Category: Research paper

Using Specification and Description Language for Life Cycle Assessment in Buildings

The definition of a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for a building or an urban area is a complex task due to the inherent complexity of all the elements that must be considered. Furthermore, a multidisciplinary approach is required due to the different sources of knowledge involved in this project. This multidisciplinary approach makes it necessary…
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July 10, 2017
Simulation model to find the best comfort, energy and cost scenarios for building refurbishment

This article proposes a methodology to assess building behaviour, whilst taking its life cycle into account. Understanding of the system can be obtained by combining well-known energy consumption calculation engines (TRNSYS) with co-simulation processes defined using Specification and Description Language (SDL). In this instance, to find the best comfort, energy and cost scenarios for energy…
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May 18, 2017
Analysis of Applications to Improve the Energy Savings in Residential Buildings Based on Systemic Quality Model

A new paper regarding the NECADA project has been published; on it we analyze several EMS using a methodology that simplifies the analysis. Is open so you can read it here: Analysis of Applications to Improve the Energy Savings in Residential Buildings Based on Systemic Quality Model Enjoy!
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October 21, 2016
IBPSA papers available now online

Now the proceedings of IBPSA conference are online and free to review. http://www.ibpsa.org/?page_id=619 You can read here our two papers: NECADA: Optimization Software for Sustainable Architecture Optimization of Energy Renovation of Residential Sector in Catalonia Based on Comfort, Energy And Costs Enjoy!
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March 16, 2016
Optimization of energy renovation of residential sector in Catalonia based on comfort, energy and costs

In this paper presented at IBPSA 2015, are described some interesting results of the MARIE project where NECADA has been used as a simulation engine. Abstract: The paper describes OptiHab study, done in the framework of the MARIE project. The objective of OptiHab is to provide technical and economic information to optimize the energy renovation…
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December 16, 2015
NECADA. Optimization software for sustainable architecture

New paper presented at IBPSA 2015. Abstract: In this work, we present a hybrid infrastructure, named NECADA, which supports the execution of a detailed simulation model representing all building processes on a supercomputer, cloud, cluster of computers or desktop environments. The aim of this infrastructure is to find optimal values for various building parameters and…
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December 10, 2015
Comfort and economic criteria for selecting passive measures for the energy refurbishment of residential buildings in Catalonia

This paper presents a detailed method to develop cost-optimal studies for the energy renovation of residential buildings. A realistic characterization of the building has been introduced, using measurement and survey data. The method allows improving the interaction between the occupancy and the building, and the characterization of the real state of the construction. In addition,…
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November 19, 2015
Optimal Buildings’ Energy Consumption Calculus through a Distributed Experiment Execution

A new research paper where you can see a NECADA execution scenario for an industrial big project. Read it here. Abstract: The calculus of building energy consumption is a demanding task because multiple factors must be considered during experimentation. Additionally, the definition of the model and the experiments is complex because the problem is multidisciplinary. When we face…
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November 5, 2015