Measurement techniques

Building simulation tools and techniques can be employed to analyse large quantities of environmental data. They allow buildings to be accurately modelled and evaluated.

Figure 1: St Peters Church - photograph and building simulation model

Important environmental parameters can be correctly predicted through the use of building simulation models (see Figure 1).

Figure 2: Graph showing correlation between monitored internal temperature and predicted internal temperature

Building simulations can be used to investigate many different areas affecting buildings, e.g. investigating the impact of varying occupancy levels upon artefacts or the effect of altering the internal conditions to provide cost effective conservation solutions. Building simulations should run concurrently with monitoring regimes to allow the developed models to be validated accurately.