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Advances in Building Energy Research

Advances in Building Energy Research 1 (2007) 227–247


A Review of ESP-r's Flexible Solution Approach and its Application to Prospective Technical Domain Developments

J A Clarke, N J Kelly and D Tang


Abstract

This paper reviews the cooperating solver approach to building simulation as encapsulated within the ESP-r system. The application of the approach to the core technical domains underpinning building simulation is discussed along with its extension to the additional, diverse domains needed to support broader and/or more detailed analysis. The implications for computational overhead through expanding the repertoire of ESP-r are also considered. The paper concludes with an appraisal of the ability of the cooperating solver approach to cater for anticipated future application demands.

Keywords: Building performance; integrated modelling; equation solution methods



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