heating consumption and costs based on decoupling of household heat metering data

Yuying Li¹, Fan Yang¹, Peng Xue¹, Rui Zhao², Jingchao Xie¹, Jiaping Liu¹

1: Beijing University of Technology, China, People's Republic of; 2: Tianjin Thermal Power Co., Ltd., Tianjin, China

Feasibility study for combined mist evaporation cooling with carbon dioxide enrichment for greenhouse cultivation

Craig Edward Farnham¹, Mami Oishi², Jihui Yuan³

1: Osaka City University, Japan; 2: Research Institute of Environment, Agriculture and Fisheries, Osaka Prefecture; 3: Toyohashi Univeristy of Technology

Seasonal performance and potential of heat pumps in Catalonia

Thibault Péan, Joaquim Romaní, Elena Fuentes, Jaume Salom

IREC Catalonia Institute for Energy Research, Spain

Using simulation, visualization and monitoring to address barriers to high-performance building strategies

Nathan Brown¹, Ibone Santiago¹, M Susan Ubbelohde^1,2, George Loisos¹, Santosh Philip¹

1: Loisos + Ubbelohde, United States of America; 2: University of California, Berkeley

In-situ validation of a new sizing methodology for combined production and distribution for domestic hot water and space heating

Senne Van Minnebruggen, Ivan Verhaert

University of Antwerp,Faculty of Applied Engineering, Antwerp, Belgium

Comparison of Heating Power calculated through standard and building simulation models

Paul Van den Bossche¹, Jeroen Van der Veken¹, Sébastien Pecceu¹, Stijn Verbeke²

1: BBRI, Belgium; 2: EMIB, UAntwerpen, Belgium

Definition and validation of a thermal zone model in Modelica language with Holzkirchen Twin Houses experiment

Rossella Alesci¹, Ettore Zanetti¹, Rossano Scoccia¹, Alberto Leva², Mario Motta¹

1: Department of Energy, Politecnico di Milano, 20156 Milano, Italy; 2: Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria , Politecnico di Milano, 20133 Milano, Italy

Calibration of a multi-residential building energy model – Part II: Calibration using surrogate-based optimization

Van Long Lê¹, Charlotte Marguerite¹, Charlotte Beauthier¹, Olivier Fontaine de Ghélin¹, Cécile Goffaux¹, Loïc de Moffarts²

1: Cenaero, Belgium; 2: Thomas & Piron Group, Belgium

FMI Co-Simulation between 2D/3D component models and HVAC/control models

Andreas Nicolai, Andreas Söhnchen

TU Dresden, Germany

Disaggregation of digital meter data for synthetic load profile generation

Toon Bogaerts^2,3, Stef Jacobs¹, Sara Ghane^2,3, Freek Van Riet¹, Wim Casteels^2,3, Siegfried Mercelis^2,3, Ivan Verhaert¹, Peter Hellinckx^2,3

1: Energy and Materials in Infrastructure and Buildings, University of Antwerp, Belgium; 2: IDLab, University of Antwerp, Belgium; 3: Imec, Belgium

Measurement of the building envelope thermal performance in collective housings

Lorena de Carvalho Araujo^1,2, Simon Thébault¹, Laurent Mora², Thomas Recht²

1: CSTB, France; 2: Univérsité de Bordeaux, France

Cooling demand reduction approaches for typical buildings in a future city district in mid-Sweden

Sana Sayadi, Abolfazl Hayati, Jan Akander, Mathias Cehlin

Universuty of Gävle, Sweden

A critical review and cost-benefit analysis of green roofs in the United States: an optimization-based energy performance simulation study

Deva Shree Saini^1,2, Tarek Rakha¹

1: School of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA; 2: Hastings Architecture, Nashville, TN, USA

LSTM hourly solar irradiance prediction using local measurements and weather forecasts

ByungKi Jeon, EuiJong Kim

Inha Univ., Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

A critical review of the effectiveness of the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) framework on campus sustainability

Lauren E. Doocy, Arash Zarmehr, Joseph T. Kider Jr

University of Central Florida, United States of America

Building services engineering concept to create plus energy industrial hall buildings

Tobias Blanke¹, Bernd Prof. Dr. Döring², Joachim Göttsche¹, Markus Hagenkamp¹, Vitali Reger³, Markus Prof. Dr. Kuhnhenne³

1: FH Aachen, Solar Institut Jülich, Germany; 2: FH Aachen, Germany; 3: RWTH Aachen, Chair for Sustainable Metal Building Envelopes, Germany

Robust optimal identification and scheduling of modernization measures for typical buildings

Jan Richarz, Yuhan Hu, Marco Wirtz, Tanja Osterhage, Dirk Müller

RWTH Aachen University, E.ON Energy Research Center, Institute for Energy Efficient Buildings and Indoor Climate

Exploring easy-implementable adaptation strategies to climate change scenarios of existing office buildings: a case study in the Swiss context

Sergi Aguacil Moreno¹, Verena Marie Barthelmes², Cecile Anne Berquand², Dolaana Khovalyg²

1: Building2050 group, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Fribourg, Switzerland; 2: Thermal Engineering for the Built Environment Laboratory (TEBEL), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), EPFL Fribourg, Switzerland

Implementation of an innovative hybrid low-energy cooling strategy controlled with a fuzzy logic algorithm in a dwelling: numerical and experimental approaches

Aurélie Foucquier, Simon Bal-Fontaine, Ophélie Ouvrier-Bonnaz, Etienne Wurtz

CEA LITEN, France

Development of adiabatic and isotherm humidifier models to compare health, energy and water use

Lien De Backer, Elisa Van Kenhove, Lieve Vandorpe, Jelle Laverge

Ghent University, Belgium

Gas phase air cleaning effects on ventilation energy use and the implications of CO2 concentration as an IAQ indicator for ventilation control

Dragos-Ioan Bogatu, Ongun Berk Kazanci, Bjarne Wilkens Olesen

Intl. Center for Indoor Environment and Energy, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

Influence of internal control simplifications in heat pump system modelling for energy flexibility evaluations

Maarten Evens^1,2, Alessia Arteconi^1,2,3

1: KU Leuven, Belgium; 2: EnergyVille, Belgium; 3: Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy

The effect of the external driving forces modelling on the calculated building energy need through the use of dynamic simulation

Giovanna De Luca, Franz Giorgio Maria Bianco Mauthe Degerfeld, Ilaria Ballarini, Vincenzo Corrado

Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

Validation of spectral simulation tools for the prediction of indoor daylight exposure

Clotilde Pierson^1,2, Mariëlle Aarts², Marilyne Andersen¹

1: EPFL, Switzerland; 2: TU/e, Netherlands

Developing a test framework for assessing building thermal resilience

Shabnam Homaei, Mohamed Hamdy

Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Indoor climate profiles in Danish apartments based on high temporal resolution measurements

Ricardo Forgiarini Rupp¹, Jørn Toftum¹, Gianluca Trotta², Rune Korsholm Andersen¹

1: International Centre for Indoor Environment and Energy, Department of Civil Engineering, Technical University of Denmark; 2: Department of the Built Environment, The Faculty of Engineering and Science, Aalborg University Copenhagen

Development of an interactive virtual reality simulation environment with a thermal feedback for the user

Christoph Nytsch-Geusen¹, Werner Kaul¹, Kushagra Mathur¹, Lucas Westermann¹, Martin Kriegel²

1: UdK Berlin, Germany; 2: TU Berlin, Germany

Impact and comparison of standard-based, stochastic, and tracked user behaviour in open space offices: A Swiss case study

Verena Marie Barthelmes, Florian Guillaumat, Dolaana Khovalyg

Thermal Engineering for the Built Environment Laboratory (TEBEL), École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

Comparative window use study: habits versus deliberative actions in residential buildings

Silke Verbruggen, Marc Delghust, Jelle Laverge, Arnold Janssens

Research Group Building Physics, Ghent University, Belgium

Designing and experimenting nudge signals to act on the energy signature of households for implementing indirect energy flexibility

Muhammad Salman Shahid¹, Benoît Delinchant¹, Béatrice Roussillon², Frédéric Wurtz¹, Daniel Llerena², Adélaïde Fadhuile², Nils Artiges¹

1: G2Elab, 21 Rue des Martyrs, CS 90624, 38031 Grenoble CEDEX 1, France; 2: GAEL, 1241 Rue des Résidences, 38400 Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France

Development of energy use benchmark data with respect to locations, housing types, gross area and construction year from household energy standing survey in Korea

Na Hyeon Lee, Dong Hyun Seo

Chungbuk National University(CBNU), Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

Integration of probabilistic methods and parametric tools for performance-based building design decision making

Fatemeh Shahsavari, Wei Yan

Texas A&M University, United States of America

Energy prediction impact of the Space Level Occupancy schedule for a Primary School

Yingli Lou¹, Yunyang Ye², Wangda Zuo^1,3, Jian Zhang²

1: University of Colorado, Boudler, United States of America; 2: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States of America; 3: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States of America

Impact of ELA calibration methods on building energy model fidelity

Mohanned M Althobaiti^1,2, Godfried L Augenbroe¹

1: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA; 2: King Saud University, Riyadh, KSA

Development of Gray-box modeling technique for HVAC&R systems with automatic calibration process

Hyemi Kim¹, Sumiyoshi Daisuke², Youngjin Choi³

1: Ph.D. Student, Faculty of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Japan; 2: Associate Prof., Faculty of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Japan; 3: Assistant Prof., Department of Architectural Engineering, Kyonggi University, Repubpic of Korea

Development of a metamodel to assess building thermal performance for naturally ventilated residential buildings

Rodolfo Kirch Veiga, Letícia Gabriela Eli, Amanda Fraga Krelling, Marcelo Salles Olinger, Ana Paula Melo, Roberto Lamberts

Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

A knowledge-based framework for building model performance verification

Yan Chen, Jeremy Lerond, Xuechen Lei, Michael Rosenberg, Draguna Vrabie

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States of America

Solar radiation nowcasting through advanced CNN model integrated with ResNet structure

Lei Chen¹, Yangluxi Li¹, Hu Du¹, Yukun Lai²

1: Welsh school of Architecture, Cardiff University, United Kingdom; 2: School of Computer Science and Informatics, Cardiff University, United Kingdom

Intelligent building envelopes energy evaluation: an integration of double-skin facades with earth-tubes

Payman Sadeghi

Drury University, United States of America

Whole building validation for simulation programs including synthetic users and heating systems: experiment and results

Matthias Kersken¹, Paul Strachan²

1: Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP, Germany; 2: Energy Systems Research Unit, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

A methodology for generating a synthetic local urban climate weather profile for building energy simulations in hot arid areas

Mohamed elnabawi Mahgoub¹, Neveen Hamza²

1: Applied Science University, Bahrain; 2: Newcastle University, UK

Impacts of climate change on mechanical ventilative cooling in high-rise buildings

Haohan Sha, Dahai Qi

Université de Sherbrooke, Canada

Simulations beyond the building, identifying climate adaptation scale jumping potentials to district and city level. Research by design for the city of Monterotondo (Italy)

Maria Beatrice Andreucci, Luciano Cupelloni, Fabrizio Tucci

Department of Planning, Design, Technology of Architecture, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

Life cycle efficiency of solar shading systems: a proof-of-concept

Nazanin Rezaei Oghazi^1,2, Thomas Jusselme¹, Elise Barri¹, Sergi Aguacil Moreno³, Marilyne Andersen²

1: Energy Institute, University of Applied Science of Western Switzerland (HEIA-FR, HES-SO), Fribourg, Switzerland;; 2: Laboratory of Integrated Performance in Design (LIPID), EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland; 3: Building2050 group, Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Fribourg, Switzerland

Building thermal simulation-based climate classification of India

Manoj Kumar Sundaram, Nusrat Ali, Rajasekar E

IIT Roorkee, India

Evaluation of daylighting strategies based on their embodied carbon emissions: a first methodological framework and case study

Nazanin Rezaei Oghazi^1,2, Thomas Jusselme², Marilyne Andersen¹

1: Laboratory of Integrated Performance in Design (LIPID), Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland; 2: Energy Institute, University of Applied Science of Western Switzerland (HEIA-FR, HES-SO), Fribourg, Switzerland

Assessment of a weather-based climate classification with building energy simulation

Giovanni Pernigotto¹, Andrea Gasparella¹, Jan LM Hensen²

1: Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy; 2: TU Eindhoven - Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Development of the thermal performance index for office building envelope in Asian hot-humid climate zones considering global warming

Sheng-Fen Chang¹, Weian Chen¹, Ruey-Lung Hwang¹, Wen-Mei Shih¹, Kuo-Tsang Huang²

1: National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; 2: National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Solutions for efficient and environmental friendly cooling of data centers

Andrea Rocchetti¹, Luca Socci¹, Giovanni Pierazzuoli²

1: University of Florence, Department of Industrial Engineering, Italy; 2: Seeley International Europe

Building performance simulation as a guide to design decision making: an analysis of architecture students’ design process.

Larissa Pereira de Souza^1,2,3, Roberto Lamberts^1,2, Carlos Eduardo Verzola Vaz^1,3

1: Federal University of Santa Catarina; 2: Laboratory of Energy Efficiency in Buildings; 3: Advanced Modeling Group

Dynamic thermal performance of structurally optimized concrete floor slabs

Eduardo Gascon Alvarez, Caitlin T. Mueller, Leslie K. Norford

MIT, United States of America

Simulation of the local urban climate and its mitigation during heat waves

Dominique Derome¹, Aytaç Kubilay², Dominik Strebel², Andreas Rubin², Jan Carmeliet²

1: Université de Sherbrooke, Canada; 2: ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Assessing the impact of outdoor air pollution on natural ventilation potential in major Indian cities

Kopal Nihar, Alex Nutkiewicz, Rishee K. Jain

Urban Informatics Lab, Stanford University, Stanford, USA

Simulating the impact of ventilation on viral infection probability from aerosol transmission in enclosed spaces

Olivia Nile Sobek¹, Parag Rastogi¹, John Allison¹, Graeme Jephson¹, Chris Pyke², Alan Wegienka¹

1: arbnco ltd, United Kingdom; 2: Arc Skoru

Interactive Sankey diagram for visualizing real-time and/or simulation-derived energy flows

Claude Demers-Bélanger¹, Adam Rysanek²

1: University of British Columbia, Canada; 2: School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of British Columbia, Canada

Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) assessment using laser-assisted data acquisition (LADA) of building geometry

Simon Wyke, Lasse Rohde, Rasmus Lund Jensen

Department Of The Built Environment, Aalborg University, Denmark

Towards safer work environments during the COVID-19 crisis: A Study of different floor plan layouts and ventilation strategies coupling open foam and airborne pathogen data for actionable, simulation-based feedback in design

Zoe De Simone, Patrick Kastner, Timur Dogan

Cornell University, United States of America

Computational analysis of aerothermal characteristics of skygardens and comparative assessment of different attenuators

Murtaza Mohammadi, Paige Wenbin Tien, John Kaiser Calautit

University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

The impact of PCM applications on thermal comfort in standardized preschool designs in 2 Brazilian climatic zones

Lorenzo Olivo Filippini, Gabriela Sartori, Maurício Carvalho Ayres Torres

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Building meta-optimization: A study on the reuse of previous simulation data to reduce computational costs

Lucas Camilotti, Nathan Mendes, Roberto Zanetti Freire

Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Brazil

Assessing performance of passive or low-energy resilient cooling technologies for pre-1980 medium office buildings in Phoenix, Arizona and Chicago, Illinois

Nari Yoon¹, Sang Hoon Lee¹, Edward Arens², Hui Zhang², Ronnen Levinson¹

1: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA; 2: University of California, Berkeley, USA

Optimum daylighting and thermal comfort simulation framework for school buildings in hot arid climate

Muhammad Adel Ahmed Mahmoud¹, Medhat Dorra¹, Khaled Nassar², Ayman Hassan El Hakea³, Mohamed Shaltot⁴

1: Department of Architecture, Cairo University, Egypt; 2: Construction Engineering Department, The American University in Cairo, Egypt; 3: Construction and Building Engineering Department, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Cairo, Egypt; 4: EGEC Qatar for Engineering Consultations, Doha, Qatar

End-use disaggregation in commercial buildings with the building automation system trend data

Narges Zaeri¹, H. Burak Gunay¹, Araz Ashouri^1,2, Ian Wilton²

1: Carleton university, Ottawa, Canada; 2: National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Canada

The impact of using the application of a CNN-based approach for equipment usage detection on building energy

Shuangyu Wei, Paige Wenbin Tien, Yupeng Wu, John Kaiser Calautit

University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

Collecting data for urban building energy modelling by remote sensing and machine learning

Philip Gorzalka¹, Oana M. Garbasevschi^2,5, Jacob Estevam Schmiedt³, Ariane Droin², Magdalena Linkiewicz⁴, Michael Wurm², Bernhard Hoffschmidt³

1: Institute of Solar Research at German Aerospace Center (DLR), Jülich, Germany; 2: German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) at German Aerospace Center (DLR), Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany; 3: Institute for the Protection of Terrestrial Infrastructures at German Aerospace Center (DLR), Sankt Augustin, Germany; 4: Institute of Optical Sensor Systems at German Aerospace Center (DLR), Berlin-Adlershof, Germany; 5: ifo Institute for Economic Research, Munich, Germany

Gh-urban: a Grasshopper plugin for employing CityGML data in dynamical building simulations and the utilization of energy Application Domain Extension

Farzan Banihashemi, Hari Krishna Gadi, Hannes Harter, Werner Lang

Technical University of Munich, Germany

Global sensitivity analysis for large scale building energy models: importance of building stock size and convergence

Matthias Yvan C. Van Hove, Marc Delghust, Jelle Laverge

Ghent University, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Building Physics Research Group, Belgium

Uncertainty analysis of life cycle assessment input parameters on city quarter level

Hannes Harter¹, Bruno Willenborg², Patricia Schneider-Marin¹, Farzan Banihashemi¹, Michael Vollmer¹, Kierdorf Daniel¹, Werner Lang¹, Thomas H. Kolbe²

1: Institute of Energy Efficient and Sustainable Design and Building, Technical University of Munich, Germany; 2: Chair of Geoinformatics, Technical University of Munich, Germany

Determination of household area and number of occupants for residential buildings based on census data and 3D CityGML building models for entire municipalities in Germany

Sally Köhler, Matthias Betz, Keyu Bao, Verena Weiler, Bastian Schröter

Center for Sustainable Energy Technology, Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences, Stuttgart, Germany

Embedded single-board controller for Double Skin Facade : a co-simulation virtual test bed

Giovanni Gennaro^1,2, Francesco Goia³, Giuseppe De Michele², Marco Perino¹, Fabio Favoino¹

1: Politecnico di Torino, Italy; 2: Eurac Research, Italy; 3: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU, Norway

Pyrano – A Python package for LiDAR-based solar irradiance simulations

Ádám Bognár, Roel C.G.M. Loonen, Jan L.M. Hensen

Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

A practical approach for modelling PV off-grid systems in EnergyPlus using post-processing of data to identify black out days

Valentina Tomat, Alfonso P. Ramallo-González, Antonio F. Skarmeta-Gómez

University of Murcia, Spain

Initial validation of the one-diode photovoltaic model for the flexible panels

Dominika Knera, Dariusz Heim, Michał Krempski-Smejda

Lodz University of Technology, Poland

Validated combined first and last year borefield sizing methodology.

Wouter Peere¹, Damien Picard^1,2, Iago Cupeiro Figueroa¹, Wim Boydens^2,4, Lieve Helsen^1,3

1: Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Leuven, Belgium; 2: Boydens Engineering, Dilbeek, Belgium; 3: EnergyVille, Thor Park, Waterschei, Belgium; 4: Department of Architecture and Urban planning, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium

Efficiency of a heated air curtain under cross-jet temperature gradients

Claudio Alanis Ruiz¹, Twan van Hooff^2,1, Bert Blocken², GertJan van Heijst³

1: Building Physics and Sustainable Design Section, KU Leuven, Belgium; 2: Building Physics and Services Unit, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands; 3: Fluids and Flows, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands

Development of the hybridGEOTABS design methodology for feasibility study and pre-design

Eline Himpe¹, Mohsen Sharifi¹, Rana Mahmoud¹, Filip Jorissen³, Lieve Helsen³, Wim Boydens², Jelle Laverge¹

1: Ghent University, Belgium; 2: Boydens Engineering, Belgium; 3: KU Leuven, Belgium

To be or not to be a hybridGEOTABS: energy performance of hybridGEOTABS buildings in the EU

Rana Mahmoud, Mohsen Sharifi, Eline Himpe, Jelle Laverge

Ghent University, Belgium

BIM2SIM - Development of semi-automated methods for the generation of simulation models using Building Information Modeling

David Jansen¹, Philipp Mehrfeld¹, Dirk Müller¹, Eric Fichter², Veronika Richter², Jérôme Frisch², Christoph van Treeck², Christian Warnecke³, Andre Barz³, Mike Dahnke³, Jesse Brunkhorst³, Pooyan Jahangiri³, Bruno Lüdemann³

1: RWTH Aachen University, E.ON Energy Research Center, Institute for Energy Efficient Buildings and Indoor Climate; 2: RWTH Aachen University, Institute of Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Building (E3D); 3: Rud. Otto Meyer GmbH & Co. KG

High fidelity multi-objective optimization of VAV system design

Kevin Cant, Ralph Evins

University of Victoria, Canada

"Assessing energy poverty and potential retrofit scenarios in residential stock in Albania".

Alessia Tafani, Gliti Mazniku, Sokol Dervishi

Epoka University, Albania

Investigation of the resiliency of passive and natural cooling solutions through uncertainty analysis in a NZEB residential building in Denmark

Attila Kopányi, Karolina Poczobutt, Lajos Ádám Pallagi

ABUD, Hungary

A stochastic occupancy modeling approach to enhance the energy efficiency of residential heating and cooling through occupancy sensing technology

Tarek Rakha¹, Tarek Sherif¹, Senem Velipasalar²

1: School of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America; 2: Department of Electrical Enginereing and Computer Science, Syracuse University, United States of America

Occupant satisfaction with automation: experimental data vs. simulation

Alessandra Luna-Navarro², Isabella Gaetani¹, Alistair Law³, Francesco Anselmo¹, Mauro Overend⁴

1: Arup, Smart Buildings, London, United Kingdom; 2: Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge; 3: Arup, Facade Engineering, London, United Kingdom; 4: Structural Design and Mechanics, Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment, TU Delft, The Netherlands

People who? Why occupant behaviour modelling is not (yet) included in the design workflow

Isabella Gaetani¹, Alessandra Luna-Navarro², Francesco Anselmo¹

1: Arup, United Kingdom; 2: Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge

Simulation of historical buildings: bedford cottages, devon, uk

Jack Morewood, Pieter de Wilde

University of Plymouth, United Kingdom

Multi-criteria robustness assessment of a sequential whole-building design optimization

Riccardo Talami, Jonathan Wright, Bianca Howard

Loughborough University, United Kingdom

An integrated analysis of structural safety, embodied carbon, and construction cost in a prefabricated Chinese timber house within a BIM-based environment

Xi Zhang¹, Zhantang Miao², Gang Feng², Jiangtao Du¹

1: University of Liverpool, United Kingdom; 2: Tianjin University, China

Predicted energy savings by adopting novel radiant cooling systems in combination with natural ventilation

Denon Sheppard¹, Adam Rysanek¹, Eric Teitelbaum², Kian Wee Chen², Dorit Aviv³, Kipp Bradford², Forrest Meggers²

1: School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada; 2: Andlinger Center for Energy and Environment, Princeton University, Princeton USA; 3: Weitzman School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

Application of solar energy in the development of university buildings energetic sustainability

Eusebio Conceição¹, João Gomes², Mª Inês Conceição³, Mª Manuela Lúcio¹, Hazim Awbi⁴

1: University of Algarve, Portugal; 2: CINTAL, Portugal; 3: Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal; 4: School of Built Environment, University of Reading, United Kingdom

A comparison of performance of three variance-based sensitivity analysis methods on an urban-scale building energy model

Pamela Jane Fennell, Ivan Korolija, Paul Ruyssevelt

UCL, United Kingdom

Extreme weather data in building performance simulation

Andrea Gasparella¹, Drury B. Crawley², Giovanni Pernigotto¹, Alessandro Prada³, Linda K. Lawrie⁴

1: Free University of Bozen - Bolzano, Italy; 2: Bentley Systems Inc., Washington, DC, USA; 3: University of Trento - Trento, Italy; 4: DHL Consulting LLC, Pagosa Springs, CO, USA

Predicting solar radiation with Artificial Neural Network based on urban geometrical classification

Anas Lila¹, Wassim Jabi², Simon Lannon²

1: Department of Architecture and Built Environment, faculty of environment and technology, university of west england, United Kingdom; 2: Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University

Evaluating and improving outdoor thermal comfort using surrogate modeling and optimization techniques

Elizabeth Young, Caitlin Mueller, Christoph F. Reinhart

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

ThRend: a ray tracing module for infrared rendering of urban scenes

Jose Pedro Aguerre, Eduardo Fernández

UdelaR, Uruguay

CityFFD/CityBEM: Fast and high accurate urban microclimate model

Mohammad Mortezazadeh¹, Senwen Yang¹, Jiwei Zou¹, Ali Katal¹, Sylvie Leroyer², Leon Wang¹

1: Concordia University, Canada; 2: Environment and Climate Change, Dorval, Canada

A parametric analysis of the impact of thermophysical, geometry and urban context features on the energy demand of a simplified building shoebox model

Federico Battini, Giovanni Pernigotto, Andrea Gasparella

Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

Modeling district heating and cooling systems with URBANopt, GeoJSON to Modelica Translator, and the Modelica Buildings Library

Nicholas Long¹, Antoine Gautier², Hagar Elarga¹, Amy Allen¹, Ted Summer³, Lauren Klun¹, Nathan Moore¹, Michael Wetter²

1: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States of America; 2: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States of America; 3: Devetry

Evolving co-heating tests to deliver additional performance metrics and support model calibration

Jon William Hand¹, Lori Barbara McElroy¹, Colin Sinclair²

1: University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom; 2: Building Research Establishment, United Kingdom

A collective heat and cold distribution system with decentralized booster heat pumps: a sizing study.

Stef Jacobs, Freek Van Riet, Ivan Verhaert

University of Antwerp, EMIB research group, Antwerp, Belgium

Digital Twin Design with on-line calibration for HVAC systems in buildings

Christian Vering¹, Sebastian Borges¹, Daniel Coakley², Hannah Kruetzfeldt¹, Philipp Mehrfeld¹, Dirk Müller¹

1: RWTH Aachen University, Germany; 2: MERCE Mitsubishi, Scotland

A virtual test bed for evaluating advanced building automation algorithms

Thomas Storek¹, Fabian Wüllhorst¹, Silas Koßler¹, Marc Baranski², Alexander Kümpel¹, Dirk Müller¹

1: RWTH Aachen University, E.ON Energy Research Center, Institute for Energy Efficient Buildings and Indoor Climate, Aachen, Germany; 2: Aedifion GmbH, Cologne, Germany

Strengths of non-linear white-box MPC for building HVAC control

Filip Jorissen¹, Damien Picard¹, Lieve Helsen^1,2

1: KU Leuven, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Leuven, Belgium; 2: EnergyVille, Thor Park, Waterschei, Belgium

A parametric combined design and simulation tool for the optimisation of domestic hot water systems in residential care centres

Martijn Holvoet, Elisa Van Kenhove, Klaas De Jonge, Lien De Backer, Wim Boydens, Jelle Laverge

UGent / Archipelago

Simulation of Legionella risks when restarting a sanitary sport facility installation after a period of inactivity during COVID-19

Elisa Van Kenhove, Lien De Backer, Jelle Laverge

Ghent University, Belgium

Towards the integration of energy performance certificates (EPC) and simplified building performance simulations using machine learning: initial findings

Roberto Boghetti¹, Roberto Rugani¹, Marco Picco², Giacomo Salvadori¹, Marco Marengo², Fabio Fantozzi¹

1: University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 2: University of Brighton, Brighton, United Kingdom

Interactions of building- / urban-, and multi-energy systems design variables

Adam Bufacchi¹, Georgios Mavromatidis², Arno Schlüter¹, Christoph Waibel¹

1: Architecture and Building Systems, ETH Zurich, Switzerland; 2: Sustainability and Technology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Using a surrogate model to analyze the impact of geometry on energy efficiency of buildings.

Bhumika Bhatta¹, Ralph Evins², Paul Westermann³

1: University of Victoria, Canada; 2: University of Victoria, Canada; 3: University of Victoria, Canada

Co-simulation approach to evaluate MPC strategies for all-air systems: case study

Bart Merema, Dirk Saelens, Hilde Breesch

KU Leuven, Belgium

Experimental tests on the optimal management of all-electric dwellings

Jacopo Vivian¹, Angelo Zarrella¹, Giorgio Besagni², Lorenzo Croci²

1: University of Padua, Italy; 2: Ricerca Sistema Energetico S.p.A.

Model predictive control framework for operation of smart sustainable buildings

Himashu Nagpal¹, Florin Capitanescu¹, Per Heiselberg²

1: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology; 2: Aalborg University

DL Abacus- A simplified simulation-based tool for daylighting performance assessment in Brazilian dwellings

Natalia Giraldo Vasquez^1,2, Pedro O. Pizzetti Mariano¹, Raphaela Walger da Fonseca¹, Fernando O.R Pereira¹

1: PósArq, Department of Architecture and Urbanism, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil; 2: ICIEE, DTU Civil Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark

Heat balance analysis of an office building with fully glazed façade in tropical and temperate climates in Brazil

Mônica Martins Pinto, Fernando Simon Westphal

Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil

Defining the life-cycle energy implications of informal settlement redevelopment

Alex Nutkiewicz, Rishee K Jain

Urban Informatics Lab, Stanford University, United States of America

Comparison of different clustering approaches on different databases of smart meter data

Martina Ferrando^1,2, Debora Nozza³, Tianzhen Hong², Francesco Causone¹

1: Politecnico di Milano, Italy; 2: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California; 3: Università Bocconi, Italy

Evaluation of different refurbishment or improvement strategies to reduce the environmental impact of University campuses

Iñigo León¹, Xabat Oregi¹, Cristina Marieta¹, Alba Juncal Arias¹, Lara Mabe²

1: Basque Country University (UPV/EHU), Architecture Department, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain; 2: Tecnalia Research & Innovation, Energy and Environment Division, Azpeitia, Spain

Development of life-cycle based strategies towards buildings with a positive ecological footprint using thermal building simulations

Michael Vollmer, Hannes Harter, Kathrin Theilig, Daniel Kierdorf, Werner Lang

Technical University of Munich, Germany

Analysis of step-by-step individual roadmaps – what can we learn about the practice?

Iná Maia, Lukas Kranzl

TUW, Austria

Energy performance of ETICS integrated with flexible photovoltaic panel

Dariusz Heim¹, Anna Wieprzkowicz¹, Dominika Knera¹, Simo Ilomets², Targo Kalamees², Zdeno Spitalsky³

1: Lodz University of Technology, Poland; 2: Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia; 3: Polymer Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia

LCA optimal sizing of smart buildings' energy system components considering flexible LCA-grid-footprints

Tobias Blanke¹, Markus Hagenkamp², Joachim Göttsche¹, Bernd Prof. Dr. Döring², Vitali Reger³, Markus Prof. Dr. Kuhnhenne³

1: FH Aachen, Solar Institut Jülich, Germany; 2: FH Aachen, Germany; 3: RWTH Aachen, Chair for Sustainable Metal Building Envelopes, Germany

Multi-response optimization of a hybrid solar gas heating system based on the response surface method

Mohammed Dhiya-eddine Sarmouk¹, Abdelatif Merabtine², Hachimi Fellouah³, Arezki Smaili¹

1: 1Laboratoire de Génie Mécanique et Développement, Ecole Nationale Polytechnique, Algiers, Algeria.; 2: EPF School of Engineering; 3: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke

Simulating thermal resilience of buildings and their influence by urban microclimate using EnergyPlus

Xuan Luo, Tianzhen Hong, Kaiyu Sun

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States of America

Passive envelope design optimization of residential buildings using NSGA-II in different Algerian climatic zones

Samir Semahi^1,2,4, Noureddine Zemmouri², Mohamed Hamdy³, Shady Attia⁴

1: University of Blida-1,Blida, Algeria; 2: Laboratory of Design and Modeling of Architectural and Urban Forms and Ambiances (LACOMOFA), Dept. of Architecture, University of Biskra, Algeria; 3: NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Dept. of Civil and Transport Engineering, Trondheim, Norway; 4: Sustainable Building Design Lab, Dept. UEE, Applied Sciences, Universite de Liege, Belgium

ASHRAE Standard 205P: Progress towards representation of performance data for HVAC&R equipment

Neal Kruis¹, Timothy McDowell², Charles S. Barnaby³, Tanaya Mankad¹

1: Big Ladder Software, Denver, CO, USA; 2: Thermal Energy System Specialists, Madison, WI, USA; 3: Independent Consultant, Moultonborough, NH, USA

New Standard 140 test suite: check the weather before you simulate

Timothy P McDowell¹, Ralph T Muehleisen²

1: Thermal Energy System Specialists, LLC, United States of America; 2: Argonne National Laboratory, United States of America

Derivation of high-resolution local thermal conditions from satellite-based data

Pelin Firat Ors, Ardeshir Mahdavi

TU Wien, Austria

Indoor air quality during lockdown: A monitoring-based simulation-assisted study in London

Farhang Tahmasebi, Elizabeth Cooper, Yan Wang, Daniel Godoy Shimizu, Samuel Stamp, Dejan Mumovic

UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, University College London, United Kingdom

Energy Flexibility of Clusters of Buildings: development of an assessment tool

Alice Mugnini¹, Fabio Polonara^1,2, Alessia Arteconi^3,1

1: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Industriale e Scienze Matematiche, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Via Brecce Bianche 12, 60131 Ancona, Italy; 2: Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per le Tecnologie della Costruzione, Viale Lombardia 49, 20098 San Giuliano Milanese (MI), Italy; 3: Department of Mechanical Engineering, KU Leuven, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium

Impact of occupant behavior on performance optimized building retrofits

Julian Donges¹, Alessandro Prada², Francesca Cappelletti³, Andrea Gasparella¹

1: Faculty of Science and Technology, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy; 2: Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento, Italy; 3: Department of Design and Planning in Complex Environments, University IUAV of Venice, Italy

How the occupancy affects the reverberation of large university halls

Giulia Fratoni, Domenico De Salvio, Dario D'Orazio, Massimo Garai

University of Bologna, Italy

Representations of people in urban building energy models

Kexin Zhao, Pamela Jane Fennell, Julia Tomei

UCL, United Kingdom

Peak extraction in daylight simulations using BSDF data

David Geisler-Moroder¹, Gregory J. Ward², Taoning Wang³, Eleanor S. Lee³

1: Bartenbach GmbH, Aldrans, Austria; 2: Anyhere Software, Berkeley, California, USA; 3: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, USA

Modelling of transparent PV windows with CFS

Joaquim Romaní¹, Marion Hiller², Jaume Salom¹

1: Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC), Spain; 2: Transsolar Energietechnik GmbH

The influence of envelope moisture in the building energy simulation

Piero Bevilacqua¹, Roberto Bruno¹, Natalia Shushunova², Stefania Perrella¹, Daniela Cirone¹, Natale Arcuri¹

1: Department of Mechanical, Energy and Management Engineering, University of Calabria, Italy; 2: Department of Integrated Safety in Construction, National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering

Deteriorate: a model to simulate envelope r-value fluctuations in natural porous insulation

Yasser El Masri, Tarek Sherif, Tarek Rakha

Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America

Distributed sensing for indoor environments: comparing measured and simulated indoor airflow data for complex commercial building interiors

Nick Novelli¹, Mohamed Aly Etman¹, Justin Shultz², Anna Dyson¹

1: Yale University, United States of America; 2: EYP, United States of America

Update of ASHRAE Standard 140/BESTEST thermal fabric test cases

Joel Neymark¹, Ronald Judkoff², Michael Kummert³, Ralph Muehleisen⁴, John Allison⁵, Jingjing An⁶, Jason Glazer⁷, Robert Henninger⁷, Marion Hiller⁸, Yue Jiang⁹, Alec Johannsen¹⁰, Neal Kruis¹¹, Timothy McDowell¹², Eikichi Ono¹³, Paul Strachan¹⁴, Michael Witte⁷, Da Yan¹⁵, Harunori Yoshida¹⁶, Xin Zhou⁹

1: J. Neymark & Associates, United States of America; 2: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, United States of America; 3: Polytechnique Montréal, Canada; 4: Argonne National Laboratory, United States of America; 5: arbnco Ltd, United Kingdom; 6: Beijing University of Civil Engineering and Architecture, China; 7: GARD Analytics, Inc., United States; 8: Transsolar Energietechnik GmbH, Germany; 9: Southeast University, China; 10: Alec Johannsen Consulting Engineers, South Africa; 11: Big Ladder Software, United States; 12: Thermal Energy System Specialists, United States; 13: National University of Singapore, Singapore; 14: University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom; 15: Tsinghua University, China; 16: Kyoto University (professor emeritus), Japan

SimQuality - A novel test suite for dynamic building energy simulation tools

Andreas Nicolai¹, Stephan Hirth¹, Madjid Madjidi²

1: TU Dresden, Germany; 2: University of Applied Sciences, Munich, Germany

Consistency in early simulation inputs with statistical analyses of historical models: Reducing the impact of mental models and simulation settings

Nanna Dyrup Svane^1,2, Torben Østergård^1,2, Rasmus Lund Jensen¹

1: Aalborg University; 2: MOE A/S

Evaluating different metrics for inter-model comparison of urban-scale building energy simulation time series

Hicham Johra¹, Michael Mans², Konstantin Filonenko³, Ina De Jaeger⁴, Dirk Saelens⁴, Torben Tvedebrink¹

1: Aalborg University, Denmark; 2: RWTH Aachen University, Germany; 3: University of Southern Denmark, Denmark; 4: KU Leuven, Belgium

Effect of reduced air change rates on indoor air quality and air conditioning energy consumption in retail buildings

Konstantin Finkbeiner, Martin Kremer, Martin Rätz, Xuchao Ying, Paul Mathis, Dirk Müller

RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Metrics for evaluating envelope performance in next generation energy codes

Rasoul Asaee¹, Adam Wills², Alex Ferguson¹

1: Natural Resources Canada, Canada; 2: National Research Council, Canada

Developments in simulation and evaluation of large-scale hot water tanks and pits in renewables-based district heating

Abdulrahman Dahash, Fabian Ochs, Alice Tosatto

University of Innsbruck, Austria

Energy flexibility quantification with integrated heat pump, floor heating system, and thermal storage in a school building

Navid Morovat¹, José Agustín Candanedo^1,2, Andreas K Athienitis¹

1: Concordia University, Montreal, Canada; 2: CanmetENERGY, Montreal, Canada

Integrating energy systems into building design with Hive: Features, user survey and comparison with Ladybug and Honeybee tools

Christoph Waibel, Daren Thomas, Amr Elesawy, Illias Hischier, Linus Walker, Arno Schlüter

Chair of Architecture and Building Systems, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Cooling energy use reduction in private residential buildings in Egypt accounting for global warming effects.

Mohammad Abdollah Fadel Abdollah, Rossano Scoccia, Giulia Filippini, Mario Motta

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Multi-criteria optimization of an earth-air heat exchanger based system for several climates of European capital cities.

Arnaud Lapertot, Benjamin Kadoch, Olivier Le Metayer

Aix Marseille Université, CNRS, IUSTI UMR 7343, 13453, Marseille, France

Control of a state-wide pool of hybrid heat pumps to decrease the GHG emissions of heating

Marianne Biéron^1,2, Jérôme Le Dréau¹, Benjamin Haas²

1: LaSIE (UMR CNRS 7356) - La Rochelle University, La Rochelle, France; 2: Engie Lab Future Buildings and Cities, CRIGEN, ENGIE, France

A machine learning-based methodology for harnessing the energy flexibility potential of residential buildings

Adamantios Bampoulas^1,2, Fabiano Pallonetto¹, Eleni Mangina^1,3, Donal P. Finn^1,2

1: UCD Energy Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; 2: UCD School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; 3: UCD School of Computer Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Simulation based evaluation of building integrated solar envelope systems on building level

Fabian Ochs¹, Mara Magni¹, Martin Hauer², Samuel De Vries³, Paolo Bonato⁴

1: University of Innsbruck, Austria; 2: Bartenbach, Austria; 3: TUe, The Netherlands; 4: Eurac Research, Italy

Hydrogen explosion hazards mitigation in industrial lead-acid battery rooms under different ventilation conditions

Dorota Brzezińska

Lodz University of Technology, Poland

On the reliability of room acoustics simulation models: A case study of multi-purpose performance halls

Edita Vinca, Helene Teufl, Josef Lechleitner, Ardeshir Mahdavi

Department of Building Physics and Building Ecology, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria

Case study: the influence of model size on local room acoustic parameters in Odeon

Yannick Sluyts, Leopold Kritly, Arnon Vandenberghe, Christ Glorieux, Monika Rychtarikova

KULeuven, Belgium

A new building thermal model to a better evaluation of the thermal comfort during heat waves

Adrien Toesca¹, Damien David¹, André Kuster¹, Michel Lussault², Kévyn Johannes¹

1: CETHIL, France; 2: EVS, France

Assessing the effect of network order on epistemic uncertainty quantification for reduced-order grey-box energy models

Mohammad Haris Shamsi^1,4, Usman Ali^1,3, Eleni Mangina², James O'Donnell¹

1: School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Energy Institute, University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland; 2: School of Computer Science and Informatics, University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland; 3: Sustainable Energy Authority Of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland; 4: University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Applying sensitivity analysis to urban building energy models

Pamela Jane Fennell¹, Matthias Van Hove², Lia Weinberg³, George J. Bennett¹, Marc Delghust², Sebastian Forthuber⁴, Martin Jakob³, Lukas Kranzl⁴, Érika Mata⁵, Claudio Nägeli⁶, Janet L. Reyna⁷, Giamomo Catenazzi³

1: UCL; 2: UGent; 3: TEP Energy; 4: TU Wien; 5: IVL; 6: Chalmers University; 7: NREL

Data-driven statistical modelling of real energy use in modern Flemish single-family houses: a feasibility study

Matthias Yvan C. Van Hove¹, Mieke Deurinck², Wim Lameire², Jelle Laverge¹, Arnold Janssens¹, Marc Delghust¹

1: Ghent University, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Building Physics Research Group, Belgium; 2: Flemish Energy and Climate Agency (VEKA), Brussels, Belgium

CNN-based quick energy prediction model using image analysis for shape information

Manav Mahan Singh¹, Philipp Geyer^1,2

1: KU Leuven; 2: TU Berlin

Application of MyBEM, a BIM to BEM platform, to a building renovation concept with solar harvesting technologies

Mathias Bouquerel¹, Kevin Ruben Deutz¹, Benoît Charrier¹, Thierry Duforestel¹, Mickael Rousset¹, Bart Erich², Gerrit-Jan van Riessen³, Thomas Braun⁴

1: EDF R&D, Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne, France; 2: TNO, Eindhoven, Netherlands; 3: Emergo, Netherlands; 4: Pilkington Germany, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

Optimal energy system sizing with independent load and weather time series.

François Lédée^1,2, Gaëlle Faure^1,2, Curran Crawford^1,3, Ralph Evins^1,2

1: Institute for Integrated Energy Systems, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; 2: Energy in Cities group, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada; 3: Sustainable Systems Design Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, British Columbia

Evaluating the Performance of different Window Opening Styles for single-sided buoyancy-driven natural Ventilation using CFD Simulations

Akshit Gupta, Annamaria Belleri, Francesco Babich

Institute for Renewable Energy, Eurac Research, 39100 Bolzano, Italy

Beyond normal: Guidelines on how to identify suitable model input distributions for building performance analysis

Giorgos Petrou¹, Anna Mavrogianni², Phil Symonds², Mike Davies²

1: UCL Energy Institute, United Kingdom; 2: UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering, United Kingdom

Modeling and simulation of the Ukrainian residential building stock : application to the evaluation of gas demand

Tarik Bouhal¹, Valentin Gavan²

1: Energeo - LR Technologies Groupe, 35 rue des chantiers, 78000 Versailles, France; 2: ENGIE Lab CRIGEN, 4, Street Josephine Baker, 93240 Stains, France

Application of optimisation, building energy simulation and life cycle assessment to the design of an urban building construction project.

Aurore Wurtz, Patrick Schalbart, Bruno Peuportier

Mines ParisTech, France

Renovating Flanders: a building classification approach to assess large-scale renovation costs

Guillermo Borragán, Dorien Aerts, Glenn Reynders, Yixiao Ma, Lukas Engelen, Stijn Verbeke

VITO-Energy Ville, Belgium

Can Archive Film Stores in the global South achieve net zero and reliable Energy?

Elli Nikolaidou, Harrison King, David Coley

University of Bath, United Kingdom

Methodology for comparison of nZEB ambition level in different countries by building and system simulation

Carsten Wemhoener¹, Fabian Ochs², Mara Magni², Christina Betzold³

1: Institute of Energy Technology, University of Applied Sciences Eastern Switzerland, Switzerland; 2: Unit for Energy Efficient Building, UIBK, University of Innsbruck, Austria; 3: Technische Hochschule Nuremberg Georg Simon Ohm, Germany

Demonstration of operation of anti-Legionella controller in test setup

Elisa Van Kenhove, Lien De Backer, Klaas De Jonge, Jelle Laverge

UGent, Belgium

Contribution of building energy simulations to the assessment of overheating health risks in urban dwellings

Flavia Barone¹, Lucie Merlier¹, Virginie Chasles², Frédéric Kuznik¹

1: Univ Lyon, CNRS, INSA-Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CETHIL UMR5008, F-69621, Villeurbanne, France; 2: Université Jean Moulin Lyon 3, UMR 5600 Environnement Ville Société (EVS)

A simulation approach for the optimization of distributed energy supply systems based on multiple energy indicators in commercial districts.

Takahiro Ueno

Building Research Institute / Japan, Japan

A Comparative analysis on the impact of different weather datasets used in Australia on building energy simulation results

Samuel Udom, Saeed Banihashemi, Charles Lemckert

University of Canberra, Australia

Spatio-temporal data analysis for development of microclimate prediction models

Tageui Hong, Yeonsook Heo

Korea University, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

Design and analysis of a renewable energy network based on fuel cells in residential communities

Jiwook Byun, Yeonsook Heo

Korea University, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

The design of distributed control system for a hybrid energy supply network in a residential community

Jaehyun Go, Yeonsook Heo

Korea University, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

Performance evaluation of passive hygrothermal control for houses using a thermodynamic HAM model

Haksung Lee¹, Akihito Ozaki²

1: Department of Architecture, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Republic of Korea; 2: Kyushu University, Japan

Airflow optimization for thermal comfort and energy efficiency for room air conditioners

Ryuta Tanaka¹, Saleh Nabi², Mio Nonaka¹

1: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation Advanced Technology R&D Center, Japan; 2: Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, USA

Designing a data-driven model predictive control framework for residential buildings

Hyeong Seok Lee, Yeonsook Heo

Urban Energy&Environment Lab, Dept. of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, Korea University

Predicting occupant thermal comfort for multiple air-side systems and seasonal scenarios using Autonomous HVAC CFD

Sandip Jadhav, Praveen Kumar, Rohit Chavan, Avinash Goen

Centre for Computational Technologies Pvt Ltd, India

A simulation study to analyze the impact of Integrated Passive Strategies on natural ventilation and daylighting in a slum house of Mumbai

Abdul Moeed Chaudhary¹, Sahil Priyadarshi², Shailee Goswami³

1: Essential India, Mumbai; 2: International Finance corporation (IFC); 3: Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology, Ahmedabad

Prediction of HVAC loads at different spatial resolutions and buildings using deep learning models

Antonio Liguori¹, Shiying Yang¹, Romana Markovic², Thi Thu Ha Dam¹, Andreas Wagner², Jérôme Frisch¹, Christoph van Treeck¹

1: RWTH Aachen, Germany; 2: KIT, Germany

Data-driven calibration of joint building and HVAC dynamic models using scalable Bayesian optimization

Ankush Chakrabarty¹, Emilio Maddalena², Hongtao Qiao¹, Christopher Laughman¹

1: Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs, United States of America; 2: École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

A performance-driven simulation workflow for PV integration into the design process: application on an innovative building project in Switzerland

Sergi Aguacil Moreno

Building2050 group, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Fribourg, Switzerland

An inquiry into the accuracy of the energy model calibration process

Ipek Yilmaz¹, Burak Gunay¹, Guy Newsham², Adam Wills²

1: Carleton University, Canada; 2: National Research Council, Canada

Deep reinforcement learning-based optimal building energy management strategies with photovoltaic systems

Minjeong Sim, Geonkyo Hong, Dongjun Suh

Kyungpook National University, Korea, Republic of (South Korea)

Hygrothermal modeling of green roof made with substrate and drainage layers of coarse recycled materials

Mostafa Kazemi, Luc Courard, Shady Attia

University of Liège, Belgium

A computational approach for checking compliance with European view and sunlight exposure criteria

Eleonora Brembilla, Shervin Azadi, Pirouz Nourian

Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

Building performance simulation supporting typical design activities: the case of ‘Organising 2D layout'

Steffen Petersen, Mike Steen Kingo Danielsen, Pernille Klavsen

Aarhus University, Denmark

Natural ventilation predictions for a slum house in Dhaka using large-eddy simulations within a multi-fidelity simulation framework with uncertainty quantification

Yunjae Hwang, Catherine Gorle

Stanford University, United States of America

Analysis of the thermal inertia in historic buildings and related effects for retrofit strategies applied to urban energy modeling

Laura Carnieletto, Enrico Prataviera, Giuseppe Emmi, Michele De Carli, Angelo Zarrella

University of Padova, Italy

Simulation of outdoor thermal comfort: a tweak with energyplus

Edouard Walther¹, Carla Delmarre², Séverine Huet¹

1: AREP L'hypercube, France; 2: INSA Lyon, Département Génie Civil et Urbanisme, France

Lumped-capacitance models to evaluate the urban cooling energy consumptions: analysis on a case-study district in the University of Padua.

Enrico Prataviera, Pierdonato Romano, Laura Carnieletto, Jacopo Vivian, Angelo Zarrella

University of Padua, Italy

GIS-based multi-scale residential building energy modeling using a data-driven approach

Usman Ali¹, Mohammad Haris Shamsi¹, Mark Bohacek³, Karl Purcell³, Cathal Hoare¹, Eleni Mangina², James O’Donnell¹

1: School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Energy Institute University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland; 2: School of Computer Science and Informatics, University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland; 3: Sustainable Energy Authority Of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Data-driven estimation of parametric uncertainty of reduced order RC models for building climate control

Anke Uytterhoeven^1,2, Ina De Jaeger^1,3, Kenneth Bruninx^1,2, Dirk Saelens^1,3, Lieve Helsen^1,2

1: EnergyVille, Genk, Belgium; 2: KU Leuven, Mechanical Engineering Department, Leuven, Belgium; 3: KU Leuven, Civil Engineering Department, Leuven, Belgium

Formulation and implementation of a model predictive control (MPC) strategy for a PCM-driven building ventilation cooling system

Tao Yang¹, Konstantin Filonenko¹, Jonathan Dallaire¹, Viktor Bue Ljungdahl¹, Muhyiddine Jradi¹, Esther Kieseritzky², Felix Pawelz², Christian Veje¹

1: Center for Energy Informatics, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark; 2: Rubitherm Technologies GmbH, Berlin, Germany

Data-driven prediction of flow parameters in a ventilated cavity using high-fidelity CFD simulations

Nina Morozova, Fransesc Xavier Trias Miquel, Roser Capdevila Paramio, Asensio Oliva Llena

​Heat and Mass Transfer Technological Center (CTTC), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain

Evaluating data-driven building stock heat demand forecasting models for energy optimization

Tohid Jafarinejad, Ina De Jaeger, Arash Erfani, Dirk Saelens

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

The effect of climate change on the renovation of social housing

Els Van de moortel, Delphine Ramon, Karen Allacker, Frank De Troyer

KU Leuven, Belgium

The feasibility of ventilative cooling in an office building in a Flemish urban context and the impact of future climate scenario’s

Joost Declercq¹, Delphine Ramon², Fabrice Derny³, Karen Allacker²

1: archipelago architects, Belgium; 2: KU Leuven, Belgium; 3: MATRIciel, Belgium

Performance simulation of a geothermal rain water tank coupled to building ventilation

Jean-Baptiste Bouvenot

INSA Strasbourg/ICube Laboratory, France

Development of an urban microclimate model to assess the air temperature field during the summer period

Julie Soriano^1,2, Lucie Merlier¹, Damien David¹, Frédéric Kuznik¹, Lionel Soulhac²

1: Univ Lyon, CNRS, INSA-Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CETHIL UMR5008, F-69621, Villeurbanne, France; 2: Laboratoire de Mécanique des Fluides et d’Acoustique UMR CNRS 5509, École Centrale de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, INSA Lyon, 69134 Écully Cedex, France

Simulation of outdoor thermal conditions of sub-urban neighbourhood typology in Ha Tinh, Viet Nam

Dung Ngo Hoang Ngoc^1,3, Emilia Motoasca², Alexis Versele¹, Cuong Pham Hung³, Hilde Breesch¹

1: Faculty of Engineering Technology, KU Leuven, Ghent, Belgium; 2: VITO NV, Mol, Belgium; 3: Faculty of Architecture and Planning, National University of Civil Engineering, Ha Noi, Viet Nam

Case studies for feasibility and potential estimation of demand response control of district heating and cooling system in Japan

Hisataka Kitora¹, Shohei Miyata², Yasunori Akashi²

1: The Kansai Electric Power Company,Incorporated, Japan; 2: The University of Tokyo

Improving the training efficiency of automated fault detection and diagnosis for central chilled water plants by transfer learning

Shohei Miyata¹, Yasunori Akashi¹, Yasuhiro Kuwahara², Katsuhiko Tanaka³

1: Department of Architecture, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, Japan; 2: MTD Co.,Ltd., Japan; 3: Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc., Japan

Evaluating stack effect impact of thermal comfort in high rise office towers

Gary Chang, Karim El Mokhtari, Russell Richman, J.J. McArthur

Ryerson University, Canada

End-to-end Model for Estimating Heat loss of Building envelope using Deep learning with Infrared image

Heesung Park¹, Sangho Son¹, Ji Young Kang¹, Haemin Jung¹, Seungeon Lee², Deuk-Woo Kim², Wooju Kim¹

1: Department of Industrial Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; 2: Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology, Goyang-Si, Republic of Korea

Life cycle metrics of certified green school buildings’ envelope shading scenarios

Paula Brumer Franceschini, Lizzie Pulgrossi, Vanessa Gomes, Doris Kowaltowski, Leticia Oliveira Neves

University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil

A simplified open-loop control strategy for integrated shading and lighting systems using machine learning

Jiarong Xie, Azadeh Omidfar Sawyer

Carnegie Mellon University, United States of America

Exterior insulation thickness and its effect on energy usage and thermal comfort on a high-performance multi-unit residential building

Edward Chun Ming Lau, Fitsum Tariku

British Columbia Institute of Technology, Canada

A GIS-based regional scale analysis of urban water balance with an aquifer-based water supply

Shirley Tandoh, Robert Ries

University of Florida, United States of America

Reducing reliance on deterministic asset ratings to improve the operational energy performance of buildings

Minu Agarwal¹, Parag Rastogi², George Mavromatidis³

1: CEPT, Ahmedabad, India; 2: arbnco Ltd., Glasgow, UK; 3: ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Modeling of VOC removal in a commercial airplane hangar by multiple exhaust hoods

Fei Liu, Tengfei Zhang

Tianjin University, China, People's Republic of

Virtual reality enabled building-data management through the combination of a fully integrated IFC-BIM model and an IoT-based building management system

Sergi Aguacil Moreno¹, Sebastian Duque Mahecha¹, Alexandre Dennis Stoll¹, Tiago De Sousa Pereira¹, Laurent Deschamps¹, Jean-Phillippe Bacher²

1: Building2050 group, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Fribourg, Switzerland; 2: Energy Institute, University of Applied Science of Western Switzerland (HEIA-FR, HES-SO), Fribourg, Switzerland

Achieving carbon emission reduction goals through calibrated energy modeling and parametric analyses

Samuel Mason¹, Andre Legault²

1: Encompass Energy, United States of America; 2: MRA, Quebec, Canada

Modeling and simulation of district heating and cooling systems using CityBES

Han Li, Tianzhen Hong, Wanni Zhang

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States of America

Impact of multiple urban microclimates in building performance. A simulation approach to support climate-resilient building design.

Jesus Lizana, Eduardo Diz-Mellado, Victoria Patricia Lopez-Cabeza, Carlos Rivera-Gomez, Carmen Galan-Marin

Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

Integration of raytracing and CFD simulations to assess the impact of UVGI technology on the control of aerosol transmission in an occupied room

Miaomiao Hou^2,1, Jihun Kim^1,4, Jovan Pantelic³, Dorit Aviv¹

1: University of Pennsylvania; 2: Tongji University; 3: KU Leuven; 4: City University of New York

Numerical prediction of dew condensation in EAHE system in summer

Kazuma Hirata, Kento Tomoda, Yasuyuki Shiraishi

The University of Kitakyushu, Japan

Perspectives of building simulation in Brazil: Brazilian building simulation market landscape and the applicability of ASHRAE standard 209

Alberto Hernandez Neto¹, Juliana Pellegrini Lemos Trigo¹, Mônica Pereira Marcondes Cavaleri¹, Ana Paula de Almeida Rocha², Maíra André³, Rodrigo Dias Machado¹, Thiago Montenegro Góes⁴

1: University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; 2: FAE University, Curitiba, Brazil; 3: Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil; 4: University of Brasilia, Brasília, Brazil

"Methodology to Evaluate the Room ADPI through CFD Simulation"

Chirag Shah, Praveen Kumar, Rohit Chavan, Sandip Jadhav

Center for Computational Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (CCTech), India

A sensitivity analysis to investigate UHI impact on neighborhood building energy consumption

Sedigheh Ghiasi¹, Ulrike Passe², Yuyu Zhou³, Janette Thompson⁴

1: Iowa state university, United States of America; 2: Iowa state university, United States of America; 3: Iowa state university, United States of America; 4: Iowa state university, United States of America

Evaluation of smart community energy performance using bottom-up energy simulation model

Ayumu Sawamura, Monica I.C. Gondokusuma, Yuki Kitagawa, Yoshiyuki Shimoda

Osaka University, Japan

CFD modelling of contaminant control in designing ventilation system for an airborne infection isolation room (AIIR)

Aaditya Ruiker, Shadab Mohammed, Rohit Chavan, Praveen Kumar, Sandip Jadhav

Center for Computational Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (CCTech)

A framework for integrating high-resolution trees in urban energy use models

Diba Malekpour Koupaei, Ulrike Passe, Janette Thompson

Iowa State University, United States of America

Optimal control of TABS using internal heat load prediction

Fumiaki Deguchi, Yasuyuki Shiraishi

The University of Kitakyushu, Japan

Solar Load modelling in OpenFOAM for indoor HVAC applications

Shadab Mohammed, Sadashiv Khadilkar, Unnati Jadhav, Sandip Jadhav

Center for Computational Technologies Pvt. Ltd., India

Comparative thermal performance analysis of a shaded and non-shaded Double Skin Façade in hot arid areas.

Yomna Saad Elghazi^1,2, Neveen Hamza¹, Martyn Dade-Robertson¹

1: Newcastle University, United Kingdom; 2: Arab Academy for Science, Technology & Maritime Transport, Cairo, Egypt.

The impact of using actual occupancy data on building performance simulation results for a multi-purpose university building

Mahsa Sayfikar, David P. Jenkins

Heriot Watt University, United Kingdom

Impact of the UK’s COVID-19 lockdown on the residential electricity consumption

Kumar Biswajit Debnath, David P Jenkins, Sandhya Patidar, Andrew D Peacock, Peter McCallum

Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom

Spatiotemporal variation in occupant behavior: statistical analysis and application in American households

Yuanmeng Li, Yohei Yamaguchi, Yoshiyuki Shimoda

Graduate school of engineering,Osaka University, Japan

Development of synthetic ageing occupant behaviour through generative adversarial network

Yuezhong Liu

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

The impact of occupancy patterns on artificial light energy demand - simulation and post-occupancy-evaluation

Sascha Hammes¹, Martin Hauer¹, David Geisler-Moroder¹, Johannes Weninger¹, Rainer Pfluger², Wilfried Pohl¹

1: Bartenbach GmbH, Austria; 2: University of Innsbruck, Unit of Energy Efficient Building, Austria

Numerical and experimental evaluation of a granular PCM-enhanced plaster for the energy refurbishment of historic buildings

Eleonora Baccega, Michele Bottarelli

University of Ferrara, Italy

Predicting thermal comfort for diverse populations

Nathaniel Jones¹, Ingrid Chaires¹, Ian Mackenzie², Timothy Arioto¹, Alexej Goehring¹

1: Arup, United States of America; 2: Arup, Canada

Generating traffic-based building occupancy schedules in Chattanooga, Tennessee from a grid of traffic sensors

Anne S Berres¹, Brett Bass², Joshua New³, Piljae Im³, Marie Urban⁴, Jibonananda Sanyal¹

1: Computational Science and Engineering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA; 2: Bredesen Center, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, TN, USA; 3: Electrification and Energy Infrastructures Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA; 4: Geospatial Science and Human Security Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA

Personas to understand occupant behavior and energy usage in buildings

Vinu Subashini Rajus¹, William O’Brien², Gabriel Wainer¹

1: Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University, Canada; 2: Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University, Canada

Building energy performance analysis of the application of a vision-based deep learning approach for occupancy activity detection

Paige Wenbin Tien, Shuangyu Wei, John Kaiser Calautit, Jo Darkwa, Christopher Wood

University of Nottingham, United Kingdom

The impact of glazing characteristics, orientation and wall reflectance on energy, daylighting, visual comfort and environmental performance in patient rooms

Nazanin Eisazadeh, Frank De Troyer, Karen Allacker

KU Leuven, Belgium

Lighting for circadian well-being: a simulation-based workflow for the visual and non-visual lighting design of a nursing home

Donatienne Carmon, Sergio Altomonte

Universite' catholique de Louvain, Belgium

A daily-based approach to study daylighting performance of openwork façades of classrooms in hot-humid climates: glare protection, daylight sufficiency and circadian potential.

Natalia Giraldo Vasquez^1,2, Luisa Fernanda Callejas³, Lucas Arango Diaz⁴

1: PósArq, Department of Architecture and Urbanism, Federal University of Santa Catarina,Florianópolis, Brazil; 2: ICIEE, DTU Civil Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby, Denmark; 3: University of Bio-Bio, Bio-Bio, Chile; 4: Faculty of Integrated Arts, University of San Buenaventura, Medellin, Colombia

Spatial evaluation of potential saturation and contrast effects of discomfort glare in an open-plan office

Geraldine Quek¹, Stephen Wasilewski^2,1, Jan Wienold¹, Marilyne Andersen¹

1: École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland; 2: Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Horw, Switzerland

Carbon-cost efficient retrofit of passive and active systems in residential buildings using genetic algorithm

Negar Mohtashami^1,2, Rita Streblow¹, Linda Hildebrand², Dirk Müller¹

1: Institute for Energy Efficient Buildings and Indoor Climate, RWTH Aachen University, Germany; 2: Chair of Reuse in Architecture, Faculty of Architecture, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

Application of a long-term MPC formulation to hybrid GEOTABS buildings

Iago Cupeiro Figueroa¹, Lieve Helsen^1,2

1: KU Leuven, Belgium; 2: Energyville, Belgium

Development and validation of radiation-coupled multimodal heat flux boundary condition for incompressible buoyant internal flows in OpenFOAM

Jake Haskell¹, Mike Jäger¹, Pia Riedel¹, Jerell Gill², Paul Lynch², Talbot Kingsbury², Steven Downie²

1: Arup, Advanced Building Engineering, Germany; 2: Arup, Advanced Digital Engineering, UK

Optimal control of TABS by Sparse MPC

Yasuyuki Shiraishi¹, Masaaki Nagahara¹, Dirk Saelens²

1: The University of Kitakyushu, Japan; 2: KU Leuven, Belgium

Developing an archetype building stock model for new cities in Egypt

Fady Abdelaziz, Rokia Raslan, Phil Symonds

UCL Institute for Environmental Design and Engineering

Bayesian approach to accounting for uncertain heating system efficiency in co-heating tests

Sarah Juricic, Simon Rouchier

UMR 5271 Univ. Savoie Mont-Blanc CNRS, France

Revealing the hidden dynamics of the energy signature model

Jaume Palmer Real, Christoffer Rasmussen, Davide Cali, Henrik Madsen

DTU, Denmark

Urban heat islands in future climate scenarios

Violeta Lialios-Bouwman, J. Alstan Jakubiec

University of Toronto, Canada

Impact of changes in design/operation guidelines against the COVID-19 on the energy performance of an institutional building: a case study

Pedro Guaraldi, Radu Zmeureanu

Centre for Zero Energy Building Studies, Department of Building, Civil, and Environmental Engineering, Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

HVAC performance evaluation and optimization algorithms development for large buildings

Mike Stock¹, Mohamed Kandil¹, Brian Macleod², Brad Pilgrim², Jennifer McArthur¹

1: Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada; 2: Parity Inc, Toronto, Canada

AI-based building type assignment

Brett Czech Bass¹, Joshua Ryan New², Evan Ezell¹, Eric Garrison¹, Piljae Im², William Copeland³

1: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN United States of America; 2: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN United States of America; 3: Electric Power Board, Chattanooga, TN, United States

Evaluation and test operation of different model predictive control approaches for an energy system

Christina Betzold, Arno Dentel

Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm, Germany

Embodied facade retrofit design with augmented reality in the built environment

John Sermarini, Robert A. Michlowitz, Joseph J. LaViola Jr., Lori C. Walters, Roger Azevedo, Joseph T. Kider Jr.

University of Central Florida, United States of America

Tree shading factor as input for thermal model through hemispherical photography

Suyashi Srivastava¹, Swati Puchalapalli², Dr. Marshal Maskarenj³

1: Building Energy Performance, CEPT University; 2: Terra Viridis, Hyderabad; 3: Universite Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium

Development of the City of London thermal comfort guidelines

Ryan Danks, Ruth Shilston, Ozkan Ender, Jayyaratnam Krishan

RWDI, United Kingdom

Albedo impact on the microclimate of courtyards, potential implications on the UHI. A case study in Seville, Spain.

Sebastian Alzate-Gaviria, Victoria Patricia Lopez-Cabeza, Eduardo Diz-Mellado, Carlos Rivera-Gomez, Carmen Galan-Marin

Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

Sensitivity analysis of the UK Standard Assessment Procedure for dwellings

Benjamin Halls, Steven Firth, Kevin Lomas

Loughborough University, United Kingdom

Calibration of a multi-residential building energy model - Part I: Cluster-based sensitivity analysis

Charlotte Marguerite¹, Van Long Lê¹, Charlotte Beauthier¹, Olivier Fontaine de Ghélin¹, Cécile Goffaux¹, Loïc De Moffarts²

1: Cenaero, Belgium; 2: Thomas&Piron, Belgium

Numerical study on the performance of the temperature-controlled airflow ventilation system during the movement of a patient from the operating room to the MRI room

Parastoo Sadeghian¹, Henrik Skredsvik², Marco Baroni², Cong Wang¹, Sasan Sadrizadeh¹

1: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; 2: Avidicare, Lund, Sweden

Interdisciplinary parametric modelling and modularization to improve air quality, acoustics and lighting in school buildings

Clara-Larissa Lorenz, Tobias Burgholz, Maximilian Schildt, Jérôme Frisch, Christoph van Treeck

RWTH Aachen, Germany

A new method for comparing long-term thermal conditions in buildings

Shide Salimi¹, Holly Samuelson¹, Esteban Estrella Guillén²

1: Harvard University, United States of America; 2: Universidad de Monterre, Mexico

Application of coupling of the human and clothing thermal system and computational fluids dynamics in the evaluation of energy and comfort in occupied spaces

Eusebio Conceição¹, Mª Inês Conceição², Mª Manuela Lúcio¹, Hazim Awbi³

1: University of Algarve, Portugal; 2: Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Portugal; 3: School of Built Environment, University of Reading, United Kingdom

Pre-retrofit monitoring of indoor air quality and energy use in a low-rise block of flats in the UK

Rajat Gupta, Alastair Howard

Low Carbon Building Research Group, Oxford Brookes University, United Kingdom