Program

The Australasian Building Simulation Conference 2022 will be held on Wednesday, July 20 and Thursday, July 21 in Brisbane, Qld and online.

Please note that the times in the below program are based on AEST.

 

Day 1 – Wednesday, July 20
Time	Room 1
	Presentation	Speaker
8.20 – 8.50	Registration, arrival tea and coffee
8.50 – 9.00	Day one welcome address	IBPSA/AIRAH
9.00 – 9.45	Conference keynote address: Designing for the climate we want live-streamed presentation	Keynote speaker: Victor Olgyay (USA) Rocky Mountain Institute Carbon Free Building Practice
9.45 – 10.05	Improved real-time year weather data services with Bureau of Meteorology data	Trevor Lee, Affil.AIRAH Exemplary Energy
10.05 – 10.25	Extreme climate data files for design resilience	Trevor Lee, Affil.AIRAH Exemplary Energy
10.25 – 10.45	Sponsor address	PC Thomas Design Builder Software Australia
10.45 – 11.15	Morning tea
	SIMULATION FOR RENEWABLE AND REGEN DESIGN
11.15 – 11.35	Development of a whole-of-home energy rating tool for new housing	Zhengen Ren CSIRO
11.35 – 11.55	Future changes to building code energy efficiency provisions for commercial buildings	Grace Foo, M.AIRAH DeltaQ
11.55 – 12.15	Disaggregation of precipitation data applicable for climate-aware planning in built environments	Trevor Lee, Affil.AIRAH Exemplary Energy
12.15 – 12.35	Heating electrification impacts on commercial HVAC performance today and in the future: A case study	Dr Yunlong Ma, Affil.AIRAH Queensland University of Technology
12.35 – 1.35	Lunch
	NEW SIMULATION MODELLING
1.35 – 1.55	Study of using a simplified transient heat transfer model for borehole heat exchangers using artificial neural network to predict various output parameters live-streamed presentation	Michael Kostevski Ryerson University
1.55 – 2.15	Gap analysis: Pushing NABERS ratings through energy simulation	Manasa Marasani Atelier Ten
2.15 – 2.35	The incorporation of precipitation into climate data and its impacts on hygrothermal simulations live-streamed presentation	Freya Su University of Tasmania
2.35 – 3.05	Afternoon tea
	ADAPTIVE DESIGN
3.05 – 3.25	The effect of cellular blinds on aged care, now and in the future	Dr Sherif Zedan, M.AIRAH Queensland University of Technology
3.25 – 3.45	Double skin façade’s energy performance in a mixed-mode office building	Soha Matour, Stud.AIRAH Queensland University of Technology
3.45 – 4.05	Adaptation to present-day and future thermal stress in a Bangladesh ready-made garment factory	Aaron Bach Griffith University
4.05 – 4.50	Conference keynote address: Building performance simulation: The final push video presentation with live Q&A	Keynote speaker: Professor Joe Clarke (Scotland) University of Strathclyde
4.50 – 5.00	Closing address
5.00 – 7.00	Cocktail function

 

Day 2 – Thursday, July 21
Time	Room 1
	Presentation	Speaker
8.20 – 8.50	Registration, arrival tea and coffee
8.50 – 9.00	Day two welcome address	IBPSA/AIRAH
9.00 – 9.45	Conference keynote address: Simulation in practice: Collaboration, iteration, visualisation and validation  live-streamed presentation	Keynote speaker: Professor Susan Ubbelohde (USA) Loisos + Ubbelohde
9.45 – 10.30	Conference keynote address: How to be a more effective communicator – and why it matters	Keynote speaker: Associate Professor Jen Martin University of Melbourne
10.30 – 11.00	Morning tea
	EXISTING BUILDINGS
11.00 – 11.20	Optimisation of a building integrated photovoltaic façade for conceptual design support	Tharushi Samarasinghalage RMIT University
11.20 – 11.40	Heat and power flow: Modelling, simulation, and experimental investigations of BIPV	Dominika Knera Lodz University of Technology
11.40 – 12.00	Building retrofits with En-ActivETICS – design in practice using simulation techniques	Michal Krempski-Smejda Lodz University of Technology
12.00 – 12.20	Feasibility study of wastewater energy transfer for an existing campus building cluster	Monica Brands Toronto Metropolitan University
12.20 – 1.10	Lunch
	CLIMATE CHANGE AND ADAPTIVE DESIGN
1.10 – 1.30	Comfort data for Brisbane: Using data collected by low-cost monitoring devices to improve prediction accuracy	Tobias Kramer Queensland University of Technology
1.30 – 1.50	Sensitivity analysis of passive design strategies for office buildings in the tropics live-streamed presentation	Arinda Rachman Institut Teknologi Bandung
1.50 – 2.10	Prediction of occupants’ perception of natural ventilation effectiveness live-streamed presentation	Le Li Victoria University
2.10 – 2.30	Optimisation of economy-cycle operation and supply air temperature control for VAV systems	Paul Bannister, L.AIRAH DeltaQ
2.30 – 3.00	Afternoon tea
	PAVING THE WAY TO TRANSITION
3.00 – 3.20	Insights from changes to stringency in the National Construction Code	PC Thomas Team Catalyst
3.20 – 3.40	The ripple effect of smart engineering	Rob Lord, M.AIRAH SEED Engineers
3.40 – 4.00	A real-world application of machine learning and optimal control simulation for chilled water plants	Michael Berger Conserve It
4.00 – 4.20	Enhancing of building sustainability via disarticulating of sensible and dehumidifying coils in HVAC systems live-streamed presentation	Esmaeil Lavasani University of Bucharest
4.20 – 4.40	Pushing the boundaries of net zero in the Australian outback	Manasa Marasani and Priya Gandhi, M.AIRAH Atelier Ten
4.40 – 5.00	Challenges in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation	Ken Thomson, M.AIRAH Fusion HVAC
5.00 – 5.05	Closing address
5.05 – 6.05	Cocktail function

Please note: The event organisers retain the right to alter or amend any of the details of the event, or any other matter associated with the event.