Article citationsMore>>

Brun, A., Spitz, C., Wurtz, E. and Mora, L. (2009) Behavioural Comparison of Some Predictive Tools Used in a Low Energy Buildings. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference Building Simulation, Glasgow.

has been cited by the following article:

• TITLE: Evaluation of Thermal Effect of PCM Wallboards by Coupling Simplified Phase Change Model with Design Tool

  AUTHORS: Alain Guiavarch, Denis Bruneau, Bruno Peuportier

  KEYWORDS: Phase Change Material; Wallboard; Thermal Model; Dynamic Simulation; Summer Comfort; Design Tools

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Building Construction and Planning Research, Vol.2 No.1, March 18, 2014

  ABSTRACT: A simplified PCM wallboard model is coupled to an existing design-oriented model of multi-zone buildings. Using a reference model and a basic simulation configuration, the accuracy of the resulting PCM wallboard-building thermal design tool is evaluated. A new performance indicator, called PCM utilization factor, is then proposed in order to estimate the thermal efficiency of using PCM wallboards in buildings. Using this PCM Utilization factor and a degrees-hours indicator, the ability of the PCM wallboard-building thermal design tool to evaluate the effect of PCM wallboards on heating loads and summer thermal comfort in the early design phase of a project is examined in two real case studies: a family house project and an existing office building. The user-friendliness of this design tool, and the short calculation times it leads to when performing a year-long simulation using a standard office computer, make it a well-adapted tool for sensibility studies or multi-criterion optimization for buildings that contain PCM wallboards.