Title

IFC to CONTRAM Translator

Primary Author(s)

Florida Solar Energy Center
Mangesh Basarkar, Florida Solar Energy Center

Secondary Author(s)

Swami, Muthusamy V.

Report Number

FSEC-CR-1684-06

URL

http://publications.energyresearch.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/FSEC-CR-1684-06.pdf

Keywords

Buildings; Software

Abstract

Building security issues are of serious concern in the industry today. This paper will describe the design, development and testing of a software tool that can be effectively used to translate three dimensional building data sets of geometry, materials and HVAC components into an input file for the airflow and contaminant concentration simulation program CONTAM. The objective of the exercise is to allow for shorter turnaround time in evaluating IAQ strategies and building security related issues.

The software tool, 'fsIFCCTM', has been successfully tested to translate 3-D building elements like spaces, walls, doors, windows, and HVAC components like ducts, duct junctions, terminals, fans, filters etc. With additional work, the software can be further extended to translate elements like sensors and controls. It uses the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) data model for achieving the translation.

Date Published

8-4-2006

Notes

Original Publication: Basarkar, M. and Swami, M., "IFC to CONTAM Translator", Presented at the SimBuild 2006 Conference in Boston, August 2-4, 2006

Subjects

Buildings; Software

STARS Citation

Florida Solar Energy Center and Basarkar, Mangesh, "IFC to CONTRAM Translator" (2006). FSEC Energy Research Center®. 491.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/fsec/491