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Empirical validation of dynamic thermal computer models of buildings
A methodology for the validation of dynamic thermal models of buildings has been presented. The three techniques, analytical verification, inter-model comparisons and empirical validation have been described and their relative merits assessed by reference to previous validation work on ESP, SERIR'S, DEROB and BLAST. Previous empirical validation work on these models has been reviewed. This research has shown that numerous sources of error have existed in previous studies leading to uncertainty in model predictions. The effects of these errors has meant that none of the previous empirical validation studies would have produced conclusive evidence of internal errors in the models themselves. An approach towards developing tests to empirically validate dynamic thermal models is given.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
Published in
Building Services Engineering Research & TechnologyVolume
6Issue
4Pages
153 - 162Citation
BOWMAN, N.T. and LOMAS, K.J., 1985. Empirical validation of dynamic thermal computer models of buildings. Building Services Engineering Research & Technology, 6 (4), pp. 153-162.Publisher
© SAGE PublicationsVersion
- VoR (Version of Record)
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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
1985Notes
This paper was accepted for publication in the journal Building Services Engineering Research & Technology and the definitive published version is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/014362448500600403ISSN
0143-6244Publisher version
Language
- en