Building simulation: Ten challenges

• Published in: Building simulation Vol. 11; no. 5; pp. 871 - 898
• Main Authors: Hong, Tianzhen, Langevin, Jared, Sun, Kaiyu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.10.2018; Springer Nature B.V; Springer
• Subjects: Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution; Building Construction and Design; building energy use; building life cycle; building performance simulation; Buildings; Computer simulation; Energy conservation; ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; Energy consumption; Energy costs; energy efficiency; Energy management; energy modeling; Engineering; Engineering Thermodynamics; Greenhouse gases; Heat and Mass Transfer; Life cycle engineering; Monitoring/Environmental Analysis; Researchers; Retrofitting; Review Article; Simulation; Software development; zero-net-energy buildings; building life cycle; zero-net-energy buildings; building energy use; energy modeling; building performance simulation; energy efficiency

Buildings consume more than one-third of the world’s primary energy. Reducing energy use and greenhouse-gas emissions in the buildings sector through energy conservation and efficiency improvements constitutes a key strategy for achieving global energy and environmental goals. Building performance s...