Exploring design support possibilities of building performance simulation tools in building design process

Simulation is claimed to be an effective tool in building design to degrade the systems integration matter into comprehension of designers with either a tool or a process related approach. In this study, pre-design phase is considered with energy performance point of view. Aim of the study is exploring integration possibilities of building performance simulation tools in building design process by analyzing these tools from design support point of view. Number of building performance simulation programmes, selected according to development goals of them, are evaluated according to their early design phase data requirement and supply of design data in return. Future work will be a real time building project design process observation to find out how specific parameters are decided during concept development and also these parameters’ weighting factors by executing a survey among a group of architects. This will help designers in choosing the most appropriate tool according to their conceptual approach