HiDALGO2: Building Modeling and Simulation, Visualization and Computing

This course will be held in hybrid mode with Zoom in both English and French.

Dynamic Energy Simulation (DES) is not just about isolated buildings, it is at the confluence of urban interaction, design and renovation. The collaboration between the European CoE HiDALGO2 project and Ktirio platform aims to improve this understanding, targeting simulations at the city scale and beyond, thanks to European pre-exascale to exascale supercomputers.

This lecture gives a short overview over DES in general, followed by a simulation workflow and some of HiDALGO2 advances. Participants will further learn how to build generate Building Energy Models (BEM) from 3D Computer-Aided Design (CAD) geometry, with a focus on refining physical models to closely mirror real-world building behavior.

Moreover, this course offers a unique opportunity to delve into two specialized aspects of simulation technology: the simulation of daylight for architectural applications and the use of light transport simulation. Through the lens of light transport simulation, which harnesses ray tracing algorithms, attendees will gain an understanding of its dual utility in creating photorealistic images from numerical 3D models and visualizing volumetric data fields, crucial for scientific visualization. Furthermore, the discussion will encompass the evolution of light transport simulation in tandem with the capabilities of modern GPUs, now equipped with RT cores.

This course is a joint training event of EuroCC@GCS, the German National Competence Centres for High-Performance Computing, and HiDALGO2 project. It is organized by the HLRS in cooperation with the Strasbourg University and Cemosis.

Location

This hybrid event will take place online and at
Strasbourg University
4 Rue Blaise Pascal
67081 Strasbourg, France

Registration

Start date

Mar 28, 2024
13:30

End date

Mar 28, 2024
17:00

Language

English

Entry level

Basic

Course subject areas

Bootcamp/Hackathon

Topics

Big Data

Computational Fluid Dynamics

Industrial Services

Numerical Simulation

Visualization

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Prerequisites and content levels

Prerequisites

Foundational Knowledge in Building Physics: Understanding the principles of heat transfer, thermodynamics, and fluid dynamics as they apply to buildings is essential for comprehending the underlying mechanisms of energy simulation.
Building Energy Systems: Familiarity with HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) systems, lighting, and other energy-consuming systems within buildings helps in understanding the inputs and outputs of energy simulations.
Data Analysis and Interpretation: Ability to collect, process, and interpret data related to building energy consumption and environmental conditions is important for validating simulation results and making informed decisions.

Content levels

Community-target-level: 3 hours

Learn more about course curricula and content levels.

Instructors

Prof. Jean-Michel Dischler (Strasbourg University)

Prof. Christophe Prud'homme (IRMA, HiDALGO2, Strasbourg University)

Thierry Blandet and Nicolas VERGNES (ICube, GI Team: Geometric and Graphics and INSA)

Jonathan Sarton (ICube, GI Team: Geometric and Graphics)

Agenda

All times are local times in the Central European Summer Time zone (Paris).

13:30 Introduction by Prof. Jean-Michel Dischler, Strasbourg University
13:45 Urban building modeling and simulation of CoE HiDALGO2, by Prof. Christophe Prud'homme, IRMA
14:45 Daylighting simulation on physical architectural models architecture, Transposition to digital models in virtual reality by Thierry Blandet and Nicolas VERGNES, ICube, INSA
15:45 Visualization, image synthesis and graphics acceleration by Jonathan Sarton, ICube

Registration information

Please register at course via the button at the top of this page with your institutional e-mail address to prove your affiliation.

The final participants will be selected and informed after the registration deadline has passed.

This course is offered in cooperation by HLRS, Strasbourg University, and HiDALGO2. Your registration data will be transferred to these partners (legal notes at the provided links).

Registration closes on March 27, 2024 at 23:55.

Fees

Students without Master's degree or equivalent. Participants from EU or EuroCC countries only: 0 EUR
PhD students or employees at a German university or public research institute: 0 EUR
PhD students or employees at a university or public research institute in an EU or EuroCC country other than Germany: 0 EUR.
Other participants, e.g., from industry, other public service providers, or government. Participants from EU or EuroCC countries only: 0 EUR

Our course fee includes coffee breaks (in classroom courses only).

For lists of EU and EuroCC countries have a look at the Horizon Europe and EuroCC website.

Only participants from institutions belonging to these countries can take part in this course.

Contact

Maksym Deliyergiyev phone 0711 685 87261, maksym.deliyergiyev(at)hlrs.de

HLRS Training Collaborations in HPC

HLRS is part of the Gauss Centre for Supercomputing (GCS), together with JSC in Jülich and LRZ in Garching near Munich. EuroCC@GCS is the German National Competence Centre (NCC) for High-Performance Computing. HLRS is also a member of the Baden-Württemberg initiative bwHPC.

This course is provided within the framework of EuroCC2.

HiDALGO2 CoE

This course is partly realised in cooperation with the Centre of Excellence HiDALGO2. Co-funded by the European Union. This work has received funding from the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (JU) and Poland, Germany, Spain, Hungary, France under grant agreement No 101093457.