- 1. Building Airflow and Thermal Management
- CityFFD - City Fast Fluid Dynamics
- CityBEM - City Building Energy Model and Whole-building energy analysis
- Built Environment Scaling and Similarity with 3D Printing Applications
- Natural Ventilation Potential Map
- Forecasting Built Environment by Numerical Weather Prediction Models
- Smart Air Curtains
- Sub-Scale Model Experiment and Dimensionless Design
- Modular Growing Bed Ventilation System Design With SLA(Stereolithography Apparatus) 3D Printing Technology
- 2. Building Fire Protection and Smoke Management
- People
CityBEM - City Building Energy Model and Whole-building Energy Analysis
Students: Ali Katal, PhD Candidate
Sponsor: Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grants
A. Katal, M. Mortezazadeh and L. Wang. 2018. Modeling building resilience against extreme weather by integrated CityFFD and CityBEM simulations. Applied Energy. Under Review. Pages 29.
Research Highlights:
CityBEM: A physics-based simulation model for calculation of buildings energy usage and saving from energy retrofits.
Import 3D buildings from OpenStreetMap (OSM)
Modeling Snow-Storm of the Centrury 1971 March 4 - 7 of Montreal, Nun's Island (1500 buildings)
Nun's Island model
Buildings temperature map during power outage caused by Snow-storm
Total heat loss of the buildings during the storm
Buildings resilience study after the power outage
