Decision-making through performance simulation and code compliance from the early schematic phases of building design

TL;DR: The practical application of particular simulation tools in the early design stage is illustrated, their limitations are presented, and decision-support tools for specific building design activities are discussed.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a synthetic building operation dataset which includes HVAC, lighting, miscellaneous electric loads (MELs) system operating conditions, occupant counts, environmental parameters, end-use and whole-building energy consumptions at 10-minute intervals.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a virtual engineering system for industrial combustion equipment, called VE-Suite, which is based on the Virtual Reality Applications Center (VRAC) of Iowa State University.

TL;DR: This thesis proposes an interactive, goal-based expert system for daylighting design, intended for use during the early design phase, and has been implemented within Google SketchUp along with a user interface which allows a designer to fully participate in the design process.

TL;DR: The DOE-2 building energy analysis program was designed to assist engineers and architects in the performance of design studies of whole-building energy use under actual weather conditions as discussed by the authors, which was guided by several objectives: (1) that the description of the building entered by the user was readily understood by non-computer scientists; (2) the calculations were based upon well-established algorithms; (3) the program permit the simulation of commonly available heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning (HVAC) equipment; (4) the costs of running the program be minimal

TL;DR: The Building Design Advisor (BDA) as discussed by the authors is a software environment that supports the integrated use of multiple analysis and visualization tools throughout the building design process, from the initial, schematic design phases to the detailed specification of building components and systems.

TL;DR: The product modeling techniques that are used for the development of a computer-aided decision-making tool for the building industry are described.