The CIBSE Building Simulation Group held its Annual Prizes at Build to Perform 2020; the CIBSE Building Simulation Awards; and the new CIBSE Building Simulation Young Modeller Awards.Darren Woolf, chairman of the CIBSE BSG group, introduced the CIBSE Building Simulation Award which focuses on the use of building simulation in projects, and aims to encourage innovation in building simulation techniques. Our 6 finalists from Artelia, Atelier Ten, chapmanbdsp, Cundall, Hilson Moran and WSP, presented their exemplar projects followed by the judging panel’s brief questions.
- Artelia - Innovative Method to minimize simulation & analysis time
- Atelier Ten - Jewel Changi Airport
- Chapmanbdsp - Manoel Island
- WSP - Modelling the World’s Tallest Tower
- Cundall - Optimisation of overheating assessments for residential and commercial buildings using python in IESVE
- Hilson Moran - Healthy Cities
Meredith Davey, from Atelier Ten, was announced the winner, for his presentation on Jewel Changi Airport. The project, which included the world’s largest indoor waterfall, stood out to the judges for the attention to detail and the methods used to understand the implications of the design desires, particularly in relation to the effect that aspects of the design would have on thermal comfort.
The two runners-up were Shane Orme, of WSP, for his modelling of the world’s tallest tower, which was commended for the representation of physics; and Adrien Dumolard, of E-nergy, for his innovative method to minimise simulation and analysis time.
The event this year included the new Young Modeller Award. With the CIBSE Building Simulation Young Modeller Awards we recognise the outstanding contributions of young engineers, apprentices and sustainability consultants working with building simulation and encompassing any type of simulation for the built environment.
Weijun ‘Allen’ Mei, of Cyclone Energy Group, Chicago, was the recipient of the first Young Modeller Award. His submission included 140 models on which he had worked , and Mei was praised by the judges for his advocacy of performance-based compliance and modelling support design, and improving commercial software development. His work helping students to be more exposed to real-world modelling practices through universities and mentoring was also noted.
A high commendation was awarded to Nishesh Jain, PhD student researcher at the Institute of Environmental Design and Engineering at University College London, in recognition of his outstanding work on knowledge transfer and making building simulation design accessible.
Once the finalists had completed their presentations and while the judges headed off to deliberate. Our sponsors - David Cocking of Design Builder, Andrew Hilmy of EDSL, Eric Roberts of IES, Naghman Khan of SimScale and Nick Hopper of Monodraught - presented some of their latest developments and took part in a discussion on the future of the building simulation. They were asked the following question and their responses initiated a great debate.
“ What are the major trends you are seeing in building simulation and what you are doing in the next 5 – 10 years to respond to these demands? "
The video of their presentations can be seen below.
