%0 Conference Proceedings
%A Thierry Stephane Nouidui
%A Kaustubh Phalak
%A Wangda Zuo
%A Michael Wetter
%B Proc. of the 9th International Modelica Conference
%C Munich, Germany
%D 2012
%G eng
%T Validation and Application of the Room Model of the Modelica Buildings Library
%2 LBNL-5932E
%8 09/2012
%X <p>The Modelica <em>Buildings</em> library contains a package with a model for a thermal zone that computes heat transfer through the building envelope and within a room. It considers various heat transfer phenomena of a room, including conduction, convection, short-wave and long-wave radiation. The first part of this paper describes the physical phenomena considered in the room model. The second part validates the room model by using a standard test suite provided by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE). The third part focuses on an application where the room model is used for simulation-based controls of a window shading device to reduce building energy consumption.</p>