Implementation of Simulation Based Design Tools in Practice

摘要

Over the past decade developments in the building simulation field have given rise to the prospect of a new generation ofrndesign tool which has the potential to allow rigorous hypothesis testing at the design stage. While powerful at their core,rnsimulation based design tools suffer from several user interface limitations. This paper describes an attempt to solve some ofrnthese problems by developing an Intelligent Front End authoring environment for building performance appraisal in general.rnThe architecture of the developed system, termed Ife is described and its use explained by demonstrating its application in therncontext of the ESP-r system for building environmental performance prediction. Pie paper then describes how some elements ofrnthe Ife are being used within the CEC's COMBINE project to explore the architecture of an intelligent, integrated buildingrndesign system.