The electronic Newsletter of IBPSA England (2020 No. 2)

Item 1: BSO-V 2020 Updates! Online conference dates and call for industrial presentations

BSO-V 2020, IBPSA-England’s First Virtual conference, will be taking place on 21-22 September 2020. We received over 50 full paper submissions despite the impact of COVID-19. These submissions comes from institutions as far away as Brazil and Australia, indicating the broad reach the virtual format has been able to facilitate.

We look forward to the conversations around topics submitted, such as: redefining activities in occupancy modelling, Bayesian calibration techniques, machine learning techniques for control and modelling, evaluation of climate and daylighting sensitivities, the use of genetic algorithms for building design, smart-meter calibrated urban building stock models, characterisation of hygrothermal properties of building materials, methods for assessing heat vulnerability, impacts and integration of photovoltaic, heat pump, and thermal storage technologies, incorporating uncertainty in the evaluation and delivery of energy flexibility and many more!

We aim to offer meaningful discussion moments within the conference programme, and we are keen to involve experts from both academia and industry. We are currently advertising for presentation-only sessions from industry practitioners to contribute to the conversation around building simulation and optimization. The submission portal is available through the conference website and industry-track abstracts describing the main aspects of the presentation are due 15 July 2020.

We hope all can virtually join us for a great conference. For news and updates, please check the conference website, bso2020.org, and follow us on Twitter @BsOconference.

From the BSO-V 2020 Conference and Scientific Chairs,
Dr. Bianca Howard
Dr. Eleonora Brembilla
Dr. Argyris Oraiopoulos 

Item 3: Webinars from DesignBuilder

Over the last few months DesignBuilder delivered a series of webinars to help professionals develop their simulation capabilities.
 
The first two webinars below illustrate how you can develop a certification model to assess overheating risk according to CIBSE TMs 52 and 59, and how that model can be further developed to assess operational energy performance at the design stage in accordance with CIBSE TM54. Re-building models of the same building for different purposes is time-consuming and inefficient, so these webinars will show you how to avoid that. Access the DesignBuilder Webinar on “Generating TM52/59 Reports From Your EPC Model” and the CIBSE Certification Webinar on Compliance versus Performance Modelling.

The next two webinars show how the latest technology can be modelled effectively to improve the design process. The first of these illustrates best-practice modelling techniques that will help you to confidently design and model HVAC systems. The case studies presented are from recent projects focused on ground source heat pump and VRF systems, but many of the concepts discussed apply more widely. Access the webinar.
 
The AEC industry faces difficult design and modelling decisions on a daily basis, not least in navigating the all-too-common conundrum: you want to improve an important project deliverable such as energy efficiency or thermal comfort, but when you do that the cost increases beyond the budget. The second webinar in this series explains how you can use the latest modelling technology to undertake advanced cost-benefit analysis to identify the best trade-off between cost and performance objectives. Access the webinar.
 
Other Free Resources
DesignBuilder past webinars and short case studies.