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Talks and Poster Presentations (with Proceedings-Entry):

K. P. Lam, A. Mahdavi:
"User Interface Design for Interactive Hygrothermal Performance Simulation of Building Envelopes";
Talk: Thermal Performance of the Exterior Envelopes of Buildings VI, Clearwater Beach, Floriada; 1995-12-04 - 1995-12-08; in: "Proceedings of "Thermal VI"", (1995), 455 - 456.



English abstract:
The design of building envelopes involves simultaneous consideration of the formal attributes (e.g., geometry and construction configuration), semantic information (e.g., physical properties), and contextual variables(e.g., prevailing external environmental conditions). In developing computer simulation tools for this purpose, it is necessary to address the issue of how this information can be captured, represented, and transformed to effectively support the design decision-making process. This paper focuses on the user interface design for a hygrothermal performance simulation model. The following features will be discussed.