PLEA 2006

23rd International Conference on
Passive and Low Energy Architecture
Geneva Switzerland 6 – 8 September 2006

Day 3, 8th September

11:00 Technical sessions Paper/Vol.-Page
Auditorium Paxton - Architectural education for sustainable design

1. Communication platform for knowledge transfer in housing design process
Bing CHEN, Adrian PITTS 141/142 / l-629
2. Australian approach to sustainable design professional development education
Stephen BERRY, Tony MARKER, Caitlin McGEE 869 / l-641
3. Applications and developments of blended learning course ecology in
architectural design
P. CAPUTO, W. WEBER, P. HAEFELI, I REGA 991 / l-647
4. Centres for regenerative studies: graduate studio experiences in education for
sustainable design
Robert KOESTER 986 / l-659
5. Implementing building energy simulation into the design process: a teaching
experience in Brazil
S. DELBIN, V. GOMES da SILVA, D. KOWALTOWSKI, L. LABAKI 106 / ll-755
6. Education in environmental construction at the University of Plymouth:
the eco-house project
Pieter de Wilde, Brian PILKINGTON 184 / ll-773
7. Sustainability education: addressing practice and attitude
Paola SASSI 504 / ll-793

Technical sessions
Trombe Hall - Design strategies and tools

1. The use of analyses for a better environment in early design for a Stanford University building
Isabelle LAVEDRINE, Cole ROBERTS, Tom BAUER 636 / l-317
2. alter-CLIM: a decision tool for passive and hybrid thermal control strategies
Geoffrey van MOESEKE 205 / l-251
3. Crucial building parameters as a novel approach for the design of passive
solar houses in a Mediterranean climate
Ernst MÜLLER 550 / l-257
4. An energy efficient office building in a tropical climate: the INPE-CRN’s project
in Natal, Brazil
A. de OLIVEIRA, H. MARANHÃO BRITTO, S. CIRNE TRINDADE, R. De MATOS,
P. de FARIA RANGEL, L. De CUNHA, A. PEDRINI 179 / ll-419
5. Improving comfort and energy efficiency in a nursery school design process
S. FERRARI, G. MASERA, D. Dell’ORO 995 / ll-425
6. Permeability, Porosity and Better Ventilated Design for High Density Cities
Edward Ng, Hyuk-Hien Wong and Meiqi Han 643 / l-329

Technical sessions
Bowen Hall – Design strategies and tools

1. Integration of sustainability in the design process of contemporary architectural practice
Maureen TREBILCOCK, Brian FORD, Robin WILSON 724 / l-245
2. An energy-efficient simulation-assisted lighting control system for buildings
Ardeshir MAHDAVI, Bojana SPASOJEVIC 861 / l-565
3. The use of genetic algorithms for a net-zero energy solar home design optimisation tool
Rémi CHARRON, Andreas ATHIENITIS 146 / l-215
4. Mapping tools for a sustainable building cycle
Geert-Jan van den BRAND 893 / l-363
5. Design strategies in steady-state systems
Matteo CLEMENTI 738 / ll-183
6. Using axiomatic design to support sustainable projects at São Paulo, Brazil
V. Graça, D. LIMA, J. BUDA, J. PETRECHE 798 / ll-819

14:00 Technical sessions
Auditorium Paxton – Design strategies and tools

1. Potential for passive cooling of buildings by night-time ventilation in present and
future climates in Europe
Nikolai ARTMANN, Heinrich MANZ, Per HEISELBERG 200 / ll-339
2. Natural ventilation through buried pipes in a small school in Viamão, Brazil
Diego MUSSKOPF, Miguel SATTLER 568 / ll-345
3. Ventilated façade design in hot and humid climate
Matthias HAASE, Alex AMATO 510 / l-281
4. A new ventilation and thermal storage technique for passive cooling of buildings:
thermal phase-shifting
Pierre HOLLMULLER, Bernard LACHAL, Jean-Marc ZGRAGGEN 942 / l-541
5. Influence of ventilation mode on passive cooling effect – a proposal of flex vent system
Y. KODAMA, K. TAKEMASA, F. MIYAOKA, C. HASUI 240 / ll-357
6. The impact of façade designs: orientations, window to wall ratios and shading
devices on indoor environment for naturally ventilated residential buildings in Singapore
Li-Ping WANG, Nyuk-Hien WONG 578 / l-293

Technical sessions
Trombe Hall - Design strategies and tools

1. Assessment of the effects of environmental factors on air flow in and around buildings
K-P LAM, S. HAY, P. SATWIKO, J. JENNINGS, J. COLE 926 / l-337
2. Application of multicriteria optimization in wind flow analysis
Katarzyna KLEMM, Hanna JEDRZEJUK, Wojciech MARKS 815 / ll-323
3. Impact on water consumption by cooling equipment in arid region of Mexico
Luis Carlos HERRERA, Gabriel GÓMEZ-AZPEITIA 149 / ll-381
4. Design guidelines for direct ground cooling systems in different climates
Adriana ANGELOTTI, Giulio SOLAINI 616 / ll-363
5. Integral design methodology for collaborative design of sustainable roofs
E. QUANJEL, W. ZEILER, W. BORSBOOM, H. SPOORENBERG 161 / ll-195
6. Criterion for the design on the building envelope related to ecological sensitivity in
tourism buildings in the Mediterranean region, Turkey
Ersin ACAR, Deniz Erinsel ÖNDER 707 / ll-285

Technical sessions
Bowen Hall - Design strategies and tools

1. Integraton of daylight quality in the design studio: from research to practice
Marie-Claude DUBOIS 320 / l-671
2. Experimental laboratory for teaching architecture lighting in a virtual learning environment
Veridiana ATANASIO, Fernando PEREIRA, Alice PEREIRA 107 / ll-761
3. Assessing a rapid technique for estimating the daylight transmittance of atrium roofs
Dan LASH, Steve SHARPLES 197 / l-169
4. Simplified on-site method for evaluation solar shading performance of advanced windows
Takashi INOUE, Masashi MOMOTA 704 / l-175
5. A design method for fixed outside solar shading device
Barbara MATUSIAK 194 / l-151
6. Development of a probe for measuring in-situ the thermal properties of building materials
Brian PILKINGTON, Pieter de Wilde, Steve GOODHEW, Richard GRIFFITHS 185 / ll-665