A NOVEL THERMAL SIMULATION-MODEL AND ITS APPLICATION ON NATURALLY VENTILATED DESERT BUILDINGS

A new thermal simulation model, QUICK II, is presented and numerous ve rification case studies performed on naturally ventilated buildings ar e discussed. Four new case studies performed on two buildings located in the Negev desert in Israel are discussed in detail. All the measure ments pertaining to these new case studies were taken independently by the Desert Architecture Unit of the Jacob Blaustein Institute for Des ert Research. These measurements are provided along with a description of the buildings. The verification results show a good correlation be tween the measured and simulated parameters. The simulated temperature s were found to be within 1 degrees C of the measured temperatures for 73% of the rime, and within 2 degrees C for 95% of the time. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd.