?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Semi-automatic+thermal+simulation+model+generation+from+IFC+data&rft.creator=Lilis%2C+GN&rft.creator=Giannakis%2C+GI&rft.creator=Kontes%2C+GD&rft.creator=Rovas%2C+DV&rft.description=BIM+models+provide+information-rich+repositories+for+receiving+static+building+information+that+includes+geometric+configuration+and+material+properties.+This+information+might+not+be+directly+usable+for+the+generation+of+thermal+simulation+models+due+to+the+absence+of+2nd+level+boundary+information.+In+this+paper+a+three-step+methodology+for+a+(semi-)automated+generation+of+thermal+simulation+models+is+presented+which+includes%3A+a+query+on+the+building+data+model+requesting+geometry-related+information%2C+a+processing+of+the+queried+data+by+the+Common+Boundary+Intersection+Projection+(CBIP)+(a+2nd+level+boundary+identification+process)+and+an+assembly+stage+of+a+thermal+RC-model+of+the+building+based+on+the+processed+geometric+and+material+data.+The+proposed+approach+is+tested+on+a+complex+building+with+non-convex+spaces.+The+performance+of+the+resulting+thermal+simulation+model+is+compared+to+an+EnergyPlus+model+of+the+same+building+under+the+same+boundary+conditions.&rft.publisher=CRC+Press&rft.date=2014-08-21&rft.type=Proceedings+paper&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++++In%3A++eWork+and+eBusiness+in+Architecture%2C+Engineering+and+Construction+ECPPM+2014.++(pp.+pp.+503-510).++CRC+Press%3A+London%2C+UK.+(2014)+++++&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10063045%2F&rft.rights=open