RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OF BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION TOOLS IN EUROPE

摘要

Without going into an exhaustive inventory of the European work on Building Energy Simulation Tools, we describe some state-of-the-art computer-based simulation programs which are specific to the European context. In addition, some validation tests and methodological approaches are discussed. However, while knowledge in building energy modelling has made considerable progress since 1960, access to this body of knowledge remains limited for both designers and researchers. We review the deficiencies and explain why they exist. We point out that different parties in the building sector have different needs in terms of building energy analysis tools. We describe the European participation in the international organization which has been set up to develop together a new generation of simulation tools. Finally, we present the French point of view which stresses the need for a common computerized framework to give users access to a calculation and data base.