Current Building Systems Modelling Potential of ESP-r
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This paper describes the current status of the ESP-r simulation environment with respect to modelling and simulation of systems in buildings. Following an overview of the underlying philosophy and the overall structure of the system, ESP-r’s integrated approach to building and plant modelling is elaborated with a worked example. The paper finishes with indicating current system simulation developments and concludes that an integral approach to a building with associated systems is now possible and ready to be applied on a wide scale in engineering education and research, as well as in practice.
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