Vladimir Vukovic

• PhD
• Associate professor at Univerzitet Metropolitan

Recent advancements in the domain of modeling physical processes offer opportunities to use equation based modeling environments, such as Modelica, for the simulation of building heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems. The current work demonstrates Modelica capabilities in a case study of real building solar thermal system simula...

Employer’s Information Requirements (EIR) is a key document for the successful delivery of construction projects using Building Information Modeling (BIM). EIR sets out the information to be delivered and the standards and processes to be adopted by the suppliers as part of their project delivery approach. The concept of EIR has been developed by t...

Existing and prospective strategies, procedures, technologies, standards, challenges and opportunities for adoption of Building Information Modelling (BIM) by the Qatari construction industry are considered as high level requirements to facilitate lifecycle information flow, reflecting the global construction trends. We consider the lifecycle infor...

This paper explores the pillars that enable Whole Life Cycle (WLC) information in a construction enterprise. These identified as: technologies, processes, policy and people. WLC information flow is defined as the steady and continuous evolution and use of BIM information and knowledge from the design stage, through the construction stage, to the fa...

Performance of desiccant evaporative cooling (DEC) system configurations is strongly influenced by the climate conditions and varies widely in different climate zones. Finding the optimal configuration of DEC systems for a specific climatic zone is tedious and time consuming. This investigation conducts performance analysis of five DEC system confi...

The construction industry continues to face significant challenges in ensuring the health and safety (H&S) of its workers. Traditional training methods are often insufficient in preparing workers for the complexities of real-world scenarios. This paper explores the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies in...

Sustainability and resilience in addressing construction’s environmental, social, and economic challenges rely on interoperability. A model-centred approach using standardised information structures like industry foundation classes (IFC) is essential for data sharing in architecture, engineering, construction, and facility management. Achieving com...

To transform urban areas into smart cities, various technologies—including software, user interfaces, communication networks, and the Internet of Things (IoT)—must tackle complex sustainability and resilience issues. This study aims to investigate the challenges of rapid urban population growth and explore how Information and Communication Technolo...

Large language models with artificial intelligence are transforming the way infrastructure projects are planned, executed and managed. Vishak Dudhee and Vladimir Vukovic of V-Lab say they are unlocking unprecedented efficiency and innovation in civil engineering. In civil engineering, where efficiency and precision are paramount, integrating large...

Building collapses have become a serious issue in developing countries due to the rapid growth and concentration of people in urban areas. Nigeria has been particularly affected, with over 115 building collapses in Lagos alone over the past decade. To address this issue, the study evaluates the potential use of Building Information Modelling (BIM)...

This research integrates the human component as a living part of the control loop, using preferences to optimise energy consumption. This paper presents an outline of a temperature controller, which is based on the theory of thermal comfort and uses fuzzy logic to optimise comfort and reduce energy consumption. The controller allows multiple-inputs...

The Augmented Reality (AR) technology is rapidly evolving and presents a new innovative approach to overlay and visualise digital information in real physical environments. In construction, the use of AR technology is currently limited to the visualisation of static building information. This paper analyses the AR market trends and the current inno...

Forecasting the electricity consumption is an essential activity to keep the grid stable and avoid problems in the devices connected to the grid. Equaling consumption to electricity production is crucial in the electricity market. The grids worldwide use different methodologies to predict the demand, in order to keep the grid stable, but is there a...

Simulation tools based on the Modelica language provide comprehensive modelling and simulation approaches for building energy systems. However, the simulation and optimisation of such systems are data-driven processes, lacking a common understanding of information structure within the process. This paper investigates the possible semantic alignment...

Step by step guide on coupling OpenModelica and GenOpt - Version 2.1. Example files available at: https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/GO/download.html

Buildings consist of numerous energy systems, including heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems and lighting systems. Typically, such systems are not fully visible in operational building environments, as some elements remain built into the walls, or hidden behind false ceilings. Fully visualising energy systems in buildings has t...

Purpose The possibility of integrating building information in an augmented reality (AR) environment provides an effective solution to all phases of a building's lifecycle. This paper explores the integration of building information modelling (BIM) and AR to effectively visualise building information models in an AR environment and evaluates the cu...

Augmented Reality (AR) can enhance Building Information Modelling (BIM) by allowing architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) professionals to visualise and refine building models. The possibility of integrating BIM model in AR environment provides an effective solution to all phases of a building's lifecycle. To visualise digital informati...

This paper presents the development of an algorithm-selection framework supported by a new intuitive user interface for the generic optimisation tool, GenOpt. The framework consists of an algorithm-selection flowchart to help identify relevant algorithms depending on the nature of the problem, followed by an algorithm-selection matrix which evaluat...

The demand for affordable, environment-friendly, and reliable water conditioning systems has led to the introduction of several standalone and/or hybrid alternatives. The technology of desiccant evaporative cooling (DEC) has proven to be dependable and has gained success at places where initially it was deemed unfeasible. Today, a number of related...

The workshop “Reducing energy consumption and carbon footprint by smart and sustainable use” was organized on 29 June 2017 in the context of the International conference Sustainable Places 2017 with the aim to discuss the latest progress and innovations resulting from 7 projects developing solutions to reduce energy consumption and carbon footprint...

Research surrounding demand response (DR) is beginning to consider how blocks of buildings can operate collectively within energy networks. DR at the level of a block of buildings involves near real-time optimisation of energy demand, storage and supply (including self-production) using intelligent energy management systems with the objective of re...

Information flows in construction projects are generally focused on the needs of the design and construction phases. This creates disruption of workflows across the project stages and in particular with the information handover to the operation stage. The adherence to the clients’ requirements for the operation phase of buildings becomes very chall...

Due to a rapidly escalating population and a high level of economic growth, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is experiencing a vigorous infrastructure expansion, especially with respect to residential buildings. As a result, energy demand for residential buildings is of a very high level, whereby approximately 70% of electricity is consumed by air condi...

Design Authoring in Architecture Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry is a process where clients’ requirements are converted into digital models using 3D parametric and analytical modelling tools. BIM Models are the outputs created by different stakeholders using different BIM Work Streams at project stages. BIM Work Streams require differen...

The adoption of Building Information Modelling (BIM) is now examined at different scales ranging from organisations, through supply chains, and across whole countries and markets. For the assessment of BIM adoption at country and market scale, two main approaches are being utilised. The first traditional approach utilises a survey of industry stake...

Employer’s Information Requirements (EIR) is a key document for the successful delivery of construction projects using Building Information Modeling (BIM). EIR sets out the information to be delivered and the standards and processes to be adopted by the suppliers as part of their project delivery approach. The concept of EIR has been developed by t...

Employer's information requirements (EIR) is one of the key early documents in projects using building information modelling (BIM). EIR, introduced by the UK BIM Task Group, sets out information deliverables and the standards and processes to be adopted by the supply chain. It includes a set of requirements and guidelines in three areas namely tech...

The research is part of a wider project aimed to develop a whole lifecycle information flow approach enabled by BIM protocols and technologies for Qatari construction industry. We consider the lifecycle information flow as enabler of a consistent and continuous use of building information from design, through construction, to the facility managemen...

Operation and Maintenance (O&M) costs in buildings represent a significant part of the total building life cycle cost. However, project delivery methods in the Architectural, Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry are often focused on the capital delivery stage and associated costs ranging from planning, through design, to construction and han...

Desiccant cooling systems provide new possibilities in air conditioning technology through the use of either solid or liquid sorption air dehumidification. Such systems can be more reliable and environmental friendly than the conventional systems. The focus of current study is to enhance the existing ideal system component models of the desiccant e...

The current study presents model based predictions of a desiccant wheel performance using the transient measurements obtained from a real system. The model is based on a set of equations to simulate the optimal and measured transient performance as a function of measurable input variables related to the desiccant wheel material and structure. The m...

Buildings are one of the biggest energy consumers in the European Union (EU). To improve energy efficiency requires changes in technology, policy and human behaviour. The energy management systems currently used involve the use of various tools and methodologies. The evaluation of the impact of applied measures and procedures on building energy eff...

The paper presents an incremental development of the methodology for chilled water system design optimization. Initially, the system configuration parameters are varied with fixed design conditions to confirm the established best practice design criteria, followed by a comprehensive system design optimization. The implemented simulation-based optim...

Thermal models offer great advantages for enhancement of design, protection and control of electric machines. Detailed thermal models take a great number of time constants into account and provide accurate prediction of the temperatures. However, to parameterize such models detailed geometric data are needed. Whenever such detailed information is n...

A growing interest in security and occupant exposure to contaminants revealed a need for fast and reliable identification of contaminant sources during incidental situations. To determine potential contaminant source positions in outdoor environments, current state-of-the-art modeling methods use computational fluid dynamic simulations on parallel...

This paper presents a model developed for solving an inverse problem of identifying source position based on a known contaminant distribution in a building. The problem requires transformation of the sensor measured pollutant concentration input domain into the source position output domain. This is a nonlinear transformation with multiple input pa...

Indoor computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations can predict contaminant dispersion around human occupants and provide valuable information in resolving indoor air quality or homeland security problems. The accuracy of CFD simulations strongly depends on the appropriate setting of boundary conditions and numerical simulation parameters. The pr...

This study presents an overview of the development of a novel approach for real-time detection of contaminant source locations in buildings. The approach uses the ability of parallel computational architectures, neural networks, to perform non-linear mapping of indoor contaminant concentration patterns to source locations. Such an approach is inver...

Here we describe method for determination of correctness of inference proofs, especially in propositional calculus. Also, we present a computer program based on this method, developed in GIS – Group for Intelligent Systems –on the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade.

Thesis (M.S.)--Pennsylvania State University, 2005. Library holds archival microfiches negative and service copy.