Investigating DesignBuilder Simulation Software's Validation in Term of Heat Gain through Field Measured Data of Adjacent Rooms of Courtyard House

New designing techniques have been used recently in design phases of buildings to adapt human thermal comfort. Due wide range energy consumption within a building, it is impossible make proper decision about the impact different efficiency strategies without simulation tools. Architects need understand accuracy and precision software use them as valuable tools predict consumption. This research aims investigate validity DesignBuilder by using actual traditional house terms heat gain. In this study, comparative method was determine differences gain courtyard Kerman that simulated measured experimentally. study also reveals difference between results empirical measurement not more than 10%. It can be concluded has enough calculate amount rooms adjacent courtyards.