Fundamentals of building performance simulation Fundamentals of Building Performance Simulation pares the theory and practice of a multi disciplinary field to the essentials for classroom learning and real world applications. Authored by a veteran educator and researcher this textbook equips graduate students and emerging and established professionals in architecture and engineering to predict and optimize buildings energy use. Each subject is introduced without reference to particular modelling tools while problems at the end of each chapter provide hands on experience with the tools of the readers choice