"Architect friendly": A comparison of ten different building performance simulation tools

IBPSA 2009 - International Building Performance Simulation Association 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 204-211

  Attia, Shady ^a   Beltrán, Liliana ^b   De Herde, André ^a   Hensen, Jan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BESTEST; BUILDING PERFORMANCE; BUILDING SIMULATION; DESIGN PRACTICE; DIRECT LINKS; EMPIRICAL VALIDATION; GREEN BUILDINGS; INTELLIGENT DESIGNS; KNOWLEDGE BASE; MODELING TOOL; ONLINE SURVEYS; PLUG-INS;

BUILDINGS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SURVEYS; TOOLS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84870176874     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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