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Mason, M. Survey of simulation technology in Australia and New Zealand. BUILDING SIMULATION, 1., 1985, Seattle.
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Abstract

In comparison with other Western Industrialised nations of comparable size, the total energy consumed in buildings in both Australia and New Zealand is very little. Energy reserves are adequate to meet domestic needs well into the future. There is however the potential for very worthwhile savings to be made. As with most other countries that have taken advantage of low cost fuels, in the period up to the seventies, many existing building,s--'and their services systems and traditional design practices are not. conducive to saving energy. Despite the apparent cost incentive to reduce energy cconsumption with today's much higher energy costs, and the now well recognized broader issue of diminishing world fuel reserves, very little has been achieved by way of energy conservation in buildings i Australia and New Zealand since the "energy crisis" in the mid seventies. Quite definite disincentives exist as deterrents to energy efficient design and practice and as consequence to the use of energy simulation technology. This paper reviews current and predicted building energy consumption in Australia and New Zealand and discusses the use being made of the energy simulation technology available a part of overall strategies for energy conservation as applied by designers, building owners and operators, and Government Departments in these two countries. It also outlines the disincentives and problems that mitigate against the implementation o energy conservation strategies and the use of simulation technology.
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