Environmental Design Solutions Limited

New Building Design Tools for Comfort & Productivity

Description and learning objectives:

• To understand the broad landscape of design tools used in building design, with a focus on building simulation and CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics). .​

• To learn how CFD is used in the AEC industry, especially in building design and indoor environmental modelling. ​

• To learn and appreciate problems with traditional CFD tools and methods. ​

• To learn about transient or dynamic CFD and how it is coupled to building simulation.​

• To understand how dynamic CFD can be used to predict thermal comfort, overheating risk and air quality/ventilation. ​

• To learn from relevant case studies and understand validation studies.