[Bldg-sim] MIT Building Technology & IBPSA Boston Event - CFD Techniques for Natural Ventilation and Thermal Comfort Prediction

Holly W. Samuelson hsamuelson at gsd.harvard.edu
Thu Jan 31 08:59:15 PST 2013


Dear All,
Unfortunately, due to a problem with the webinar server we are unable to
broadcast today's webinar live.  We will try to record it and post the
link.  Many apologies.


On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 7:39 PM, Christoph Reinhart <tito_ at mit.edu> wrote:

>  Dear all:****
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> This is a friendly reminder for the MIT & IBPSA-Boston event on Thursday.
> Details below.  We also plan to webcast the event (barring any IT
> disasters.)  The audience URL, as always, is
> http://www.anymeeting.com/ibpsaboston1****
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> Best regards,****
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> Christoph****
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> *From:* Christoph Reinhart
> *Sent:* Sunday, January 13, 2013 11:24 PM
> *To:* 'IBPSA Boston'; 'SBSE at uidaho.edu'; bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* MIT Building Technology & IBPSA Boston Event - CFD Techniques
> for Natural Ventilation and Thermal Comfort Prediction****
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> Dear colleagues and friends in the Boston area:****
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> The Building Technology Program at MIT and IBPSA Boston are pleased to
> announce a presentation by Professor Malcolm Cook (Loughborough University)
> on January 31st at  noon EST in the Long Lounge (building 7 room 431) at
> MIT (http://whereis.mit.edu/). Everyone is welcome. ****
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> Christoph****
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> *Low Energy Buildings: CFD Techniques for Natural Ventilation and Thermal
> Comfort Prediction*
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> Malcolm’s presentation will cover both his research and consultancy
> activities. This will cover the work he has undertaken during his time
> spent working with architects on low energy building design, with a
> particular focus on natural ventilation and passive cooling strategies, and
> the role computer simulation can play in this design process. Malcolm will
> talk about the simulation techniques employed, as well as the innovative
> passive design principles that have led to some of the UK’s most energy
> efficient buildings. In addition to UK building projects, the talk but will
> include work Malcolm completed as part of the design of the LEED Gold award
> winning Harm A. Weber Academic Center at Judson University, in Elgin, near
> Chicago. This building, which comprises office and library space, employs a
> hybrid ventilation and cooling strategy which exploits the maximum benefit
> from natural ventilation before reverting to air-conditioning during the
> harsh winter and peak summer months. Malcolm will also talk about recent
> research projects, including his work on Large Eddy Simulation (LES) of
> unsteady flows in naturally ventilated buildings and the development of a
> new simulation system which couples CFD with a model of human physiology
> and thermal comfort.****
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> *About the speaker: *
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> Malcolm Cook is Professor of Building Performance Analysis at Loughborough
> University. He is based in the Building Energy Research Group in the School
> of Civil and Building Engineering and leads their work in the area of
> ventilation modeling and low energy building design. He obtained his first
> degree from Manchester University (UK) in Mathematics and completed his PhD
> in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modelling of buoyancy-driven natural
> ventilation at De Montfort University (Leicester, UK). He has worked on
> research projects funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research
> Council, the Department of Health and the European Union. He has completed
> many consultancy projects for a wide range of clients worldwide which have
> included design and simulation work for health care buildings, schools and
> modern library buildings. His work is published in over 70 refereed
> conference and journal papers and has contributed to awards for innovative
> building design, including the RIBA presidents gold medal for
> practice-based architecture (2007), the CIBSE environmental initiative of
> the year award (2006) and a LEED Gold rated Academic Center for Judson
> College, IL (2008). Malcolm is a member of the CIBSE Natural Ventilation
> group, vice-chairman of the CIBSE Building Simulation group and chairman of
> the England affiliate of the International Building Performance Simulation
> Association.****
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> Christoph****
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> Christoph Reinhart ****
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> Associate Professor ****
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> Department of Architecture****
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> Massachusetts Institute of Technology****
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> 77 Massachusetts Ave, Rm 5-418, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA****
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> t: 617 253 7714, f: 617 253 6152, creinhart at mit.edu ****
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Holly W. Samuelson
Registered Architect | NCARB | LEED AP BD+C
Instructor Harvard Graduate School of Design
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