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Teaching building performance simulation through a continuous learning cycle

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posted on 2015-11-05, 10:14 authored by Ian Beausoleil-Morrison, Christina Hopfe
During the past decades building performance simulation tools have become complex. Alternate methods are offered for resolving many of the significant heat and mass transfer processes and energy conversion systems. At the same time, modern user interfaces allow users to quickly ascend the learning curve to operate tools in order to produce simulation predictions, although the prediction of accurate results is perhaps becoming more challenging. This paper argues that a complete and continuous learning cycle that includes exposure to theories and the application of tools from the start can be used to effectively teach building performance simulation. Examples of the application of the various stages of this learning cycle are provided and recommendations are made for the further development of pedagogical methods.

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  • Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

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Building Simulation 2015

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BEAUSOLEIL-MORRISON, I. and HOPFE, C.J., 2015. Teaching Building Performance Simulation through a continuous learning cycle. IN: 14th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association, Hyderabad, India, Dec. 7-9th.

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IBPSA

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

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This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

Publication date

2015

Notes

This is a conference paper.

Language

  • en

Location

Hyderabad, India

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