Computer-oriented building design: Advances in daylighting and thermal simulation tools

Peter Apian-Bennewitz, Manuel Goller, Sebastian Herkel, Anne Kovach-Hebling and Jan Wienold

Renewable Energy, 1998, vol. 14, issue 1, 351-356

Abstract: Advanced computer simulation tools for analyzing daylighting features and thermal performance of buildings are improved at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems. For an analysis of daylighting elements in lighting simulations, new light-deflecting structures and materials have been measured and modeled. In order to study the interaction between lighting and thermal behaviour of rooms, thermal and lighting simulation techniques are linked together. Thus, integrated energy concepts can be evaluated. Programs for handling parallel image generation in a network of high-performance Unix workstations have been developed.

Keywords: Computer simulation; thermal simulation; light simulation; building design; daylighting (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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DOI: 10.1016/S0960-1481(98)00089-5

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