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I read in various articles that the correct ground heat transfer is very important for building simulation. At the same time many simulation programmes use simplified algorithm because multidimension heat transfer is computationally intensive. Can anybody give me some reasons why it is so important and which simulation engines do a good job? Is this issues also relevant for small buildings with an slab area of less than 12x12m? For which kind of buildings it is particularly important (residential/comercial/etc.)?

I read in various articles that the correct ground heat transfer is very important for building simulation. At the same time many simulation programmes use simplified algorithm because multidimension heat transfer is computationally intensive. Can anybody give me some reasons why it is so important and which simulation engines do a good job? Is this issues also relevant for small buildings with an slab area of less than 12x12m? For which kind of buildings it is particularly important (residential/comercial/etc.)?

I read in various articles that the correct ground heat transfer is very important for building simulation. At the same time many simulation programmes use simplified algorithm because multidimension heat transfer is computationally intensive. Can anybody give me some reasons why it is so important and which simulation engines do a good job? Is this issues also relevant for small buildings with an slab area of less than 12x12m? For which kind of buildings it is particularly important (residential/comercial/etc.)?

I read in various articles that the correct ground heat transfer is very important for building simulation. At the same time many simulation programmes use simplified algorithm because multidimension heat transfer is computationally intensive. Can anybody give me some reasons why it is so important and which simulation engines do a good job? Is this issues also relevant for small buildings with an slab area of less than 12x12m? For which kind of buildings it is particularly important (residential/comercial/etc.)?