Publication Information

• Editors: Charles S. Barnaby and Michael Wetter
• ISBN: 978-1-7750520-0-5
• ISSN: 2522-2708

List of sessions

• Airflow
• BIM
• Best Practices
• Building Physics
• Building Stock
• Calibration
• Codes
• Controls
• Daylighting
• Design
• Early Design
• Education
• HVAC
• Methodology
• Occupants
• Optimization
• Software
• Urban
• Validation
• Visualization
• Weather
• Windows

Airflow

• Computational Design Support for Double-skin Facades with Concomitant Acoustical Protection and Natural Ventilation Capability
  Ardeshir Mahdavi, Josef Lechleitner, Egzon Bajraktari

• Effect of Climate Change on Building Performance: the Role of Ventilative Cooling
  Maurizio Cellura, Francesco Guarino, Sonia Longo, Marina Mistretta, Giovanni Tumminia

• CFD Assessment of Thermal Comfort and Indoor Air Quality Using Ductless Personalized Ventilation
  Hayder Alsaad, Conrad Voelker

• High-Resolution Analysis for the Development of TABS in Lightweight Structures
  G.P. Lydon, I. Hischier, J. Hofer, A. Schlueter

• Evaluation of Thermal Comfort in Naturally Ventilated School Classrooms during the Heating Season using CFD
  Charalampos Angelopoulos, Malcolm J. Cook, Christopher R. Iddon, Stephen M. Porritt

• Annual Characteristics of a Passive Stack Ventilation System with Mechanically Controlled Air Supply Openings
  Motoya Hayashi

• Fundamental Study of Coupling Methods between Energy Simulation and CFD
  Tatsuhiro Yamamoto, Akihito Ozaki, Myongyang Lee, Hideki Kusumoto

• A Comparison of Methods for Evaluating Ventilation Cooling Potential Building Program Based Climate Analysis for Early Design Decisions
  Alpha Yacob Arsano, Christoph Reinhart

• Design of Stadia for Hot Climates: A CFD and Wind Tunnel Analysis of the Wind Flow over a Saddle-Shaped Roof
  Rubina Ramponi, Paul Lynch, Giulia Matteoni, Mutlu Ucuncu, Steve Walker

• Validation of Grasshopper-based Fast Fluid Dynamics for Air Flow around Buildings in Early Design Stage
  Christoph Waibel, Lukas Bystricky, Aytaç Kubilay, Ralph Evins, Jan Carmeliet

• Predicting the Effectiveness of Wind-Driven Natural Ventilation Strategy for Interactive Building Design
  Nari Yoon, Ali Malkawi

• Evaluation of Impact of Turbulence Model Choices in CFD for Cp-Values used in Airflow Networks
  Junji Yi, Andrea Frisque, Kendal Bushe

• Prediction of Wind Pressure Coefficients in Building Energy Simulation using Machine Learning
  Ioanna Vrachimi, Ana Paula Melo, Daniel Costola

• Experimental and Simulation Study to Improve Operation of a Hybrid Ventilation System in an Institutional Building
  Charalampos Vallianos, Sophie Yuan, Andreas Athienitis, Jiwu Rao

• The Calibration Process for a CFD Simulated Model of a Naturally Ventilated Auditorium
  Julia Thompson, Dr Michael Donn, Dr George Baird

BIM

• Automated Building Data Exchange between BIM and BPS Supporting Building Environmental Assessment Methods (BEAM)
  Danny Alfredo Lobos Calquin

• Estimating the Indoor Thermal Comfort Deficit in the Social Housing Built in Ecuador by Integrating Building Information Modelling and Geographical Information Systems
  Andrés Gallardo, Geovanna Villacreses, Manuel Almaguer, Andrea Lobato-Cordero, Martín Cordovez

• Towards an IFC-Modelica Tool Facilitating Model Complexity Selection for Building Energy Simulation
  Glenn Reynders, Ando Andriamamonjy, Ralf Klein, Dirk Saelens

Best Practices

• Simulation-based Comparison of Robustness Assessment Methods to Identify Robust Low-energy Building Designs
  Rajesh Kotireddy, Pieter-Jan Hoes, Jan. L. M. Hensen

• Bridging the Environmental and Energy Performance Gap in Buildings Through Simulation, Measurement and Data Analysis
  Matthew Horrigan, Edward Murphy, James O’Donnell

• Load Calculation and Energy Simulation: The Link between Design and Operation for Building Design
  PC Thomas, GS Rao, Justin Wong

Building Physics

• Numerical Analysis of the Impact of Thermal Inertia from the Furniture / Indoor Content and Phase Change Materials on the Building Energy Flexibility
  Hicham Johra, Per Kvols Heiselberg, Jérôme Le Dréau

• Thermally Activated Wall System with Latent Heat Thermal Energy Storage – Comparison of 1D and 3D Model
  Pavel Charvat, Lubomir Klimes, Milan Ostry

• Estimating the Untapped Cooling Power of Green Walls as Evaporative Coolers for Buildings
  Arta Yazdanseta, Leslie Norford

• Modelling Indoor Environmental Quality in Low Energy Housing
  Maria del Carmen Bocanegra-Yanez, Paul Strachan, Chris Morgan, Tim Sharpe

• Mould Growth Assessment of Internally Insulated Advanced Envelopes: A Parametric Study and the Notion of the Multi-variable Design-assessment Charts
  Mohamad Ibrahim, Marina Stipetic, Etienne Wurtz, Jürgen Frick

• Real-Time Assessment of Human Thermal Comfort Using Image Recognition in Conjunction with a Detailed Numerical Human Model
  Henning Metzmacher, Daniel Wölki, Carolin Schmidt, Jérôme Frisch, Christoph van Treeck

• Investigating the Impact of Earth Tubes in an Earthship
  Veronica Soebarto, Terence Williamson, Martin Freney

• PCM (Phase Change Material) Optimization Modeling for Passive Cooling in South Texas
  Bronson Ferster, Hui Shen, Joseph D. Rendall

• Energy Analysis of Phase Change Wall Integrated with Night Ventilation in Western China
  Yan Liu, Jiang Liu, Liu Yang, Liqiang Hou, Yuhao Qiao, Mengyuan Wang

• Prediciting the Effects of Thermal Mass in it Suites using Computational Fluid Dynamics
  Joshua Tolley, Malcolm Cook

• Effect of Environment on the Selection of Phase Change Materials for Building Wallboards using Multi-criteria Decision Methods and Building Energy Simulations
  David Beltran, Javier Martínez-Gómez, Andrea Lobato-Cordero

• Analysis of the Hygrothermal Environment in High-insulation Houses Using Stand-type Radiation Panel System
  Lee Myonghyang, Akihito Ozaki, Yosuke Chiba, Tadasu Ohishi

• The Role of Fabric Performance in the Seasonal Overheating of Dwellings
  Konstantinos Mourkos, Eirini Mantesi, Christina J. Hopfe, Malcolm Cook, Jacqueline Glass, Chris Goodier

• Dynamic-physical Model to Predict the Performance of a Solar Chimney in a Warm-humid Climate with Different Absorbent Materials
  Luis Godoy-Vaca, Manuel Almaguer, Juan Kastillo, Javier Martinez, Andrea Lobato-Cordero

• Identifying a Suitable Climate File for the Moisture Risk Assessment of Internally Insulated Walls Exposed to Solar-Driven Vapour Diffusion
  Valentina Marincioni, Hector Altamirano-Medina

• A Strategy for Modelling Typical Indoor Climates in Historic Buildings: Moisture Buffering of Massive Walls and Stratification by Heating
  De Backer Lien, Laverge Jelle, Janssens Arnold, De Paepe Michel

• Evaluating the Thermal Performance of Mass Walls Compared to Wood-Framed and Steel-Framed Walls in Residential Buildings using EnergyPlus
  Vrushali Mendon, Reid Hart, Martha VanGeem

• Investigating the Use of Earth Tubes for Passive Cooling and Ventilation through Thermal Modelling
  Michael Morley

• Numerical Investigation of the Hygrothermal Behaviour of a Hemp-Concrete Room: Hysteresis Effect of the Sorption Isotherm and its Temperature Dependency
  Georges Costantine, Chadi Maalouf, Elias Kinab, Guillaume Polidori

• Trombe Wall Nodal Temperature Evaluations with Energy Plus Finite Difference Algorithm and Comparison with Monitored Values
  M. Ozdenefe, M. Rezaei, U. Atikol

Building Stock

• Extending No-MASS: Multi-Agent Stochastic Simulation for Demand Response of Residential Appliances
  A. Sancho-Tomás, J. Chapman, M. Sumner, D. Robinson

• City-Scale Building Retrofit Analysis: A Case Study using CityBES
  Yixing Chen, Tianzhen Hong, Mary Ann Piette

• The Socio-Economics and Energy Demand – United Kingdom Model (SEED-UK) Understanding the Dynamics, Diversity and Socio-Economics of the UK Domestic Stock
  Trevor Sweetnam, Catalina Spataru, Mark Barrett

• Bottom-up Modeling of Residential Heating Systems for Demand Side Management in District Energy System Analysis and Distribution Grid Planning
  Michael Kramer, Akhila Jambagi, Vicky Cheng

• Flexible Building Stock Modelling with Array-programming
  Morten Brøgger, Kim B. Wittchen

• Platform for Dynamic National Housing Stock Simulation to Evaluate Decarbonisation Scenarios
  Gustavo Sousa, Benjamin Jones, Parham A. Mirzaei, Darren Robinson

• Using Evolutionary Algorithms to Design Energy Supply Systems for a Changing Building Stock
  Michael Mans, Peter Remmen, Anna Scholl, Marcus Fuchs, Dirk Müller

• Inverse and forward modeling of New York City public buildings for refurbishment strategies
  Juergen Schumacher, Ursula Eicker, Johannes Weigl, Mario Orth, Michael Bobker, Honey Berk

• Big-data Analysis on Energy Consumption of Office Buildings in Seoul, Korea
  Ki Uhn Ahn, Han Sol Shin, Cheol Soo Park, Kwang Woo Kim

• A Method to Support Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Building Systems Update at Urban Scale
  Kristina Orehounig, Jonas Landolt, Georgios Mavromatidis, Akomeno Omu, Danhong Wang, Raphael Wu

• Power-to-gas for Decentralized Energy Systems: Development of an Energy Hub Model for Hydrogen Storage
  Portia Murray, Akomeno Omu, Kristina Orehounig, Jan Carmeliet

• Thermal and Economic Efficiency of Progressive Retrofit Strategies for School Buildings by a Statistical Analysis based Tool
  Lavinia Chiara Tagliabue, Andrea Giovanni Mainini, Fulvio Re Cecconi, Sebastiano Maltese, Enrico De Angelis, Andrea Zani

• Local Energy Mapping for Urban Energy Retrofits
  Rajat Gupta, Matt Gregg

• Sensitivity of Low-Voltage Grid Impact Indicators to Modeling Assumptions and Boundary Conditions in Residential District Energy Modeling
  Christina Protopapadaki, Dirk Saelens

• Development of Energy Simulation Models from Smart Meter Data using Inverse Modelling and Genetic Algorithms
  Daniel Costola, Ana Paula Melo, Loic Jacob

• Evaluation of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Effect in the Japanese Residential Sector Considering the Characteristics of Regions and Households
  Takashi Momonoki, Ayako Taniguchi-Matsuoka, Yohei Yamaguchi, Yoshiyuki Shimoda

• Development of Reference Building Energy Models for South Korea
  Deuk Woo Kim, Yu Min Kim, Sang Hoon Lee, Won Young Park, Young Jin Bok, Sung Kyun Ha, Seung Eon Lee

Calibration

• Calibration of a BES Model of an Educational Building with Demand Controlled Ventilation
  Bart Merema, Muhannad Delwati, Maarten Sourbron, Hilde Breesch

• A Functional Principal Components Model for Internal Loads in Building Energy Simulation
  Rebecca Ward, Ruchi Choudhary, Yeonsook Heo, John Aston

• Predictive Models of Electrical Energy Use in Office Buildings Due to Plug Loads
  Ardeshir Mahdavi, Farhang Tahmasebi

• Leveraging Zone Air Temperature Data to Improve Physics-Based Energy Simulation of Existing Buildings
  Sang Hoon Lee, Tianzhen Hong

• CALIBRO: an R Package for the Automatic Calibration of Building Energy Simulation Models
  Filippo Monari, Paul Strachan

• Model Tuning Approach for Energy Management of Office and Apartment Settings
  Lisa Scanu, Stéphane Ploix, Pierre Bernaud, Etienne Wurtz

• Simulation-Based Occupancy Estimation in Office Buildings Using CO2 Sensors
  Filip Jorissen, Wim Boydens, Lieve Helsen

• Efficiency and Reliability of Bayesian Calibration of Energy Supply System Models
  Kathrin Menberg, Yeonsook Heo, Ruchi Choudhary

• A Comparison of MCMC Algorithms for the Bayesian Calibration of Building Energy Models for Building Simulation 2017 Conference
  Adrian Chong, Khee Poh Lam

• Inverse Modeling of Portfolio Energy Data for Effective Use with Energy Managers
  Honey Berk, Marco Ascazubi, Michael Bobker

• Prediction of Residential Building Demand Response Potential Using Data-Driven Techniques
  Dimitrios-Stavros Kapetanakis, Olivier Neu, Donal Finn

• Mapping Comfort with the SMART (Spherical Motion Average Radiant Temperature) Sensor
  Eric Teitelbaum, Hongshan Guo, Jake Read, Forrest Meggers

• A Calibration Process Focused on Predicting Both Energy Performance and Indoor Thermal Conditions
  Saman Mostafavi, Benjamin Futrell, Robert W. Cox

Codes

• Combined Fire Safety and Comfort Study Using Moment Independent and Variance Based Method
  Karim Khan Juhoor, Laurent Lemaitre, Maxime Boulinguez, Alain Bastide

• Development of an Information Delivery Manual for Early Stage BIM-based Energy Performance Assessment and Code Compliance as a Part of DGNB Pre-Certification
  Ekaterina Petrova, Iva Romanska, Martin Stamenov, Kjeld Svidt, Rasmus Lund Jensen

• Reference Building Approach Combined With Dynamic Simulation in Designing nZEBs
  Domenico Dirutigliano, Ilaria Ballarini, Giovanni Murano, Vincenzo Corrado

• Streamlining Code Compliance through a Fixed Baseline Approach and Automated Baseline Model Generation
  Supriya Goel, Michael Rosenberg, Bing Liu, Charles Eley

• Developing an OpenStudio Script for Simpler Compliance Validation for the Energy Conservation Code for Buildings in Mexico
  Mauro Contreras-Luzanilla, Fátima Chavarría

• Development of Automated Procedures to Generate Reference Building Models for ASHRAE Standard 90.1 and India’s Building Energy Code and Implementation in OpenStudio
  Andrew Parker, Philip Haves, Subhash Jegi, Vishal Garg, Baptiste Ravache

Controls

• Forecasting of Cooling Coil Load using On-Site Forecasts of Outdoor Air Conditions versus Forecasts from Closest Airport
  Mathieu Le Cam, Radu Zmeureanu, Ahmed Daoud, Andreas K. Athienitis

• Generalization Approach for Models of Thermal Buffer Storages in Predictive Control Strategies
  Julian Buderus, Arno Dentel

• Building Energy Simulation Coupled With Real Data For Enhanced Monitoring Analysis
  Patrick Beguery, Melec Petit-Pierre, Henri Obara, Romain Brunet, Sophie Marat, Max Boegli

• Simulation-Based Monitoring Analysis of Air-Source Domestic Hot Water Heat Pumps
  Caroline Lorz, Romana Markovic, Jérôme Frisch, Christoph van Treeck

• A Tool for Evaluating the Performance of Simplified Models for Predictive Control Applications
  Trent Hilliard, Lukas Swan

• The Effect of Zone Level Occupancy Characteristics on Adaptive Controls
  H. Burak Gunay, William O’Brien, Ian Beausoleil-Morrison, Weiming Shen, Guy Newsham, Iain Macdonald

• Towards a Semantically-enabled Control Strategy for Building Simulations: Integration of Semantic Technologies and Model Predictive Control
  Delgoshaei P., Austin M.A., Pertzborn A.J., Heidarinejad M., Chandan V.

• Implementation and Demonstration of a Building Simulation Based Testbed for Assessment of Data Centre Multi-domain Control Strategies
  Vojtech Zavrel, J. Ignacio Torrens, Jan L.M. Hensen

• MPCPy: an Open-Source Software Platform for Model Predictive Control in Buildings
  David H. Blum, Michael Wetter

• An Open Source Smart Building Energy Management Platform Through Volttron
  Amin Mirakhorli, Bing Dong

• Evaluation of Machine Learning Algorithms for Demand Response Potential Forecasting
  Dimitrios-Stavros Kapetanakis, Despoina Christantoni, Eleni Mangina, Donal Finn

• Coupling of Building Data Analysis and Building Simulation – Case Study in Large-scale Complex Building
  Yoshiyuki Shimoda, Kazuki Mitamura, Yuki Mataga, Koki Oshima, Hiromasa Tanaka, Shingo Tanabe

• Control Strategies for Building Energy Systems to Unlock Demand Side Flexibility – A Review
  John Clauß, Christian Finck, Pierre Vogler-Finck, Paul Beagon

• Virtual Testbed on Evaluating Automated Fault Detection and Diagnostic (AFDD) Algorithms for Common Faults of a Single Duct VAV System
  Liping Wang, Majid Karami

• Co-Simulation and Validation of Advanced Building Controls with VOLTTRONTM and EnergyPlusTM
  Charles D. Corbin, Draguna Vrabie, Srinivas Katipamula

• Impact of Different Short-term Thermal Energy Storage Strategies on the Performance of an Inverter Controlled Air-to-Water Heat Pump(IATWHP) in Residential Buildings in Belgium.
  Hugo Monteyne, Wim Beyne, Bernd Ameel, Michel De Paepe

• Automated Commissioning of Buildings Heating Systems by Numerical Model Calibration
  Wilfried Thomare, Simon Rouchier, Monika Woloszyn, Eric Francois

Daylighting

• A Framework to Support the Development of Manually Adjustable Light Shelves
  Shamim Javed, Georg Reichard

• A New Framework for Residential Daylight Performance Evaluation
  Timur Dogan, Ye Chan Park

• Air Pollution and Daylight Availability in the Urban Area: Dynamic Simulation in an Openplan Office in London
  Jiangtao Du, Xin Zhang, Steve Sharples

• Speedup Potential of Climate-Based Daylight Modelling on GPUs
  Nathaniel L Jones, Christoph F Reinhart

• Analysis of Worldwide Performance of Façade Systems
  Matthias Werner, Rainer Pfluger, David Geisler-Moroder, Wolfgang Feist

• Inter-Model Comparison of Five Climate-Based Daylight Modelling Techniques: Redirecting Glazing/Shading Systems
  Eleonora Brembilla, Doris A Chi Pool, Christina J Hopfe, John Mardaljevic

• An Embedded System for Quasi Real-time Lighting Computation based on Sky Monitoring
  Yujie Wu, Jérôme Henri Kämpf, Jean-Louis Scartezzini

• Fast and Robust External Solar Shading Calculations using the Pixel Counting Algorithm with Transparency
  Joel Hoover, Timur Dogan

• Comparison of Different Glare Indices through Metrics for Long Term and Zonal Visual Comfort Assessment
  Anna Maria Atzeri, Francesca Cappelletti, Andrea Gasparella

• Modelling and Simulation of Lighting Use Patterns in Office Spaces
  Sara Gilani, William O’Brien

• Using HDR Sky Luminance Maps to Improve Accuracy of Virtual Work Plane Illuminance Sensors
  Christian Humann, Andrew McNeil

• Validation of the Five-Phase Method for Simulating Complex Fenestration Systems with Radiance against Field Measurements
  David Geisler-Moroder, Eleanor S. Lee, Gregory J. Ward

• Evaluating Daylight Glare and Identifying Its Dominant Cause in Computer-Based Office Task Environment
  Jae Yong Suk

• Random Forests and Artificial Neural Network for Predicting Daylight Illuminance and Energy Consumption
  Muhammad Waseem Ahmad, Jean-Laurent Hippolyte, Monjur Mourshed, Yacine Rezgui

• The Potential of Artificial Neural Networks to Model Daylight Harvesting in Buildings Located in Different Climate Zones
  Raphaela Walger da Fonseca, Fernando O. R. Pereira, Konstantinos Papamichael

• Simulating Circadian Light: Multi-Dimensional Illuminance Analysis
  Phillip H. Ewing, John Haymaker, Eve A. Edelstein

• Metamodel-based Dynamic Daylighting Simulation
  Dan Hou, Gang Liu, Qi Zhang, Lan Wang

• Parametric Study of Window Attachment Impacts on Building Heating/Cooling Energy Consumption
  Jinqing Peng, Jacob Jonsson, Robert Hart, Dragan C. Curcija, Stephen E. Selkowitz

• Veiled Facades: Impacts of Patterned-Mass Shades on Building Energy Savings, Daylighting Autonomy, and Glare Management in Three Different Climate Zones
  Ihab M.K. Elzeyadi, Ayesha Batool

Design

• Planning Guidelines and Product Development for Air Supply Distribution using Active Overflow Elements in Apartment Buildings
  Elisabeth Sibille, Fabian Ochs, Rainer Pfluger

• Impact of Building Design Parameters on Thermal Energy Flexibility in a Low-Energy Building
  Lucile Sarran, Kyriaki Foteinaki, Panagiota Gianniou, Carsten Rode

• Analysis on the Influence of Residential Buildings Layout Design on the Heating Energy Consumption in Lhasa
  Li En, Liu Jiaping, Yang Liu

• Simulation in Support of Zero Net Energy and Resilient Design
  Ibone Santiago Trojaola, Nathan Brown, Santosh Philip, Susan Ubbelohde, George Loisos

• Analysis of Energy Savings and Peak Demand Reduction from Control Measures for Grocery Stores
  Weimin Wang, Yulong Xie, Nick Fernandez, Srinivas Katipamula

• Analysis of Architectural Façade Elements in Tropical Climates for Daylight, Thermal Comfort and Passive Climatization
  Elizabeth McCormick, J. Alstan Jakubiec, Michael Budig

• A Probabilistic Approach toward Building Energy Performance Design: A Case Study of Roof Design with Uncertainty of Weather
  Mirata Hosseini, Bruno Lee

• Modeling a Building Energy System for Development of Energy Efficient Systems of Shopping Centers
  Konstantin Finkbeiner, Paul Mathis, Florian Hintz, Elena Bykhovskaya

Early Design

• Connecting Environmental Performance Analysis to Cash Flow Modeling for Financial Valuation of Buildings in Early Design
  Irmak Turan, Andrea Chegut, Christoph Reinhart

• A Spatial and Temporal Framework for Analysing Daylight, Comfort, Energy and Beyond in Conceptual Building Design
  J. Alstan Jakubiec, Max C. Doelling, Oliver Heckmann

Education

• With Regards to Energy Modelling: How does Students’ Knowledge Compare with Industry Expectations?
  Luisa Scambia, Dr. Sung-Min Hong

• Understanding the Differences of Integrating Building Performance Simulation in the Architectural Education System
  Christina J. Hopfe, Veronica Soebarto, Dru Crawley, Rajan Rawal

• Teaching Building Simulation to HVAC Engineering Bachelor Students
  Gerhard Zweifel

HVAC

• Experimental Validation of Above-Floor Tube-and-Plate Radiant Floor Model
  Sébastien A. Brideau, Ian Beausoleil-Morrison, Michaël Kummer

• Assessment of an Internal Combustion Engine Micro-CHP Operation for Different Office Buildings Performance Scenarios
  Jessica Leo, Romain Bonabe de Rouge, Valentin Gavan, Pascal Stabat, Dominique Marchio

• Control Strategies for Geothermal Heat Pump Systems in Combination with Thermal and Electrical Storage Units
  Arno Dentel, Christina Betzold

• Multi-split Type Gas-Engine-Driven Heat Pump System Model to Estimate Performance in Low Temperature and High Humidity Conditions in Mid-winter
  Eisuke Togashi

• Multi-objective Sizing Optimization of Borehole Heat Exchangers
  Seung-Hoon Park, Byung-Ki Jeon, Yong-sung Jang, Eui-jong Kim

• A Parametric Study of a Detailed Solar Combi-System Coupled to a Near Zero Energy Building
  Jérémy Bois, Laurent Mora, Etienne Wurtz

• Inverter-Driven Heat Pumps for Space Heating: Comparisons of Air-to-Water and Air-to-Air Units
  Elena Bee, Alessandro Prada, Paolo Baggio

• Simple Flexibility Factor to Facilitate the Design of Energy-flex-buildings
  Anna Marszal-Pomianowska, Jakob Stoustrup, Joakim Widén, Jérôme Le Dréau

• Study on Thermal Load Calculation for Ceiling Radiant Cooling Panel System
  Sei Ito, Yasunori Akashi, Jongyeon Lim

• Application of Support Vector Machines for Predicting the Performance of Air-Source Domestic Hot Water Heat Pump Systems
  Romana Markovic, Caroline Lorz, Jérôme Frisch, Christoph van Treeck

• The Impact of Electrical Load Shifting Strategies on Storage Capacity and Service Provision of Domestic Hot Water Systems in Residential Buildings
  D. Marini, R.A Buswell, C.J Hopfe

• A New Control Strategy for High Thermal Mass Radiant Systems
  Paul Raftery, Carlos Duarte, Stefano Schiavon, Fred Bauman

• The New Variable Refrigerant Flow System Models in EnergyPlus: Development, Implementation and Validation
  Tianzhen Hong, Kaiyu Sun, Rongpeng Zhang

• A Bottom-up Method to Assess Energy Consumption of Main Departments in Five-star Hotels in China
  Meiwei Qi, Yuchen Shi, Xiaofeng Li

• Assessing Combined Object and Mutual Shading on the Performance of a Solar Field
  Jouri Kanters, Henrik Davidsson

• Performance Simulation of a Ground Source Heat Pump System Integrated with Solar Photovoltaic Thermal Collectors for Residential Applications
  Lei Xia, Zhenjun Ma, Georgios Kokogiannakis

• Performance Maps for the Control of Thermal Energy Storage
  Christian Finck, Rongling Li, Wim Zeiler

• Flexibility Quantification for Building Energy Systems with Heat Pumps
  Sebastian Stinner, Kristian Huchtemann, Dirk Müller

• Energy Performance of Membrane Energy Recovery Ventilation in Combination with an Exhaust Air Heat Pump
  Fabian Ochs, Martin Hauer, Michele Bianchi Janetti, Siegele Dietmar

• Radiant Heat Emission System in a Passive House – Numerical Analysis of Comfort and Energetic Performance
  Fabian Ochs, Mara Magni, Michele Bianchi Janetti

• The SOLCER Energy Positive House: Whole System Simulation
  Phillip Jones, Xiaojun Li, Ester Coma, Jo Patterson

• Simplified Models of Fault Effects on Unitary Air-Conditioning Equipment for use in Building Simulation Tools
  David P. Yuill, Mehdi Mehrabi

• Influences of Hot Water Tank States and the Order of Test Days to Gain the Annual Efficiency of Heat Pump Systems Evaluated Using Modelica
  Philipp Mehrfeld, Kristian Huchtemann, Dirk Müller

• Sensitive Analysis of Passive Dehumidification System using Solar Heat
  Haksung Lee, Akihito Ozaki, Myonghyang Lee

• A Method for Automated Generation of HVAC Distribution Subsystems for Building Performance Simulation
  Aurelien Bres, Florian Judex, Georg Suter, Pieter De Wilde

• Energy Efficiency of Hydronic Space-Heating Distribution Systems in Super-Insulated Residential Buildings
  Laurent Georges, Tomasz Iwanek, Martin Thalfeldt

• Comparison of Three Random Forest Models of a Chiller System
  Han Sol Shin, Cheol Soo Park

• Exergy Analysis of a Ground-Source Heat Pump System
  Kathrin Menberg, Yeonsook Heo, Wonjun Choi, Ryozo Ooka, Ruchi Choudhary, Masanori Shukuya

• Solving the Thermal Comfort Challenges in a New-type Office Building – Case Study
  E. Nemethova, M. Krajcik, W. Stutterecker

• Model-Based Control of a Hydronic Radiant Slab for Peak Load Reduction
  Vasken Dermardiros, Charalampos Vallianos, Andreas K. Athienitis, Scott Bucking

• Simulation and Optimization of Integrated Air-Conditioning and Ventilation Systems
  Christopher R. Laughman, Hongtao Qiao, Scott A. Bortoff, Daniel J. Burns

• Comparison of Pipe Models to Simulate Legionella Concentration in Domestic Hot Water
  Van Kenhove Elisa, Janssens Arnold, Laverge Jelle

• Development of a Statistical Model for the Prediction of Overheating in UK Homes Using Descriptive Time Series Analysis
  Argyris Oraiopoulos, Tom Kane, Steven K Firth, Kevin J Lomas

• Energetic Analysis of the Coupling Between a CHP Production and a Semi- Stationary Electrical Storage System (Electrical Vehicle) Shared with a Residential Building
  Jean-Baptiste Bouvenot, Monica Siroux, Benjamin Latour

• Predictive Setpoint Optimization of a Commercial Building Subject to a Winter Demand Penalty Affecting 12 Months of Utility Bills
  Jennifer Date, José A. Candanedo, Andreas K. Athienitis, Karine Lavigne

• Liquid Desiccant Latent Load Handling Simulation for Building HVAC Applications with a DOAS Module
  Forrest Meggers, Eric Teitelbaum, Jovan Pantelic, Adam Rysanek, Hongshan Guo

• Power Performance Assessment of Building Energy Systems
  Atefe Makhmalbaf, Godfried Augenbroe

• Preventive Maintenance of Centralized HVAC Systems: Use of Acoustic Sensors, Feature Extraction, and Unsupervised Learning
  Ravi Srinivasan, Md Tamzeed Islam, Bashima Islam, Zeyu Wang, Tamim Sookoor, Omprakash Gnawali, Shahriar Nirjon

• Performance of the Dehumidification Cycle of a 3-Fluid Liquid Desiccant Membrane Air-Conditioning System
  Devin Storle, Mohamed R.H. Abdel-Salam, Nader Pourmahmoud, Carey J. Simonson

• Analysis of Radiant Cooling System Integrated with Cooling Tower for Composite Climatic Conditions
  Prateek Srivastava, Yasin Khan, Jyotirmay Mathur, Mahabir Bhandari

• Cooling Load Calculations of Radiant and All-Air Systems for Commercial Buildings
  Eleftherios Bourdakis, Fred Bauman, Stefano Schiavon, Paul Raftery, Bjarne W. Olesen

• Useful Energy Transfer in Air-to-air Heat Recovery Units in Partly Heated Low Energy Buildings
  Willem Faes, Hugo Monteyne, Jelle Laverge, Michel De Paepe

• Depletion and Regeneration Behaviour of a Large Solar-Assisted Ground Source Heat Pump System (SAGSHP) for 156 Units Multi-Dwelling.
  Hugo Monteyne, Marija Lazova, Özer Bağci, Filip Luyckx, Michel De Paepe

• Performance Evaluation of Personalized Radiant Conditioning System for Cooling Mode
  Ravi Garg, Vaibhav Rai Khare, Jyotirmay Mathur, Vishal Garg

Methodology

• Sequential Monte Carlo for States and Parameters Estimation in Dynamic Thermal Models
  Loïc Raillon, Christian Ghiaus

• Energy Performance Contracting Methodology Based upon Simulation And Measurement
  Simon Ligier, Maxime Robillart, Patrick Schalbart, Bruno Peuportier

• Component-Based Machine Learning Modelling Approach for Design Stage Building Energy Prediction: Weather Conditions and Size
  Sundaravelpandian Singaravel, Philipp Geyer, Johan Suykens

• Changing the Culture of Building Simulation with Emergent Modelling
  Ljubomir Jankovic

• Carbon Monoxide Dispersion in Enclosed Car Parks: Pollutant Source Modelling Methods
  Jason Gaekwad

• Opening the black box: Enhancing Community Design and Decision Making Processes with Building Performance Simulation
  Christina J Hopfe, Robert S McLeod, Toby Rollason

• The Concept of Building Performance in Building Performance Simulation – a Critical Review
  Pieter de Wilde

• Building Simulation 2017: “Comparison of Chosen Measures based on Performance Simulations using Low Order Models Parametrized by Archetype Buildings and Detailed Building Models in IDA ICE”
  M. – A. Brüntjen, C. Fliegner, D. Koschwitz, Dr.-Ing. J. Frisch, Prof. Dr.-Ing. C. van Treeck

• Semantics for Assembling Modular Network Topologies in FMI-Based Building Performance Simulation
  Matthias Mitterhofer, Georg Ferdinand Schneider, Sebastian Stratbücker, Simone Steiger

• A Study of the Effect of Model Resolution in Analysis of Building Thermal Dynamics
  Ali Saberi Derakhtenjani, Andreas K. Athienitis

• Goal-oriented Updating Technique Applied to Building Thermal Model
  Zohra Djatouti, Julien Waeytens, Ludovic Chamoin, Patrice Chatellier

• Sensitivity Analysis of Visual and Thermal Parameters for Energy Savings: Combining Illuminance and Temperature Set-Points for Possible Trade-Offs
  Giorgia Chinazzo, Mathieu Plourde, Joshua Pereira, Jan Wienold, Marilyne Andersen

• Scaling Methods for Dynamic Building System Simulation in an HVACSIM+ Environment
  Zhelun Chen, Jin Wen, Anthony Kearsley, Amanda Pertzborn

• Transfer Operator Based Approach for Optimal Sensor Placement Under Uncertain Operating Conditions
  Himanshu Sharma, Anthony D. Fontanini, Umesh Vaidya, Baskar Ganapathysubramanian

Occupants

• The Influence of the Variation in Occupancy Patterns on Domestic Energy Simulation Prediction: A Case Study in Shanghai
  Guangying Ren, Minna Sunikka-Blank, Xingxing Zhang

• Consideration of Inhabitants’ Diversity in Building Performance Simulation: Does It Matter?
  Mahnameh Taheri, Farhang Tahmasebi, Ardeshir Mahdavi

• Multi-agent Stochastic Simulation of Occupants for Building Simulation
  Jacob Chapman, Peer-Olaf Siebers, Darren Robinson

• Towards Better Buildings Performance Estimations?A Framework for Integrating Dynamic Occupant Behaviour in Dynamic Buildings Simulation Tools
  Alaa Alfakara, Ben Corxford

• Monitoring And Stimulating Energy Behavioural Change in University Buildings Towards Post Carbon Cities
  Valentina Fabi, Verena M. Barthelmes, Yeonsook Heo, Stefano P. Corgnati

• Human Behavior and Energy Consumption in Buildings: An Integrated Agent-Based Modeling and Building Performance Simulation Framework
  Elie Azar, Sokratis Papadopoulos

• A Simulation Framework for Quantifying the Influence of Occupant Behavior on Savings of Energy Efficiency Measures
  Kaiyu Sun, Tianzhen Hong, Ji-Hyun Kim

• Analysis on the Actual Cooling Effect of the Standing Fan: A Comparative Study of Heat Loss and Thermal Comfort for Body Segments
  Sun-Hye Mun, Yeon-Jung Kim, Jung-Ho Huh

• A Field Study of Thermal Comfort in Open-plan Office Buildings during Transition Seasons in Harbin
  Yunsong Han, Huixuan Sun, Cheng Sun

• Towards a Comprehensive Tool to Model Occupant Behaviour for Dwellings that Combines Domestic Hot Water Use with Active Occupancy
  Jean Rouleau, Alfonso Ramallo-González, Louis Gosselin

• Implementing Occupant Behaviour in the Simulation of Building Energy Performance and Energy Flexibility: Development of Co-Simulation Framework and Case Study
  Rongling Li, Feng Wei, Yang Zhao, Wim Zeiler

• Development of Realistic Water Draw Profiles for California Residential Water Heating Energy Estimation
  Neal Kruis, Bruce Wilcox, Jim Lutz, Chip Barnaby

• Investigation of a Short-term Prediction Method of Occupancy Presence in Residential Buildings
  Zhaoxuan Li, Bing Dong

• Water Use Behavior in Single-Family Homes: A Case Study in Texas
  Peng Xue, Tianzhen Hong, Bing Dong

• Simulation Assisted Monitoring of a Multi-Family House – a Renovation Case Study
  Dietmar Siegele, Georgios Dermentzis, Eleonora Leonardi, Fabian Ochs, Aleksandra Ksiezykl

• Air Conditioning Usage and Environmental Control Behaviour in Residential Contexts
  Jungsoo Kim, Richard de Dear, Thomas Parkinson, Christhina Candido

• Modelling Household Occupancy Profiles using Data Mining Clustering Techniques on Time Use Data
  Giuseppina Buttitta, Olivier Neu, Will Turner, Donal Finn

• Simulating the Behavior of Building Occupants using Multi-agent Narratives: A Preliminary Study in a Generic Hospital Ward
  Davide Schaumann, Simon Breslav, Rhys Goldstein, Azam Khan, Yehuda E. Kalay

• Application of Dynamic Numerical Simulation to Investigate the Effects of Occupant Behaviour Changes in Retrofitted Buildings
  Vincenzo Corrado, Ilaria Ballarini, Simona Paduos, Elisa Primo, Francesco Madonna

• Usefulness of the obFMU Module Examined through a Review of Occupant Modelling Functionality in Building Performance Simulation Programs
  Andrew Cowie, Tianzhen Hong, Xiaohang Feng, Quentin Darakdjian

• Surrogate Models to Cope With Users’ Behaviour in School Building Energy Performance Calculation
  Fulvio Re Cecconi, Massimiliano Manfren, Lavinia Chiara Tagliabue, Giorgia Marenzi, Enrico De Angelis, Angelo Luigi Camillo Ciribini, Andrea Zani

• Introducing and Testing a Strategy for Fit-for-Purpose Occupant Behavior Modeling in a Simulation-Aided Building Design Process
  Isabella Gaetani, Pieter-Jan Hoes, Jan L.M. Hensen

• Integrated Occupant Motion Sensing with Real-Time CFD Simulation as a Design Assessment Tool
  Aman Singhvi, Nada Tarkhan

• An Agent-Based Model Approach for Simulating Interactions between Occupants and Building Systems
  Mengda Jia, Ravi Srinivasan, Robert Ries, Gnana Bharathy, Barry Silverman, Nathan Weyer

• Improved Occupancy Detection Accuracy using PIR and Door Sensors for a Smart Thermostat
  Sun Ho Kim, Hyeun Jun Moon, Young Ran Yoon

Optimization

• Intelligent Scheduling of a Grid-Connected Heat Pump in a Danish Detached House
  Panagiota Gianniou, Kyriaki Foteinaki, Alfred Heller, Carsten Rode

• Operating Performance Simulation of Auto-tuning Feed-forward in Temperature Control of Hydronic Heating System in Residential Building
  Yoshitaka Uno, Takahiro Nakai, Takaya Yamamoto

• On the Optimization of the Air Source Heat Pump Integration in High Performance Buildings
  Alessandro Prada, Elena Bee, Andrea Gasparella, Paolo Baggio

• Using Kriging Regression to Improve the Stability and Diversity in NSGA-II
  Michael Wood, Matthew Eames

• Artlight 2.0 – a Runtime Optimized Algorithm for Coupled Thermal and Daylight Simulation with TRNSYS and RADIANCE
  Martin Hauer, David Geisler-Moroder

• Integrated Building Performance Optimisation: Coupling Parametric Thermal Simulation Optimisation and Generative Spatial Design Programming
  Yair Schwartz, Rokia Raslan, Ivan Korolija, Dejan Mumovic

• Using an Adaptive Meta-Model Evolutionary Algorithm for Mixed-Integer Type Building Design Optimization for Building Simulation 2017 Conference
  Weili Xu, Khee Poh Lam, Omer T. Karaguzel

• Towards Better Indoor Air Quality and Energy Efficiency by Using an Optimal Mechanical Ventilation Strategy
  Aurélie Foucquier, Franck Alessi, Pierre Bernaud, Arnaud Jay, Etienne Wurtz

• Whole-Building Simulation of Hybrid Ventilation based on Full-scale Measurements in an Institutional High-rise Building for Predictive Control
  Jun Cheng, Dahai Qi, Liangzhu (Leon) Wang, Andreas Athienitis

• Optimization Algorithms Supporting the Cost-Optimal Analysis: the Behavior of PSO
  Maria Ferrara, Fabrizio Dabbene, Enrico Fabrizio

• Multi-Objective Optimisation In Early Stage Design. Case Study: Northampton University Creative Hub Building
  David Roderick Polson, Evan Zacharis, Oliver Lawrie, Dora Vagiou

• Optimizing Economizer Operation by Virtual Commissioning through Remote Co-Simulation
  Damon Woods, Tyler Noble, Brad Acker, Ralph Budwig, Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg

• Robust Building Scheme Design Optimization for Uncertain Performance Prediction
  Elli Nikolaidou, Jonathan Wright, Christina J. Hopfe

• Occupant-Aware Energy Management: Simulated Energy Savings Achievable Using Learned Cooling Temperature Set-points Over a Range of Climates and Cooling System Designs
  Leluo Zhang, Murali Annavaram, Kyle Konis

• A Modified Genetic Optimization Algorithm Using Ancestor Path Extrapolation
  Aaron Power

• JEA, An Interactive Optimisation Engine for Building Energy Performance Simulation
  Yi Zhang, Lubo Jankovic

• Simulation-based Optimization of Energy Consumption and Discomfort in Multi-Occupied Offices Considering Occupants Locations and Preferences
  Shide Salimi, Zheng Liu, Amin Hammad

• Energy Savings Analysis of a Greenhouse Heated by Waste Heat
  Yara Thomas, Liping Wang, Anthony Denzer

• Building Geometry Optimization with Integrated Daylighting and Energy Simulation
  Yuan Fang, Soolyeon Cho

• Model Driven Engineering Methods for Integrated Building Performance Optimization
  Sebastian Stratbücker, Sicheng Zhu, Matthias Mitterhofer

• Meta-Optimization and Scattering Parameters Analysis for Improving On Site Building Model Identification for Optimal Operation
  Quan Nguyen-Hong, Audrey Le Mounier, Van-Binh Dinh, Benoit Delinchant, Stephane Ploix, Frédéric Wurtz

Software

• Forecasting Building Energy Demand under Uncertainty Using Gaussian Process Regression: Feature Selection, Baseline Prediction, Parametric Analysis and a Web-based Tool
  Bin Yan, Xiwang Li, Wenbo Shi, Xuan Zhang, Ali Malkawi

• Semantic Building Systems Modeling for Advanced Data Analytics for Energy Efficiency
  Filip Petrushevski, Stefan Gaida, Barbara Beigelböck, Milos Sipetic, Gerhard Zucker, Christian Schiefer, Daniel Schachinger, Wolfgang Kastner

• Geothermal Information System for Potential Studies in Subsurface Soil Layers
  Eric Fichter, Sebastian Weck, Ralf Becker, Jan Derksen, Stephan Düber, Jérôme Frisch, Robert Löhring, David Koppmann, Jörg Blankenbach, Christoph van Treeck, Martin Ziegler

• Interactive Building Design Space Exploration Using Regionalized Sensitivity Analysis
  Torben Østergård, Rasmus Lund Jensen, Steffen Enersen Maagaard

• Analysis of Control Strategies for a Novel HVAC System Equipped with a Room-temperature Water Loop
  Alessandro Maccarini, Göran Hultmark, Alireza Afshari, Niels C. Bergsøe

• Life Cycle Assessment of Buildings and City Quarters Analysing the Influence of Different Climatic Conditions
  Ursula Eicker, Hannes Harter, Verena Weiler

• Exploring the Commercial Implications of Measurement and Verification Choices in Energy Performance Contracting Using Stochastic Building Simulation
  Pamela J Fennell, Paul A Ruyssevelt, Andrew ZP Smith

• Gaussian-Process-Based Emulators for Building Performance Simulation
  Parag Rastogi, Mohammad Emtiyaz Khan, Marilyne Andersen

• Development of South Korea’s National Integrated Building Energy Management System for Green Building Policies: Overview and Building Energy Statistics
  Younghoon Kwak, Sungeun Shin, Seungyeop Oh, Ohin Kwon, Dongyoung Lee

• TRNSYS 18: The Continued Evolution of the Software
  Timothy P McDowell, David E Bradley, Marion Hiller, Jochen Lam, Jakob Merk, Werner Keilholz

• Simulation-time Reduction Techniques for a Retrofit Planning Tool
  Georgios I. Giannakis, Georgios D. Kontes, Ivan Korolija, Dimitrios V. Rovas

• Co-Simulation to Bring Advanced Physics to Building Thermal Performance Analysis
  Walter Mazuroski, Nathan Mendes, Ricardo C. L. F. Oliveira

Urban

• Analysis of Heating Load Diversity and Application in a District Heating System
  Claudia Weissmann, Patrick Wörner, Tianzhen Hong

• Generation and Evaluation of Alternative Urban Densification Scenarios
  Milena Vuckovic, Ardeshir Mahdavi, Christian Tauber, Kristina Kiesel, Stefan Glawischnig, Alexandra Heiderer, Ida Pirstinger, Martina Majcen, Matthias Raudaschl

• High-resolution Representations of Internal and External Boundary Conditions in Urban Energy Modelling
  Ardeshir Mahdavi, Neda Ghiassi, Milena Vuckovic, Mahnameh Taheri, Farhang Tahmasebi

• Re-diversification of Predictions of a Reductive Urban Energy Modeling Method
  Neda Ghiassi, Ardeshir Mahdavi

• Development of a District Modeling Approach for Buildings using 3DEXPERIENCE and Dymola/Modelica Environments
  Valentin Gavan, Alain Mouky

• A Study on the Multi-Objective Optimisation of District Energy System Performances
  Nicolas Perez, Christian Inard, Peter Riederer, Vincent Partenay

• Inter-Building Shading Calculations Based on CityGML Geometric Data
  G.N. Lilis, G. Giannakis, D.V. Rovas

• Predicting the Effect of Changes to the Urban Environment on Future Electrical Demand Using Building Simulation and Archetype Models
  Andrew Cowie, Nick Kelly, Raheal McGhee, Aizaz Samuel, Ciaran Higgins, Watson Peat

• A Novel Occupant-Focused Framework to Test Community-Scale Building Energy Feedback
  Elie Azar, Min Lin

• Coupling a Reduced Order Building Energy Model to UrbanSim
  Ralph T. Muehleisen, Joshua Bergerson

• Architectural-Geometrical Simplification for Multi-Zone Building Models for Urban Refurbishment Projects
  Alexander Inderfurth, Arda Karasu, Christoph Nytsch-Geusen, Claus Steffan

• GIS Data Extraction and Visualization to Support Urban Building Energy Modelling
  Daniel Sobieraj, Xavier Mendieta, J.J. McArthur

• Implementation of a Calibrated Urban Building Energy Model (UBEM) for the Evaluation of Energy Efficiency Scenarios in a Kuwaiti Residential Neighborhood
  Carlos Cerezo Davila, Nathaniel Jones, Adil Al-Mumin, Ali Hajiah, Christoph Reinhart

• Generating High Resolution Near-Future Weather Forecasts for Urban Scale Building Performance Modelling
  Hu Du, Michael Barclay, Phil Jones

• Comparison of Two Simulation Methods for the Technical Feasibility of a District Heating System Using Waste Heat from a Copper Plant with Thermal Storage
  Luyi Xu, J. Ignacio Torrens, Jan L. M. Hensen

• Wind, Sun, Surface Temperature, and Heat Island: Critical Variables for High-Resolution Outdoor Thermal Comfort
  Christopher Mackey, Theodore Galanos, Leslie Norford, Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari

• Building Simulation 2017: “Determination of Heat Flux Coefficient Inquiry Methods for City District Simulation”
  C. Fliegner, M. – A. Brüntjen, Dr.-Ing J. Frisch, Prof. Dr.-Ing C. van Treeck

• An Integrated Model for Urban Microclimate and Building Energy in High-Density Cities for Early Stage Design
  Jianxiang Huang, Phil Jones, Rong Peng, Xiaojun Li, Shanshan Hou

• District Data Management, Modelling and Visualization via Interoperability
  Matteo Del Giudice, Anna Osello, Arianna Fonsati, Daniela De Luca, Alberto Musetti, Francesca Marchi, Edoardo Patti, Francesco Brundu, Andrea Acquaviva

• Developing an Open Python Library for Urban Design Optimisation – Pyliburo
  Kian Wee Chen, Leslie Norford

• Bayesian Calibration of Residential Building Clusters using a Single Geometric Building Representation
  Martin Heine Kristensen, Ruchi Choudhary, Rasmus Høst Pedersen, Steffen Petersen

• Model-based Assessment of Cost-effective Retrofit Solutions for a District Heating System Extension
  Carine Tran, Luyi Xu, J. Ignacio Torrens Galdiz, Jan L. M. Hensen, Vincent Lemort

• Campus Energy Model: Using a Semi-Automated Workflow to Build Spatially Resolved Campus Building Energy Models for Climate Change and Net-Zero Scenario Evaluation
  Thomas Suesser, Timur Dogan

• Optimizing a Parametric Energy Model for Use in Citywide Residential Overheating Analysis
  Seth H. Holmes, Nicholas B. Rajkovich, Fahed Baker

• Urban Scale Energy Demand Modelling of Commercial Building Stock Considering the Variety of HVAC System Configuration
  Shun Kimura, Yohei Yamaguchi, Bumjoon Kim, Yusuke Miyachi, Yumei Kou, Yoshiyuki Shimoda

• Thinking Local, Acting Global: Urban-scale Energy Modeling for Global Cities Governance
  Ursula Eicker, Juergen Schumacher, Michael Bobker, Honey Berk, Laura Romero Rodriguez, Charles J Vorosmarty

• Parametric Study of Urban Microclimate Based on a Coupled Approach for CFD, Radiation, Wind-Driven Rain and Heat and Moisture Transport in Building Materials
  Aytac Kubilay, Dominique Derome, Jan Carmeliet

• A Data-Driven Modelling Approach for Large Scale Demand Profiling of Residential Buildings
  Giovanni Tardioli, Ruth Kerrigan, Mike Oates, James O’Donnell, Donal Finn

• Analysis of the (Urban) Microclimate Effects on the Building Energy Behaviour
  Lucie Merlier, Loic Frayssinet, Frédéric Kuznik, Gilles Rusaouen, Kévyn Johannes, Jean Luc Hubert, Maya Milliez

• Building-Integrated Agriculture (BIA) in Urban Contexts: Testing a Simulation-Based Decision Support Workflow
  Khadija Benis, Christoph Reinhart, Paulo Ferrão

• Impact of Electricity Price Policies on Optimal District Energy System Design
  L. Andrew Bollinger

• Complex Large-Scale Heating, Cooling and Power Supply Models – Virtual Renewable Power Plant Simulation with Modelica
  Torsten Schwan, Rene Unger

• Automated Design and Model Generation for a District Heating Network from OpenStreetMap Data
  Marcus Fuchs, Dirk Müller

• Transpirative Cooling Potential of Vegetation in Urban Environment using Coupled CFD and Leaf Energy Balance Model
  Lento Manickathan, Thijs Defraeye, Jonas Allegrini, Dominique Derome, Jan Carmeliet

• Assessing Aggregated Impacts of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs): A Building Stock Model Approach
  Dimitry Burdjalov, S. Michael Daukoru, Anthony Duer

• Combined GIS, CFD and Neural Network Multi-Zone Model for Urban Planning and Building Simulation
  Meng Kong, Mingshi Yu, Ning Liu, Peng Gao, Yanzhi Wang, Jianshun Zhang

• Wind-driven Rain Impact on Urban Microclimate: Wetting and Drying Processes in Urban Environment
  Dominique Derome, Aytaç Kubilay, Jan Carmeliet

• Modelling, Simulation and Control of Smart and Connected Communities
  Zhaoxuan Li, Ankur Pipri, Bing Dong, Nikolaos Gatsis, Ahmad F. Taha, Nanpeng Yu

• Simulation in Support of the Design Process for an Outdoor Space
  Santosh Philip, Nathan Brown, George Loisos, Susan Ubbelohde

• The Influence of Building Height Variability on Natural Ventilation and Neighbor Buildings in Dense Urban Areas
  Jing Li, Michael Donn

• A Framework for Outdoor Mean Radiant Temperature Simulation: Towards Spatially Resolved Thermal Comfort Mapping in Urban Spaces
  Tarek Rakha, Pouya Zhand, Christoph Reinhart

• A ‘Big Data’ Approach to the Application of Building Performance Simulation to Improve the Operational Performance of Large Estates
  Joe Clarke, Daniel Costola, Andrew Cowie, Jon Hand, Nick Kelly, Filippo Monari

• Urban Energy System Simulation using the Functional Mock-Up Interface
  Markus Schumacher, Marcus Fuchs, Dirk Müller

• A Data-Driven and Simulation Approach for Understanding Thermal Performance of Slum Redevelopment in Mumbai, India
  Ramit Debnath, Ronita Bardhan, Rishee K Jain

• Building Simulation With Local Environmental Conditions: Defects Integration in a Thermal Building Model
  Auline Rodler, Sihem Guernouti, Marjorie Musy, Julien Bouyer

Validation

• Comparison between the Results of Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis and an Experiment Using Particle Image Velocimetry
  Shunsuke Saka, Koji Sakai, Hiroki Ono

• Development of Test Procedure for the Evaluation of Building Energy Simulation Tools
  Eikichi Ono, Sei Ito, Harunori Yoshida

• A Residential Case Study to Validate a New Default Detection Method Based on Discrepancies Between Simulated and Measured Data
  Rozenn Josse-Buret, Frédéric Wurtz, Philippe Marchal, Etienne Wurtz

• Airside HVAC BESTEST: HVAC Air-Distribution System Model Test Cases for ASHRAE Standard 140
  J. Neymark, M. Kennedy, R. Judkoff, J. Gall, R. Henninger, T. Hong, D. Knebel, T. McDowell, M. Witte, D. Yan, X. Zhou

• Improving the Energy Performance Contracting Process using Building Performance Simulation: Lessons Learnt from a Post Occupancy Investigation of a Case Study in the UK
  Nishesh Jain, Esfand Burman, Dejan Mumovic, Michael Davies, Andrew Tindale

• Impact of Weather and Occupancy on Energy Flexibility Potential of a Low-Energy Building
  Emanuele Zilio, Kyriaki Foteinaki, Panagiota Gianniou, Carsten Rode

• Verification of a Low Order Building Model for the Modelica Library AixLib using ASHRAE Standard 140
  Moritz Lauster, Ana Constantin, Peter Remmen, Marcus Fuchs, Dirk Müller

• Side-by-Side Tests of a Net-Zero Energy Building
  Minjae Shin, Juan-Carlos Baltazar, Jeff Haberl, Edwin Frazier, Bobby Lynn

• Modeling and Calibration of a Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) System with a Dedicated Outdoor Air System (DOAS)
  Dongsu Kim, Heejin Cho, Piljae Im, Sam Cox

• Performance Evaluation and Improvement of a Newly-Renovated Danish School Building (Retro-commissioning)
  Liu Li, Georgieva Viktoriya Vasileva, Diana Zabusova, Milenkova Kremena Bozhidarova, Christiansen Rasmus, Montes Sofia Fernandez, Vecsey Veronika

• A Framework for Empirical Validation of Building Performance Simulation under Uncertainty
  Qi Li, Godfried Augenbroe, Ralph Muehleisen

• Combined Sensitivity Ranking of Input Parameters and Model Forms of Building Energy Simulation
  Qinpeng Wang, Godfried Augenbroe

• Evaluation and Modeling of Data Center Energy Efficiency Measures for an Existing Office Building
  Dhayanandh Murugan, Gabrielle Viola McMorrow, Dr.Liping Wang

Visualization

• BuildingSystems_VR – A New Approach for Immersive and Interactive Building Energy Simulation
  Christoph Nytsch-Geusen, Thaeba Ayubi, Jens Möckel, Jörg Rädler, Matthis Thorade

• Balancing Thermal and Luminous Autonomy in the Assessment of Building Performance
  Won Hee Ko, Stefano Schiavon

• Visualization of Passive Performance Parameters Through Time-Based Metrics and Discussion of a Survey for Validation of the Approach
  Aylin Ozkan, Ted Kesik, William O’Brien

• Visual Quality Assessment of Building Energy Performance Simulation Models
  Tobias Maile, Richard See

• An Artistic Analysis to Guide Trustees Preserving an Artistic Vision for Building Simulation 2017 Conference
  Edward G. Lyon

• A Workflow for Managing Building Information and Performance Data using Virtual Reality: An Alternative to BIM for Existing Buildings?
  Adam Rysanek, Clayton Miller, Arno Schlueter

• Graphical Visualization of Potential Cost Savings from Energy Storage under Time-of-Use Electric Rates
  Taewoo Kim, Paulo Cesar Tabares-Velasco

• An Experiment in Virtual Reality to Measure Daylight-Driven Interest in Rendered Architectural Scenes
  Siobhan Rockcastle, Kynthia Chamilothori, Marilyne Andersen

Weather

• Efficient Summertime Overheating Analysis Using Decomposed Weather Files
  Michael Wood, Matthew Eames

• Effect of the Application between Anisotropic and Isotropic Diffuse Radiation Model on Building Diffuse Radiation Heat Gain
  Zhengrong Li, Haowei Xing, Shiqin Zeng

• Application of a Performance Oriented Climatic Zoning for Buildings in Nicaragua
  Angélica Walsh, Daniel Cóstola, Lucila C. Labaki

• Influence of Solar Irradiance Models on the Selection of Optimal Refurbishment Measures
  Giovanni Pernigotto, Alessandro Prada, Francesca Cappelletti, Andrea Gasparella

• Climate Change and Its Impact on Building Energy Consumption in Office Building of Different Climate Zones in China
  Jingjing An, Da Yan, Ying Cui, Chan Xiao

• Recurrent Neural Network based Deep Learning for Solar Radiation Prediction
  Fuxin Niu, Zheng O’Neill

• Sky Temperature Estimation and Measurement for Longwave Radiation Calculation
  Kun Zhang, Timothy P. McDowell, Michaël Kummert

• A Simplified Vector-based Method for Irradiance Prediction at Urban Scale
  Wei Liao, Yeonsook Heo

Windows

• A Basic Evaluation of Non-Uniform Radiant Fields Using Computational Thermal Manikin
  Ikumi Kishida, Koji Sakai, Hiroki Ono, Daiki Kobayashi

• Façade Photometrics: Luminance Distribution Analysis Through Building Skins
  Azadeh Omidfar Sawyer

• Advanced Insolation Detection Module in Solar Shading Automation
  Robert Weitlaner, David Geisler-Moroder, Rainer Pfluger

• Ground Factors and Lighting Design in an Urban Area: Daylight Availability and Light Pollution Risk
  Xin Zhang, Jiangtao Du, Steve Sharples

• Simulation Study for Developing Anidolic Solar Shading for Warm-Humid Climates
  Floriberta Binarti, Jackobus A. Prasetya

• Combined Daylight and Thermal Calculation Tool for Annual Energy Performance Simulation of Rooms with Advanced Daylight-Controlled Lighting Systems
  Steffen Petersen

• A New Method of Representing Highly-Conducting Window Frames in Building Simulation Models
  Peter R. Lyons, D. Charlie Curcija

• An Integrative Algorithmic Platform Coupled with Gradient Descent and Parametric Analysis Methods to Optimize Skylight Sizes
  Sara Motamedi, Petra Liedl

• Improving Window Selection: A New Workflow and Tool for Architects/Engineers
  Huishan He, Rufei Wang, Holly W. Samuelson, Panagiotis Michalatos

• Daylight Performance of Subdivided Windows with Automatic and Manual Shading Devices
  Leyla Sanati

• Co-optimization of Solar Tracking for Shading and Photovoltaic Energy Conversion
  Forrest Meggers, Dorit Aviv, Victor Charpentier, Eric Teitelbaum, Adam Ainslie, Sigrid Adriaenssens

• Glazing and Winter Comfort Part 2: An Advanced Tool for Complex Spatial and Temporal Conditions
  Christopher Mackey, Vera Baranova, Lynn Petermann, M. Alejandra Menchaca-Brandan

• Glazing and Winter Comfort Part 1: An Accessible Web Tool for Early Design Decision-Making
  M. Alejandra Menchaca-Brandan, Vera Baranova, Lynn Petermann, Stephanie Koltun, Christopher Mackey

• Calculating the Effect of External Shading on the Solar Heat Gain Coefficient of Windows
  Christian Kohler, Yash Shukla, Rajan Rawal

• Simulation Study to Derive a Determination Strategy of Window Spacer to Mitigate Heat Loss and Condensation Risk
  Kyu-Nam Rhee, Mi-Su Shin, Ji-Yong Yu, Gun-Joo Jung

• Selecting the Optimum Window Elements of Several WWRs without Prejudicing the Energy Consumption
  Ali F. Alajmi, Hosny Abou-ziyan, Hamad H. Al-Mutairi