Certification Course on CFD Modelling for Natural Ventilated Buildings

Overview of CFD and Its Applications in Built Environment

• CFD, Wind Driven Rain (WDR) and indoor thermal environment requirements
• Extensiveness of CFD applications
  

BCA GM:2021 Requirements and Methodologies

• GM:2021 related criteria on natural ventilation and wind driven rain
• Compliance to Singapore Standards on indoor thermal environment
• GM:2021 CFD simulation guidelines and methodologies
• GM:2021 WDR simulation guidelines and methodologies
  

CFD Fundamentals and Solutions

• Overview of CFD process, user interface, reading/writing/managing files
• Live demonstration of CFD solution procedures
• Mathematical background
• Turbulence model and wind effect on building structure
• Verification and validation in CFD
  

Analysis of CFD Results

• Ways for visualizing CFD results
• Live demonstration of natural ventilation case studies
  

Hands-on Practices with CFD Software

• Estate airflow
• WDR for outdoor environment
• CFD for indoor environment
  

Sharing of CFD Case Studies from Research Perspectives

• R&D activities in Urban and Built Environment Modelling
  

Group Assignment using CFD Software

• Estate airflow
• WDR for outdoor environment
• CFD for indoor environment

Dr. Poh Hee Joo is an Associate Professor in the Department of The Built Environment at the National University of Singapore (NUS). With over 25 years of experience in Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) research and consultancy, Dr. Poh has led more than 70 projects focused on building physics, urban microclimate, environmental health, and sustainability. He was previously the Principal Scientist and Domain Specialist at the Institute of High-Performance Computing, A*STAR, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at NUS. His leadership extends to roles as an invited reviewer for prestigious journals and as a speaker at global conferences on urban environmental modelling and sustainable cities. Recognised for his contributions, he was named a World Cities Summit Young Leader in 2014, won the President's Science and Technology Award in 2019, and was listed among Asia's top 100 outstanding researchers in 2020. Dr. Poh also serves as President of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (Singapore Chapter) and is on the Board of Directors for the International Association of Building Physics.

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An e-Certificate of Successful Completion (e-CSC) will be issued to participants who:

• Achieve at least 75% class attendance; and
• Pass group project assignment.

Participant must achieve at least 75% attendance and pass all assessments. BCA Academy reserves the right to recover the funded amount from the participant (self-sponsored) or employer (company sponsored) if participant did not meet the eligibility criteria. Details of SSG’s funding can be found on Home (skillsfuture.gov.sg).