Tagung BSA 2017 in Bozen

The third Building Simulation Applications Conference – BSA 2017, organised by the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA)-Italy and the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano with the endorsement of the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.(ASHRAE), will be held from 8 to 10 February 2017 in Bozen Bolzano, Italy.

The conference aims to give an overview of the most up-to-date applications of Building Simulation in the following fields:
Building physics: envelope and system components

• Heat and mass transfer modeling in buildings
• Building envelope systems and facades, and innovative building materials
• Air flow, natural ventilation and mixed mode cooling
• Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) components and systems
• Building control systems

Integrated performance Building acoustics

• Lighting and daylighting
• Indoor environmental modeling: visual and thermal comfort, indoor air quality
• Net-zero energy building
• Retrofit/refurbishment of existing buildings
• Renewable energy technologies for buildings, district heating and Combined Heat and Power (CHP) generation

Methodologies, regulation, calculation and simulation tools

• Model validation, sensitivity analysis and optimisation techniques
• Building codes and regulations, simplified methods versus detailed simulation
• New simulation tools and improvements in existing simulation tools
• Integration, interoperability web-based techniques, software development, open source initiatives
• Advances in teaching and education, eLearning

Target audience

• Public and private researchers in the general sector of building simulation and energy modelling
• Public agencies, public utilities and policy makers
• Private firms: Manufacturers, management companies, utilities, software house
• Professionals: building designers (architects, engineers, etc.)