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Research Article

"Virtual Design Studio" —Part 2: Introduction to overall and software framework

Jianshun Zhang1( ), P. Michael Pelken2, Yixing Chen1, Daniel J. Rice1, Zhaozhou Meng1, Shewangizaw Semahegn1, Lixing Gu3, Hugh Henderson4, Wei Feng1, Francesca Ling2
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Syracuse University, 263 Link Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
School of Architecture, Syracuse University, 201 Slocum Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
Florida Solar Energy Center, 1679 Clearlake Road, Cocoa, FL 32922, USA
CDH Energy Corp, 2695 Bingley Road, Cazenovia, NY 13035, USA
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Abstract

The "Virtual Design Studio (VDS)" is a software platform for integrated, coordinated and optimized design of building energy and environmental systems. It is intended to assist management, architectural and systems design teams throughout the early to detailed building design stages as analyzed in Part 1 (DOI: 10.1007/s12273-013-0110-2). This paper presents an overview of the VDS design and method of software implementation, including system composition, architecture, graphical user interface (GUI), and simulation solver integration. A VDS user workflow is also illustrated with a simplified design example.

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modelingbuilding simulationsintegrated designdesign studiogreen building design

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Building Simulation
Volume 6 Issue 3,
September 2013
Pages 253-268
DOI: 10.1007/s12273-013-0111-1
Cite this article:
Zhang J, Pelken PM, Chen Y, et al. "Virtual Design Studio" —Part 2: Introduction to overall and software framework. Building Simulation, 2013, 6(3): 253-268. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12273-013-0111-1

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Received: 02 October 2012
Revised: 21 December 2012
Accepted: 10 January 2013
Published: 02 April 2013
© Tsinghua University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013
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