The Journal of Building Performance Simulation (JBPS) aims to make a substantial and lasting contribution to the international building community by supporting our authors and the high-quality, original research they submit. The journal also offers a forum for original review papers and researched case studies
We welcome building performance simulation contributions that explore the following topics related to buildings and communities:
Theoretical aspects related to modelling and simulating the physical processes (thermal, air flow, moisture, lighting, acoustics).
Theoretical aspects related to modelling and simulating conventional and innovative energy conversion, storage, distribution, and control systems.
Theoretical aspects related to occupants, weather data, and other boundary conditions.
Methods and algorithms for optimizing the performance of buildings and communities and the systems which service them, including interaction with the electrical grid.
Uncertainty, sensitivity analysis, and calibration.
Methods and algorithms for validating models and for verifying solution methods and tools.
Development and validation of controls-oriented models that are appropriate for model predictive control and/or automated fault detection and diagnostics.
Techniques for educating and training tool users.
Software development techniques and interoperability issues with direct applicability to building performance simulation.
Case studies involving the application of building performance simulation for any stage of the design, construction, commissioning, operation, or management of buildings and the systems which service them are welcomed if they include validation or aspects that make a novel contribution to the knowledge base.
The following topics are outside the journal's scope and will not be considered:
Case studies involving the routine application of commercially available building performance simulation tools that do not include validation or aspects that make a novel contribution to the knowledge base.
The structural performance of buildings and the durability of building components.
Studies focused on the performance of buildings and the systems that serve them, rather than on modelling and simulation..
All articles submitted to JBPS are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, and if found suitable for further consideration, enter peer review by independent, anonymous, expert referees. The Journal operates a double-blind peer review and all submissions are to be made online using the JBPS ScholarOne site. For more information on contributing a manuscript visit our Instructions for Authors page.
Author benefits
JBPS is the official journal of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA). IBPSA is a non-profit international society of computational building performance simulation researchers, developers, practitioners and users, dedicated to improving the design, construction, operation and maintenance of new and existing buildings worldwide. All members of IBPSA will be able to access your research.
We are also abstracted and indexed in several high-quality databases including the Science Citation Index, Scopus, EBSCO and more.

Editors
Ian Beausoleil-Morrison  - Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, Canada
Jan Hensen  - Building Physics & Services, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
Editorial Board
Andreas Athienitis -  Concordia University, Canada 
Clarice Bleil de Souza - Cardiff University, UK 
Umberto Berardi - Ryerson University, Canada 
Michel Bernier - École Polytechnique de Montréal, Canada 
Ruchi Choudhary - Cambridge University, UK 
Tin-Tai Chow - City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 
Joe Clarke - University of Strathclyde, UK 
Drury Crawley - Bentley Systems Inc, USA 
Pieter De Wilde - Plymouth University, UK 
Donal Finn - University College Dublin, Ireland 
Andrea Gasparella - Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy 
Christian Ghiaus -INSA Lyon, France 
Dariusz Heim - Lodz University of Technology, Poland 
Gregor Henze - University of Colorado, USA 
Panagiota Karava - Purdue University, USA 
Roberto Lamberts - Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil 
Ardeshir Mahdavi - Vienna University of Technology, Austria 
John Mardaljevic - Loughborough University, UK 
Jyotirmay Mathur - Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India 
Nathan Mendes - Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná, Brazil 
Zheng O’Neill - University of Alabama, USA 
Yiqun Pan - Tongji University, China    
Cheol-Soo Park - Seoul National University, South Korea 
Agami Reddy - Drexel University, USA  
Yoshiyuki Shimoda - Osaka University, Japan 
Veronica Soebarto - University of Adelaide, Australia 
Jeff Spitler - Oklahoma State University, USA 
Paul Strachan - University of Strathclyde, UK 
Jun Tanimoto - Kyushu University, Japan 
Kwok Wai Tham - National University of Singapore, Singapore 
Christoph van Treeck - RWTH Aachen University, Germany 
Michael Wetter - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA 
Monika Woloszyn - Université de Savoie - PolyTech'Savoie, France 
Da Yan - Tsingua University, China