The analysis of innovative designs that distributes control to buildings over a network is
currently a challenging task as exciting building performance simulation tools do not offer …

A distributed simulation between control systems and building performance applications is
becoming more and more an invaluable tool in the analysis of Automated Buildings (ABs) for …

The ability to simulate combined control and building performance applications in a
distributed manner is increasingly becoming an invaluable tool in the assessment of …

Computer based automation and control systems are becoming increasingly important in
smart sustainable buildings, of-ten referred to as automated buildings (ABs), in order to …

The use of automatic and intelligence control technologies in buildings can have a
significant impact on their indoor environments, particularly with regard to efficiency and …

The development of advanced control systems for building performance applications faces
many challenges due to the high number of physical processes that interact with each other …

A Simulation-assisted Building Control (SaBC) system extends state-of-the-art building
controls by modeling a building's physical properties and using simulation to optimize its …

This paper reports on progress of an ongoing research project, which aims to achieve better
control modeling in building performance simulation by integrating distributed computer …

The use of integrated building performance simulation can substantially help in improving a
building design with regards to comfort levels and fuel consumption, while reducing …

The deployment of Simulation-aided Building Controls is a complex process due to the
uniqueness of each building along with an increasing complexity of building systems …