Uses of dynamic simulation to predict thermal‐energy performance of buildings and districts: a review

摘要: The design of sustainable constructions also resilient to climate change has become a challenging issue given the increasing greenhouse emissions rate imputable built environment in urban areas. In this context, dynamic simulation models represent suitable tool support from very preliminary phases, since they allow an accurate prediction requirements, their environmental performance, and indoor comfort conditions for occupants. Therefore, starting specific inputs, that is, weather conditions, construction technologies, materials, energy systems, operation settings, occupancy, so forth, it is possible estimate realistic building performance. Moreover, calibration procedures making model even more representative field construction. Given massive progress carried out by scientific community during last decades, paper presents comprehensive review different approaches available tools. While previous studies focused on single separated aspects simulations approaches, methods, software, aim present propose holistic approach investigating recent simulating dense environments. view, focus bridges gap between at single‐building level increasingly important neighborhood scale showing multiple benefits deriving using tools district level, reliable investigation performance where than 50% global population worldwide currently lives. WIREs Energy Environ 2018, 7:e269. doi: 10.1002/wene269. This article categorized under: Urban Design > Systems Infrastructure Solar Heating Cooling Climate Environment Efficiency Science Materials