Description
Fundamentals of Building Performance Simulation pares the theory and practice of a multi-disciplinary field to the essentials for classroom learning and real-world applications. Authored by a veteran educator and researcher, this textbook equips graduate students and emerging and established professionals in engineering and architecture to predict and optimize buildings’ energy use. It employs an innovative pedagogical approach, introducing new concepts and skills through previously mastered ones and deepening understanding of familiar themes by means of new material. Covering topics from indoor airflow to the effects of the weather, the book’s 19 chapters empower learners to:
- Understand the models and assumptions underlying popular BPS tools
- Compare models, simulations, and modelling tools and make appropriate selections
- Recognize the effects of modelling choices and input data on simulation predictions
- And more.
Each subject is introduced without reference to particular modelling tools, while practice problems at the end of each chapter provide hands-on experience with the tools of the reader’s choice. Curated reading lists orient beginners in a vast, cross-disciplinary literature, and the critical thinking skills stressed throughout prepare them to make contributions of their own.
Fundamentals of Building Performance Simulation provides a much-needed resource for new and aspiring members of the building science community.
Table of Contents
Part I Prelude
1. Introduction to BPS
Part II Building interior
2. Energy and mass transfers within buildings
3. Solar energy absorption by internal surfaces
4. Convective heat transfer at internal surfaces
5. Longwave radiation exchange between internal surfaces
6. Internal heat and moisture sources
7. Internal airflow
Part III Exterior environment
8. Energy balances at external surfaces & weather
9. Solar energy absorption by external surfaces
10. Convection heat transfer at external surfaces
11. Longwave radiation exchange at external surfaces
12. Heat transfer to the ground
Part IV Building envelope
13. Heat transfer in opaque assemblies
14. Heat transfer in transparent assemblies
15. Air infiltration and natural ventilation
Part V HVAC
16. HVAC distribution systems
17. Energy conversion and storage systems
Part VI Finale
18. Culminating trial
19. Next steps
