[Bldg-sim] SimBuild 2012 Call for Papers

[David BRADLEY]

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SimBuild 2012

5th National Conference of IBPSA-USA
August 1 - 3, 2012 – Madison, WI

Call for Abstracts

IBPSA-USA is soliciting abstracts for its fifth biennial conference on 
building performance simulation, SimBuild 2012. Please note that 
December 1st, 2011 is the deadline for all abstracts.

The conference organizers are limiting the number of peer-reviewed oral 
presentations in order to maintain a high level of quality in the 
papers. Submissions will therefore be rigorously peer-reviewed. Paper 
submissions should deal with computer-based building performance 
simulation (BPS) with the scope ranging from individual building 
components to whole buildings and neighborhoods. Basic phenomena of 
interest include the modeling of heat and mass transfer, air movement, 
natural and electric light as well as controls and occupant behavior. 
Other suitable topics include new developments in tools for modeling and 
simulation, automated optimization during design and operations, 
stochastic modeling and data visualization, the generation of climate 
datasets and successful applications of BPS in design practice (case 
studies), incentive programs, building operations and education.

In addition to the technical papers, a limited number of 
non-peer-reviewed oral presentations will be sought in order to enable 
practitioners and researchers to address simulation-related issues such 
as: the future of BEM software; modeling controls in BEM software; use 
of simulation in real-time to support building operation; dealing with 
uncertainty in building performance simulation; validation, calibration 
and verification of simulation using real time data; model predictive 
control in buildings; use of BEM in a building system fault finding 
capacity; appropriate modeling for the different phases of a building 
design; and case studies of the application of modeling in building design.

The meeting is open to all, world-wide. Madison is located in the middle 
of the US near to Chicago and Minneapolis. The conference will be held 
at The Madison Concourse Hotel in downtown Madison.

Submission of Abstracts:

Abstracts are due by December 1st, 2011 and should be a maximum of 200 
words. Abstracts should be submitted through the SimBuild 2012 website. 
Please check back to the conference website for submission details at 
www.ibpsa.us/simbuild2012

Key Dates:

October 4th, 2011 Call for abstracts
December 1st, 2011 Abstracts due
December 31st, 2011 Abstract acceptance
February 28th, 2011 Papers due
Mar 31st, 2011 Paper reviews provided to authors
Apr 30th, 2011 Revised papers due
May 31st, 2011 Final decisions on all papers
Aug 1 - Aug 3 SimBuild 2012 conference

Organizing Committee:

Conference Chair:
Timothy McDowell, Thermal Energy System Specialists, LLC
Scientific Committee:
D. Michael Utzinger, Chair, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Zheng O’Neill, United Technologies Research Center
Christoph Reinhardt, Harvard Graduate School of Design
Michael Wetter, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
David Bradley, Thermal Energy System Specialists, LLC

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