Tahmasebi, Farhang;
Ouf, Mohamed;
Abuimara, Tareq;
O'Brien, William;
Sun, Kaiyu;
Tabadkani, Amir;
Hong, Tianzhen;
(2023)
Advanced Simulation Methods for Occupant-Centric Building Design.
In: O'Brien, William and Tahmasebi, Farhang, (eds.)
Occupant-Centric Simulation-Aided Building Design: Theory, Application, and Case Studies.
(pp. 168-208).
Routledge: London, UK.
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Abstract
Performance quantification through simulation has been particularly advantageous to building design, as it can be applied to non-existent buildings in the design process, allows for testing design variants under identical conditions, and demands much less resources as compared to physical measurements. Consequently, use of building simulation in the design process has evolved to – for example – establish and verify design performance, screen and optimize design parameters, and study robustness and adaptability in adverse conditions. In this context, the present chapter investigates how the state-of-the-art simulation-aided design procedures can contribute to realize occupant-centric design objectives. To this end, the chapter, first, discusses the ways in which simulation-aided design methods can represent occupants and capture their interactions with buildings’ environmental control systems. Subsequently, a number of key simulation-aided design methods and objectives are explored with a focus on the role of occupants. Finally, a carefully described prototypical building model serves to demonstrate and test the introduced occupant-centric simulation-aided design procedures.
| Type: | Book chapter |
|---|---|
| Title: | Advanced Simulation Methods for Occupant-Centric Building Design |
| ISBN-13: | 9781003176985 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1201/9781003176985-8 |
| Publisher version: | https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-edit/10.... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © The Authors 2023. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > Bartlett School Env, Energy and Resources |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10169372 |
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