1. On the Conflation of Contaminant Prediction within Whole Building Performance Simulation by Aizaz A Samuel

2. Indoor Pollutants Importance: Health Productivity Comfort & Odour Chemicals released from building materials and furnishings Outdoor air pollutantsBacteria, Moulds and Mites Chemicals from cleaning products ETSRadon from soilFumes from paints and solvents Animal dander and hair Combustion products Aerosols, mothballs etc Asbestos from pipe insulation

3. Overview of Simulation Strategies (A)Network Air Flow Based Computational Fluid Dynamics (B)Integrated vs Standalone

4. Buildings and related Energy Systems Building Systems Plant Control Smart Materials & Renewables Others Intra room air movement Inter room air movement Fabric conduction Electrical flow Shading Longwave radiation exchangeShortwave radiation Acoustics Light flow Moisture flowConvection Contaminant flow Fluid flowThermal processes Electrical flow Combined heat & power Phase change materials Ducted wind turbines Photovoltaics Climate Sky model Construction materialsGlazing Orientation Terrain

5. Integrating Contaminant Simulation within Thermally Coupled Network Air Flow Network Air Flow Thermal & Plant Simulation Air Flow Information Contaminant Flow Model

6. Bsim (thermal, flow, lighting, HVAC etc.) Computational Fluid Dynamics Contaminants Flow Modelling Integrating Contaminant Simulation within Thermally Coupled Network Air Flow and CFD

7. Conclusion Applications:CO 2 control Thermally integrated contaminant flow modelling Double facade modelling using CFD and network mass flow Usage:Menu driven GUI Extensive help Exemplar models At least one international project Training:Workshop at international building simulation conference Used as training exercise at Postgraduate level Publications:A number of research papers