Objective
A COMPUTER MODEL DESCRIBING THE DYNAMIC BEHAVIOUR OF BUILDINGS HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY ABACUS, UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE, U.K. THE ESP (ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM PERFORMANCE) MODEL SIMULATES THE ENERGY TRANSFER WITHIN, OUTWITH AND BETWEEN A NUMBER OF ZONES LINKED TOGETHER TO FORM A BUILDING. THE MODEL ALLOWS DETAILED MODELLING. IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT DIFFERENT CLIMATIC FACTORS SUCH AS TEMPERATURE, SOLAR RADIATION AND WIND. THE ESP MODEL WAS DEVELOPED BETWEEN 1975 AND 1980. FROM 1981 THIS PROJECT WAS PARTLY FUNDED BY THE CEC, THIS LEAD TO FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS.
A RANGE OF EXTENSIONS WHICH ENHANCE THE MODELS RANGE OF APPLICATIONS, EASE OF USE AND RELEVANCE TO DESIGN PROBLEM SOLVING. SUB-PROGRAMMES TAKING INTO ACCOUNT SHADING, AIR FLOW IN THE BUILDING, INSOLATION, HAVE BEEN MADE AND INTEGRATED IN THE ESP MODEL.
A SIMPLE TECHNIQUE WAS DEVELOPED FOR ASSESSING THE DYNAMIC ENERGY APPLICATIONS OF HOUSING LOCATION AND DESIGN. THIS WAS DONE BY BRINGING TOGETHER DIFFERENT CLIMATIC FACTORS (E.G. WIND, TEMPERATURE, SOLAR RADIATION) IN ONE PARAMETER : THE CLIMATE SEVERITY INDEX.
ESP WAS ALSO IMPLEMENTED ON A SMALL COMPUTER SO THAT IT IS MORE ACCESSIBLE TO DESIGNERS. A MAGNETIC TAPE IS AVAILABLE WHICH CONTAINS A VERSION OF ESP CAPABLE OF RUNNING ON ANY UNIX BASED "SUPER MICRO" WITH AN EFFECTIVE USER ADDRESS SPACE OF 512 K OR MORE.
FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SYSTEM SIMULATION MODEL WHICH INTEGRATES THE THERMAL BEHAVIOUR OF THE BUILDING AND THE HEATING INSTALLATION, DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR A NUMBER OF HEATING PLANT COMPONENTS SUCH AS : PUMPS, FANS, COOLING AND HEATING COILS, DUCTWORK, ETC.
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G4 0NW Glasgow
United Kingdom
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