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Simulation and visualization of thermal metaphors in a virtual environment for thermal building assessment

2014

International audience; The current application of the design process through energy efficiency in virtual reality (VR) systems is limited mostly to building performance predictions and design review, as the issue of the data formats and the workflow used for 3D modeling, thermal calculation and VR visualization. The importance of energy efficiency and integration of advances in building design and VR technology have lead this research to focus on thermal simulation results visualized in a virtual environment to optimize building design, particularly concerning heritage buildings. The emphasis is on the perception of thermal data of a room simulated in a virtual environment (VE) in order to…