Building Simulation Applications BSA 2017 - Proceedings of 3rd IBPSA-Italy conference

Building Simulation applications (BSA) 2017 was the third IBPSA-Italy conference on building performance Simulation to take place at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, from 8th to 10th February 2017. The main topics dealt with were the impact of micro-climate conditions on building performance, detailed modelling of physical phenomena and building system components, optimization techniques for high performance buildings, energy retrofit and advanced HVAC controls, integrated performance analysis, and visual and thermal comfort assessment.It featured more than 100 participants and more than 75 presentations, about 40 % of which from abroad – Austria, US, South Korea, Ireland, Switzerland and the UK, among the first contributors. In addition, besides researchers, it also hosted a half-day special roundtable discussion about the potential and limitations of a set of simulation tools, attended by about 80 practitioners, to discuss the opportunities opened up to professionals by the use of building simulation, as well as the main barriers preventing its broader diffusion.