摘要: We describe the need for a joint effort between design researchers and simulation tool developers in formulating procedures and standards for integrating simulation into the building design process. We review and discuss current e... 展开 We describe the need for a joint effort between design researchers and simulation tool developers in formulating procedures and standards for integrating simulation into the building design process. We review and discuss current efforts in the US and Europe in the development of next-generation simulation tools and design integration techniques. In particular, we describe initiatives in object-oriented simulation environments (including the US Simulation Problem Analysis Kernel, the UK Energy Kernel System, the Swedish Ida system, and the French ZOOM program) and consider the relationship of these environments to recent R&D incentives in design integration methodology provided by the Commission of the European Community (the COMBINE program). Topics discussed include the role of simulation in building design, deficiencies of current energy performance evaluation tools, characteristics of intelligent building design systems, transfer of data and knowledge between simulation and design, and the STEP standards for the exchange of product model data. 23 refs., 5 figs. 收起