@article {422,
	title = {Building simulation: an overview of development and information sources},
	journal = {Building and Environment},
	volume = {35},
	year = {2000},
	month = {05/2000},
	pages = {347-361},
	type = {Review Article},
	chapter = {347},
	abstract = {<p>We review the state-of-the-art on the development and application of computer-aided building simulation by addressing some crucial questions in the field. Although the answers are not intended to be comprehensive, they are sufficiently varied to provide an overview ranging from the historical and technical development to choosing a suitable simulation program and performing building simulation. Popular icons of major interested agencies and simulation tools and key information sources are highlighted. Future trends in the design and operation of energy-efficient {\textquoteleft}green{\textquoteright} buildings are briefly described.</p>},
	keywords = {building simulation},
	doi = {10.1016/S0360-1323(99)00023-2},
	author = {Tianzhen Hong and Siaw K. Chou and T.Y. Bong}
}
@article {423,
	title = {A design day for building load and energy estimation},
	journal = {Building and Environment},
	volume = {34},
	year = {1999},
	month = {07/1999},
	pages = {469-477},
	chapter = {469},
	abstract = {<p>We describe how a design day for building energy performance simulation can be selected from a typical meteorological year of a location. The advantages of the design day weather file are its simplicity and flexibility in use with simulation programs. The design day is selected using a weather parameter comprising the daily average dry bulb temperature and total solar insolation. The selection criterion addresses the balance between the need to minimise the part-load performance of the air-conditioning systems and plants and the number of hours of load not met. To validate the versatility of the design day weather file, we compare simulation results of the peak load and load profile of a building obtained from the DOE-2.1E code and a specially developed load estimation program, PEAKLOAD. PEAKLOAD is developed using the transfer function method and ASHRAE databases. Comparative results are in good agreement, indicating that a design day thus selected can be used when quick answers are required and simulations using a TMY file cannot be easily done or justified.</p>},
	keywords = {building simulation, design day, doe-2, peak load calculation, weather data},
	doi = {10.1016/S0360-1323(98)00035-3},
	author = {Tianzhen Hong and Siaw K. Chou and T.Y. Bong}
}
