From Solar Energy vol 82 issue 11, 2008: Long-term performance calculations based on steady-state efficiency test results: Analysis of optical effects affecting beam, diffuse and reflected radiation, by Pedro Horta, Maria João Carvalho, Manuel Collares Pereira, Wildor Carbajal There are a growing number of commercially available solar thermal collector types: flat plates, evacuated tubes with […]
The following articles from the last issue of Journal of Building Physics will probably be of interest to building simulationists and automationists. Accuracy of Energy Analysis of Buildings: A Comparison of a Monthly Energy Balance Method and Simulation Methods in Calculating the Energy Consumption and the Effect of Thermal Mass, by Timo Kalema, Gudni Jóhannesson, […]
The following articles from the last issue of Energy and Buildings are probably of interest to building simulationists and automationists. Comparison between detailed model simulation and artificial neural network for forecasting building energy consumption, by Alberto Hernandez Neto and Flávio Augusto Sanzovo Fiorelli. There are several ways to attempt to model a building and its […]
Lighting Research and Technology vol 40 nr 3 has a couple of articles that sound interesting for anyone involved in visual comfort. Proportions of direct and indirect indoor lighting — The effect on health, well-being and cognitive performance of office workers, by KI Fostervold and J. Nersveen. Indirect lighting has been recommended as a way […]
One article in the last issue of Energy and Buildings is of particular relevance to the field of home automation, particularly where daylight control is involved: Simplified correlations of global, direct and diffuse luminous efficacy on horizontal and vertical surfaces, by A. De Rosaa, V. Ferraroa, D. Kaliakatsosa and V. Marinelli. A simple calculation method […]
Two articles from new new issue of Building Simulation sound particularly interesting: Comparing computer run time of building simulation programs, by Tianzhen Hong, Fred Buhl, Philip Haves, Stephen Selkowitz and Michael Wetter. This paper presents an approach for comparing the computer run time of building simulation programs. The computing run time of a simulation program […]
More papers directly relevant to the main topic of this blog: Monitoring and modelling of manually-controlled Venetian blinds in private offices: a pilot study by Vorapat Inkarojrit This study presents results from a window blind usage survey and field study that was conducted in California, USA during a period spanning from the vernal equinox to […]
The following papers from Building and Environment Volume 43, Issue 12, December 2008 are relevant to the field of building automation and simulation. Photometry and colorimetry characterisation of materials in daylighting evaluation tools by M. Bodart, R. de Penaranda, A. Deneyer, G. Flamant. This paper presents a methodology for evaluating the photometric and colorimetric characteristics […]