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Facade Optimization Using Parametric Design and Future Climate Scenarios
Climate
E Glassman and C F Reinhart
Building Simulation 2013, Chambery, France, August 2013
Urban Heat Island Effect in Boston – An evaluation of urban temperature models for predicting building energy use
Climate, Urban
M Street, C F Reinhart, L Norford and J Ochsendorf
Building Simulation 2013, Chambery, France, August 2013
Teaching daylight simulations - Improving modeling workflows for simulation novices
Daylighting,Teaching
D Ibarra and C F Reinhart
Building Simulation 2013, Chambery, France, August 2013
Solar Zoning and Energy in Detached Residential Dwellings
Journal,Urban, Daylighting
J Niemasz, J Sargent and C F Reinhart
Environment & Planning B: Planning and Design, 40(5) 801 – 813, 2013 Best Paper Award at SimAUD 2011
A Method for Predicting City-Wide Electricity Gains from Photovoltaic Panels Based on LiDAR and GIS Data Combined with Hourly DAYSIM Simulations
Journal, Urban, UBEM
J A Jakubiec and C F Reinhart
Solar Energy, 93, pp. 127-143, 2013
Assessing future climate change and energy price scenarios for institutional building investment and HVAC operation
Journal,ForOwners,Climate
S H Holmes and C F Reinhart
Building Research and Information, 41:2, pp. 209-222, 2013
Non-technical barriers to energy model sharing and reuse
ForOwners,Journal
H W Samuelson, A Lantz and C F Reinhart
Building and Environment, 54, pp. 71-76, 2012
Towards validated urban solar radiation maps based on LiDAR measurements, GIS data and hourly Daysim simulations
Urban
J A Jakubiec and C F Reinhart
Proceedings of SimBuild 2012, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Urban daylight simulation: Calculating the daylit area of urban designs
Urban,Daylighting
T Dogan, C F Reinhart and P Michalatos
Proceedings of SimBuild 2012, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
Generative Urban Modeling: A Design Work Flow for walkability-optimized cities
Urban
T Rakha and C F Reinhart
Proceedings of SimBuild 2012, Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
The Daylit Area - Correlating architectural student assessments with current and emerging daylight availability metrics
Journal,Daylighting
C F Reinhart and D Weissman
Building and Environment, 50, pp. 155-162, 2012.
Learning by doing - Teaching energy simulation as a game
Journal,Teaching
C F Reinhart, T Dogan, D Ibarra and H W Samuelson
Journal of Building Performance Simulation, 5, pp. 359-368, 2012.
The 'adaptive zone' - A concept for assessing glare throughout daylit spaces
Journal,Daylighting
J A Jakubiec and C F Reinhart
Lighting Research and Technology, 44, pp. 149–170, 2012.
Simulation-based Daylight Performance Predictions
Book,Daylighting, Teaching
C F Reinhart
Book chapter in Building Performance Simulation for Design and Operation, Editors J Hensen and R Lamberts, Taylor & Francis, 2011.
The Daylighting Dashboard - A Simulation-Based Design Analysis for Daylit Spaces
Journal,Daylighting
C F Reinhart and J Wienold
Building and Environment, 46:2, pp. 386-396, 2011.
A Rules of Thumb Based Design Sequence for Diffuse Daylight
Journal,Daylighting
Reinhart C F and V R M LoVerso
Lighting Research and Technology, 42:1, pp. 7-32, 2010 Leon Gaster Prize
Experimental Validation of Autodesk® 3ds Max® Design 2009 and Daysim3.0
Journal,Daylighting
Reinhart C F and Breton P-F
Leukos, 6:1, 2009.
Efficient calculation of daylight coefficients for rooms with dissimilar complex fenestration systems
Journal,Daylighting
Laouadi A, Reinhart C F, Bourgeois D
Journal of Building Performance Simulation,1:1 pp. 3-15, 2008.
Current Daylighting Design Practice: A Survey
Journal,Daylighting
Galasiu A D, Reinhart CF
Building Research & Information, 36:2, pp. 159-174, 2008.
A Standard Daylight Coefficient Model for Dynamic Daylighting Simulations
Journal,Daylighting
Bourgeois D, Reinhart CF, Ward G
Building Research Information 36:1 pp. 68 – 82, 2008.
Dynamic Daylight Performance Metrics for Sustainable Building Design
Journal,Daylighting
Reinhart C F, Mardaljevic J, Rogers Z
Leukos 3:1, 2006.
Guest Editorial: Daylighting – Light, Form, and People
Journal,Daylighting
Reinhart C F, Selkowitz S E
Energy and Buildings 38:7 pp. 715-717, 2006.
Development and validation of a Radiance model for a translucent panel
Journal,Daylighting
Reinhart C F, Andersen M
Energy and Buildings 38:7 pp. 890-904, 2006.
Findings from a survey on the current use of daylight simulations during building design
Journal,Daylighting
Reinhart C F, Fitz A
Energy and Buildings 38:7 pp. 824-835, 2006.
Adding advanced behavioral models in whole building energy simulation: a study on the total energy impact of manual and automated lighting control
Journal,Daylighting
Bourgeois D, MacDonald I, Reinhart C F
Energy and Buildings 38:7 pp. 814-823, 2006.
Zusammenspiel Kunstlicht/Tageslicht
Book
Reinhart C F and M Wambsganss
Chapter in Buerogebaeude mit Zukunft - Konzepte, Erfahrungen, Analysen, Editors Voss, Loehnert, Herkel, Wagner Wambsganss, TUV Verlag, Colon, Germany, pp.118-130, 2005.
Lightswitch 2002: A model for manual control of electric lighting and blinds
Journal,Daylighting
Reinhart C F
Solar Energy, 77:1 pp. 15-28, 2004.
Monitoring manual control of electric lighting and blinds
Journal,Daylighting
Reinhart C F, Voss K
Lighting Research & Technology, 35:3 pp. 243-260, 2003.
Energy Efficient Solar Buildings
Book
Reinhart C F
Chapter in The Future for Renewable Energies: Prospects and Directions, James & James, London, pp. 79-114 , 2002.
Dynamic annual daylight simulations based on one-hour and one-minute means of irradiance data
Journal,Daylighting
Walkenhorst O, Luther J, Reinhart C F, Timmer J
Solar Energy, 72:5 pp. 385-395, 2002.
Dynamic RADIANCE-based daylight simulations for a full-scale test office with outer venetian blinds
Journal,Daylighting
Reinhart C F, Walkenhorst O
Energy & Buildings, 33:7 pp. 683-697, 2001.
Daylight Availability and Manual Lighting Control in Office Buildings
Book
Reinhart C F
Fraunhofer IRB Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany, 2001.
The simulation of annual daylight illuminance distributions- A state of the art comparison of six RADIANCE based methods
Journal,Daylighting
Reinhart C F, Herkel S
Energy & Buildings, 32:2 pp. 167-187, 2000.

ClimateDriven Design I

Energy transition and equity: Quantifying pathways to building decarbonization based on notions of fairness

Towards optimal energy efficiency: analysinggeneralized and tailored retrofitting decisions

Estimating Early-stage Embodied Carbon in Structural Systems of Urban Building Stocks

HVAC Design for Architects

Generation of representative meteorological years through anomaly-based detection of extreme events

Semantic building energy modeling: Analysis across geospatial scales

Mapping facade materials utilizing zero-shot segmentation for applications in urban microclimate research

Deal or no deal: U.S. homeowners’ willingness to pay for residential building retrofits

sat2shp: Extracting key building features from a single satellite image for urban building energy modelling and beyond

Beyond the Bioclimatic Chart: An Automated Simulation-Based Method for the Assessment of Natural Ventilation and Passive Design Potential

A hypergraph model shows the carbon reduction potential of effective space use in housing

Façade feature extraction for urban performance assessments: Evaluating algorithm applicability across diverse building morphologies

Integrated energy demand-supply modeling for low-carbon neighborhood planning

Linking energy use to local climate

An eight-step simulation-based framework to help cities reach building-related emissions reduction goals

Smart meter-based archetypes for socioeconomically sensitive urban building energy modeling

Accelerating photovoltaic potential simulations for urban building energy modeling to inform policymakers

A pilot study for modeling urban energy flows: Sandy Springs as a self-sustainable heart in the city of Atlanta

The more the better? Archetype segmentation in urban building energy modelling

Towards scalable and actionable pedestrian outdoor thermal comfort estimation: A progressive modelling approach

Carbon reduction technology pathways for existing buildings in eight cities

Census-Based Urban Building Energy Modeling to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Retrofit Programs

Combining Urban Building Energy Models with Retrofit Adoption Models for Time-Dependent Carbon Emission Projections

Natural Ventilation In A Warming Climate: An Evaluation Of Computational Simulation Methods And Metrics

Capturing Façade Diversity in Urban Settings Using an Automated Window to Wall Ratio Extraction and Detection Workflow

Multi-objective optimization of hybrid renewable energy systems with urban building energy modeling for a prototypical coastal community

Solar Exoskeletons – An integrated building system combining solar gain control with structural efficiency

Automated floorplan generation in architectural design: A review of methods and applications

UBEM.io: A web-based Framework to Rapidly Generate Urban Building Energy Models for Carbon Reduction Technology Pathways

Modeling Outdoor Thermal Comfort Along Cycling Routes At Varying Levels Of Physical Accuracy To Predict Bike Ridership In Cambridge, MA

A Method for Using Street View Imagery to Auto-extract Window-To-Wall Ratios and its Relevance for Urban-level Daylighting and Energy Simulations

Building for Zero, The Grand Challenge of Architecture without Carbon

Designing an Energy-Resilient Neighbourhood Using an Urban Building Energy Model

Generative Structural Design for Embodied Carbon Estimation

Validation of a Building Energy Model of a Hydroponic Container Farm and its Application in Urban Design

Development of View Analysis Metrics and Their Financial Impacts on Office Rents

Using Urban Building Energy Modelling (UBEM) to support the new European Union’s Green Deal: Case study of Dublin Ireland

“What's the carbon content of your food?”: Development of an interactive online foodprint simulator

From concept to application: A review of use cases in urban building energy modeling

Photon Mapping of Geometrically Complex Glass Structures: Methods and Experimental Evaluation

Generating Urban - Scale Building Data To Support Climate Modeling

The Value of Daylight in Office Spaces

Early-Design Optimization of Target Ventilation Rates for Hybrid Buildings Using Single-Node Analytical Model

A New Framework for Evaluating Views throughout Open Plan Work Spaces

The Scales Project, a cross-national dataset on the interpretation of thermal perception scales

Planning for sustainable cities by estimating building occupancy with mobile phones

A framework for using calibrated campus-wide building energy models for continuous planning and greenhouse gas emissions reduction tracking

Effects of real-time simulation feedback on design for visual comfort

Evaluating the effectiveness of outdoor evaporative cooling in a hot, arid climate

Daylighting Handbook II - Daylight Simulations + Dynamic Facades

Auto-Calibrated Urban Building Energy Models as Continuous Planning Tools

Urban Foodprints (UF) – Establishing baseline scenarios for the sustainability assessment of high-yield urban agriculture

A comparison of two modeling approaches for establishing and implementing energy use reduction targets for a university campus

Estimation of temperature setpoints and heat transfer coefficients among residential buildings in Denmark based on smart meter data

A methodology for auto-calibrating urban building energy models using surrogate modeling techniques

Balancing Demand and Supply: Linking Neighborhood-level Building Load Calculations with Detailed District Energy Network Analysis Models Energy

Balancing Demand and Supply: Linking Neighborhood-level Building Load Calculations with Detailed District Energy Network Analysis Models Energy

Putting Rooftops to Use – a Cost-Benefit Analysis of Food Production vs. Energy Generation under Mediterranean Climates

Minimizing storage needs for large scale photovoltaics in the urban environment

Biometeorological indices explain outside dwelling patterns based on Wi-Fi data in support of sustainable urban planning

Speedup Potential of Climate-Based Daylight Modelling on GPUs

Implementation of a Calibrated Urban Building Energy Model (UBEM) for the Evaluation of Energy Efficiency Scenarios in a Kuwaiti Residential Neighborhood

A Framework for Annual Outdoor Thermal Comfort Simulation

Building-Integrated Agriculture (BIA) in Urban Contexts: Testing a Simulation-Based Decision Support Workflow

A Comparison of Climate-File and Energy-Simulation Based Methods for Evaluating the Natural Ventilation Cooling Potential of Buildings

Connecting Environmental Performance Analysis to Cash Flow Modeling for Financial Valuation of Buildings in Early Design

From Sink to Stock: The Potential for Recycling Materials from the Existing Built Environment

Comparison of four building archetype characterization methods in urban building energy modeling (UBEM): A residential case study in Kuwait City

Life Cycle Building Impact of a Middle Eastern Residential Neighborhood

Shoeboxer: An algorithm for abstracted rapid multi-zone urban building energy model generation and simulation

Development of a simulation-based decision support workflow for the implementation of Building-Integrated Agriculture (BIA) in urban contexts

Simulation-based Analysis of the Use of PCM-wallboards to Reduce Cooling Energy Demand and Peak-Loads in Low-Rise Residential Heavyweight Buildings in Kuwait

Validation of a Bayesian-Based Method for Defining Archetypes in Urban Building Energy Models

Daylit Density – A simulation-based framework for the development of urban zoning rules for daylighting

Experimental validation of ray tracing as a means of image-based visual discomfort prediction

Modeling Boston: A workflow for the efficient generation and maintenance of urban building energy models from existing geospatial datasets

Real-time visual comfort feedback for architectural design

Parallel multiple-bounce irradiance caching

Urban Building Energy Modeling – A Review of a Nascent Field