[BLDG-SIM] Thermal building simulation in China

[Joe Huang]

There are now several centers of expertise in building energy simulations in 
China.  The latest revisions of the building energy standards are all based 
on DOE-2, with plans to eventually convert to EnergyPlus.  The Building 
Physics Institute of the China Academy of Building Research has taken the 
lead in doing these simulations, although at least 4-5 other provincial 
academies of building research in Guangdong, Fujian, Heilongjiang, are also 
using DOE-2 on a regular basis.  These all use a user interface developed by 
the Building Physics Institute in 2002-2004, although the Building Physics 
Institute itself can be considered an "expert" user capable of making code 
changes in DOE-2 itself.   The software arm of CABR has also added DOE-2 for 
code compliance to their commercial PKPM architectural design software that 
is widely marketed in China.  There is also another architectural software 
company that's also developed a DOE-2-based program for code compliance 
calculations.  In the universities, there are some users of VisualDOE, and 
quite a number of graduate students who have downloaded and using 
EnergyPlus. DeST is an independent simulation program  developed by Tsinghua 
University that has a graphical user interface using an AutoCAD add-on for 
the building geometry.  DeST is being used in a number of universities, but 
less so by engineers and design firms.  Recently, the Pacific Energy Center 
in Shanghai has migrated from VisualDOE to ESP, primarily because the 
director is a former member of the ESP development team in the UK.  Lastly, 
there are also a few TRNSYS users in China.

 I recently attended a building energy conservation conference in Hangzhou, 
where a third of the papers presented results based on computer simulations. 
My main observations are that (1)  capabilities and acceptance of computer 
simulations have developed very fast in the last several years,  and (2) 
building design in China is highly computerized, which translates to 
architects and engineers who are very comfortable in using computers; this 
should be factored in promoting or offering building energy simulations.

Joe Huang

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tianzhen Hong" <thong at archenergy.com>
To: <BLDG-SIM at gard.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 1:53 PM
Subject: [BLDG-SIM] Thermal building simulation in China


> Building energy simulation is picking up in China
> although most is done by universities.
>
> DOE-2 and DeST are two popular tools used in China.
> Details of DeST is available at www.dest.com.cn.
>
> Tianzhen
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BLDG-SIM at gard.com [mailto:BLDG-SIM at gard.com] On Behalf
>> Of Jean-Pierre BEDRUNE
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 10:01 AM
>> To: BLDG-SIM at gard.com
>> Subject: [BLDG-SIM] Thermal building simulation in China
>>
>>
>> Dear bldg-sim users,
>>
>> I would like to know if somebody has heard about the use of
>> thermal building
>> simulation in China (exept in education and research).
>> My purpose is to evaluate the number of company able to offer
>> services of
>> thermal building simulation for the construction of an
>> important building in
>> China, and also to know which are the most used softwares.
>>
>> Thanks for your reply,
>>
>> Jean-Pierre BEDRUNE
>> ADDENDA
>> FRANCE
>> bedrune at addenda.fr
>>
>>
>>
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