SIMGIS : GIS FOR THERMAL SIMULATIONS IN THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AUTHORS
Building simulation programs perform thermal simulations in a stand-alone scenario and, therefore, the resulting building automation is unable to handle a broad scenario of environmental changes. Due to the time needed for a building to react properly to short-term sudden weather changes, standard building automation is not enough to control energy consumption and thermal comfort efficiently: the sensors placed on the external envelop of a building provide information about weather changes too short in advance about weather changes. A meteorological station can inform in advance a group of buildings in an area about weather changes, but is unable, unlike a GIS, to identify the buildings which are really interested in the phenomenon and to send the weather changes information only to those buildings. The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) has developed a new methodology to optimize building thermal performances by utilizing GIS, simulation, on line meteorological data and building automation.
Computer Evaluation of the Solar Energy Potential in an Urban Environment
Note: EPFL Reference LESO-PB-CONF-2002-001 Record created on 2005-01-12, modified on 2016-08-08
The intelligent building telecommunications infrastructure
The telecommunications infrastructure required for an intelligent building to support the overall telecommunications utility is considered, focusing on the wiring system. Emerging national standards that embrace all components of the telecommunications infrastructure are described. Basic infrastructure concepts are explained, and component details are examined. Important links between the infrastructure components and the emerging national standards are shown.<<ETX>>