Optimizing the Energy Performance of Buildings with COMSOL^®

Name: Optimizing the Energy Performance of Buildings with COMSOL®
Uploaded: 2020-04-21 00:08:09
Duration: 54 min 33 s
Description: Learn how you can improve the energy performance of buildings using COMSOL Multiphysics®. Watch the archived webinar here.

Duration: 54:33

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The energy performance of buildings is largely conditioned by the hygrothermal balance of their envelopes. In this archived webinar, we discuss the features in COMSOL Multiphysics^® for evaluating hygrothermal exchange, taking into account:

Environmental conditions
Postprocessing energy performance criteria
Optimizing building design

Tip: Find out how the thermal management of buildings can be achieved through simulation-led design in the Application Note on the Thermal Management of Buildings.

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Introduction (0:00) Energy Performance of Buildings (0:40) Numerical Simulation: Energy Performance of Buildings (1:57) COMSOL Multiphysics^® (3:14) Deployment (4:50) Roadmap (7:09) Heat Transfer (7:55) Demo 1: Thermal Bridge (9:58) Conjugate Heat Transfer (15:13) Heat Transfer with Phase Change (16:26) Moisture Transport in Building Materials (18:23) Heat and Moisture Transport in Building Materials (20:12) Condensation Risk in a Wood-Frame Wall (21:46) Heat & Moisture Flow in Air (23:37) Heat Transfer in a Composite Thermal Barrier (25:26) Lumped Thermal System (29:13) Transient Thermal Conduction in a Composite Wall (29:54) ASHRAE Standard Meteorological Data (31:22) Demo 2: Using Ambient Data in Thermal Bridge Model (32:30) Norms (35:02) Benchmark: Heat and Moisture Transport in an Insulated Roof (36:24) Postprocessing of Heat and Moisture Simulation (38:10) Mold Growth Prediction (39:30) Composite Thermal Barrier in a Steel Column (41:07) Demo 3: Postprocessing in Thermal Bridge Model (41:51) Adding Further Insight: Computing the Flow Field (44:58) Adding Further Insight: Geothermal Applications (46:55) Application Note on the Thermal Management of Buildings (47:43) Application Gallery (47:59) COMSOL Blog (48:13) Concluding Remarks (48:20) Q&A (49:08)