Fundamentals of Building Performance Simulation

"""The effective application of building performance simulation is governed by an important caveat: that users possess an understanding of the underlying physics and the related design parameters that influence performance outcomes. This tour de force contribution from a leading proponent of the technology precisely hits the spot and will surely raise the standard in simulation applications worldwide."" –Joseph Andrew Clarke, University of Strathclyde ""Fundamentals of Building Performance Simulation is set to be the authority on the subject, making it essential reading for all students and junior practicing engineers working in the area of building energy and performance"" –Malcom Cook, Loughborough University ""For many years I’ve been looking for a book that was explicitly constructed to teach building performance simulation. Professor Beausoleil-Morrison has taken his teaching approach—insightful review of theory, supplemented by required reading, then hands-on simulation exercises and results autopsy, and review—and turned it into a textbook. Anyone with a basic understanding of building physics and thermodynamics will find this book robust, without depending on any one simulation program. Yet it directs readers how to test the underlying physics and concepts using their preferred simulation tools. If I were looking for a book to use in teaching building performance simulation, this would be my textbook."" –Dru Crawley, Bentley Systems, Inc. ""For learning from a leading expert and teacher in using building performance simulation in a responsible manner, Ian Beausoleil-Morrison presents the theoretical and practical fundamentals in this excellent textbook."" –Jan Hensen, Eindhoven University of Technology ""The art of building performance simulation is to capture all important physical processes in mathematical equations and make them converge to the right solution. Ian Beausoleil-Morrison has mastered better than anyone how to do this, how to explain this and how to teach this, turning this book into a milestone for anyone working towards a sustainable built environment."" –Lieve Helsen, University of Leuven ""Many countries are committed to mitigating climate change though energy efficient buildings with integrated renewable energy generation. Integrated building design is paramount to highly efficient buildings. Building simulation is fundamental in this process. Prof. Beausoleil-Morrison brings us a fantastic textbook, based on his experiential teaching method, that helps us to develop the critical view so necessary in a building simulation professional. It will become a ‘must have’ for all universities with courses in this area."" –Roberto Lamberts, Laboratory for Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Federal University of Santa Catarina ""Did you ever wonder what the strengths and limitations of the models in building performance simulators are? This book explains rigorously, yet approachably, the major models that can be found in today's building performance simulators. This is recommended reading for anyone who needs to be competent in building performance simulations."" –Michael Wetter, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory ""It’s an ideal textbook for teaching and self-study. Professor Beausoleil-Morrison not only gives a complete introduction to the basic principles and tools but also provides all the necessary teaching materials. I would be happy to recommend it to my colleagues who are teaching BPS and students who are learning it."" –Yingxin Zhu, Tsinghua University"