COMIS Multizone Air Flow Model
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Bare COMIS
The executable for Windows and DOS is available for download.
COMIS With Interfaces
Because COMIS is not inherently a user-friendly program, several user interfaces were developed over time. The participants to the 1988-89 COMIS workshop developed COMIN (this user interface is no longer supported). Later more user-friendly interfaces followed: COMERL (for the DOS operating system) and IISiBat (for the UNIX and Windows platforms).
Each of the interfaces available includes the COMIS calculation engine. They may be downloaded from ftp sites by obtaining the address and password by email from the contact listed in the following table. It is also possible to obtain COMIS versions and the related User's Guides on CD-ROM, for which the program authors will charge a shipping and handling fee. When contacting program authors, please specify the form in which you would like to obtain the program.
| Interface Selection for COMIS | ||
| Name | Contact | Cost |
| COMERL/COMIS 3.0 (no documentation, no support) |
Viktor Dorer EMPA Duebendorf Switzerland viktor.dorer@empa.ch |
Shipping and handling |
| COMERL/COMIS 3.0 (support and documentation of COMERL in German) |
Viktor Dorer EMPA Duebendorf Switzerland viktor.dorer@empa.ch |
SFR 750 |
| IISiBat/COMIS 3.0 (IISiBat User's Guide in English) |
Follow download instructions at the IISiBat Homepage Werner Keilholz |
free of charge |
COMIS Publications
There are several publications describing the COMIS model, the different user interfaces available, and the evaluation of the program. The evaluation reports and the Fundamentals are available in printed form.
Some of the publications can be downloaded from the Web, while others have to be ordered from the authors. The following table shows the list of publications as well as how obtain them.
| Title | How to obtain | Cost |
| COMIS User's Guide 3.0 |
download pdf file here | free of charge |
| Evaluation of COMIS (two volumes) |
Claude-Alain Roulet EPFL roulet@lesomail.epfl.ch |
SFR 50 (approx. U.S. $ 35) |
| COMIS Fundamentals (published in 1990 as AIVC TN 29) |
Air Infiltration and Ventilation Centre airvent@AIVC.org |
please get quote from AIVC |
| COMIS Sample Runs TNO Report 96-BBI-R1086 |
Hans Phaff TNO download pdf file here |
free of charge |
| Executable Examples for COMIS 3.0 |
Fredrik Engdahl Lund University, Sweden download PDF document from the Web download example files from the Web |
free of charge |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBNL-42182: COMIS- An International Multizone Air Flow and Contaminant Transport Model |
download pdf file here | free of charge |
To download ADOBE Acrobat Reader, please click here
COMIS Users Workshops
At these workshops we will teach basic information about air flows in buildings and multizone air flow modeling. If you are interested in attending a future COMIS workshop please contact Professor Fariborz Haghighat at Concordia University haghi@cbs-engr.concordia.ca.
COMIS Users E-mail Group
CSTB has set up a free moderated COMIS users e-mail group. For subscription information go to the
COMIS E-mail Group page.
This page was last updated on February 24, 2003
If you have any technical comments or questions about COMIS, please send mail to David Lorenzetti (DMLorenzetti@lbl.gov).
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