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SIMULATION-BASED TOTAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Simulation-based support to the design of high-performance buildings offers a very rich set of modeling and simulation techniques and...

Omer T. Karaguzel
Mar 29, 20213 min read
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Rooms-Spaces-Zones of Building Energy Models
The fundamental concepts of (architectural) rooms, (BEM) spaces, and (HVAC) zones form the basis of geometric and non-geometric modeling...

Omer T. Karaguzel
Mar 18, 20215 min read
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CREATING A CUSTOM THERMAL INSULATION MATERIAL
Toolset: IESVE 2021 (Apache Sim module) Creating a Custom Thermal Insulation Material In this Youtube tutorial, I explained a IESVE-based...

Omer T. Karaguzel
Mar 17, 20212 min read
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SIMULATION RESULT PRESETS FOR QUICK ENERGY ANALYSIS
Toolset: IESVE 2021 (Vista Pro module) It is so common to be overwhelmed with lots and lots of simulation result variables that are...

Omer T. Karaguzel
Mar 15, 20213 min read
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EVIDENCE-BASED DESIGN OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS
Evidence-based design and research approaches rely on actual or synthetic data revealing various environmental performance qualities of...

Omer T. Karaguzel
Mar 10, 20211 min read
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AIR INFILTRATION: BASICS
Air-Change-Per-Hour to Maximum Air Flow Rate Equation (Air) infiltration in buildings is commonly used to denote the thermal interaction...

Omer T. Karaguzel
Mar 6, 20215 min read
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