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Simulation of building energy and indoor environmental quality - some weather data issues

Hensen, J.
1999
Proc. Int. Workshop on Climate data and their applications in engineering, 4-6 October, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute in Prague

Hensen, J., (1999), "Simulation of building energy and indoor environmental quality - some weather data issues", Proc. Int. Workshop on Climate data and their applications in engineering, 4-6 October, Czech Hydrometeorological Institute in Prague.
Abstract

After elaborating that a building is a rather complicated dynamic system where many of the governing energy and mass transfer relationships are highly non-linear, this paper focuses on weather data as needed for computer simulation of buildings. The paper does not aim for completeness but rather to identify some issues of concern. These issues are categorized under headings of weather data requirements, weather data information and availability, weather data generation, weather data reference years vs. recorded time series data, and micro climate issues. The paper finishes with some conclusions and possible directions for future work.
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Hensen, J.
Jan Hensen Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Center for Building and Systems TNO-TU/e, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands http://www.bwk.tue.nl/fago/hensen/
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