Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Alam Cipta, cilt.12, sa.2, ss.7-21, 2019 (Scopus)
Building Performance Simulation (BPS) is an effective tool for informed decision making and providing feedback in all stages of building lifetime due to their ability to evaluate the effects of multiple parameters per multiple evaluation criteria. The energy, exergy, economy, environment, and occupant comfort (thermal and visual) are evaluation criteria in high performance building design. The decision variables or multiple parameters include architectural parameters, building materials traits, indoor and outdoor conditions, economic and ecological indicators, the characteristics of building services. Yet state-of-the-art BPS tools still need to overcome challenges to become more user friendly, improve simulation capabilities and tool interoperability. This paper surveys BPS tools by investigating their key features and limitations to help guide experts from all domains with energy efficient building design. Tool categorization based on multiple criteria is done and key findings are summarized in tables. Future development opportunities are elaborated.