##  [Building Performance Simulation](/index.php/building-performance-simulation) 

  ##  [Building Performance Simulation](https://engineering.quantumdictionary.io/building-performance-simulation-0) 

  

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**Engineering & Applied Technologies Dictionary**

 







 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Definition

The use of computational models and numerical methods to predict and analyse a building’s performance metrics—such as energy consumption, thermal comfort, daylighting, moisture transport and acoustics—over time, based on explicit assumptions about geometry, materials, systems, occupancy and climate.