IBPSA-USA NYC Presents: EnergyPlus GUI, COMFEN and N++
Presentation 1 Title: EnergyPlus for Early Design and Single Zone Studies; David Fannon AIA, Senior Associate, Senior High Performance Specialist, Syska Hennessy Group, Inc. Description: This talk focuses on using COMFEN to run simplified EnergyPlus models which inform early design-decisions and perform simple single-zone studies quickly and relatively inexpensively. Using examples from recent projects, we...
EnergyPlus Version 8.0 and OpenStudio Legacy Plug-in 1.0.10 Available
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released an updated version of EnergyPlus simulation software for modeling heating, cooling, lighting, ventilating, and other building energy flows. Additionally, a new version of OpenStudio Legacy Plug-in for Trimble SketchUp is available, which makes it possible to perform EnergyPlus simulations using Sketchup’s user-friendly 3-D drawing interface. Visit www.energyplus.gov...
Webinar: Green Building XML and the New EnergyPlus GUIs from LBNL and NREL
This is a recording of the gbXML webinar that took place on January 22, 2013. It demonstrates the new EnergyPlus GUIs from LBNL and NREL and includes the following: 1. An overview of gbXML given by Stephen Roth of Carmel Software 2. Demo of LBNL’s Simergy by Richard See 3. Demo of NREL’s OpenStudio by...
greenspace Live Reveals New Website and Features
greenspaceLive is a energy analysis suite based on EnergyPlus that works with Trimble Sketchup. Their gTools solution is the only application for SketchUp with integrated gbXML technology. greenspaceLive has just revealed a new website today! The look and feel of the site was overhauled (e.g. allowing you to sign in, register and share with LinkedIn...
EnergyPlus Version 7.1 and OpenStudio Legacy Plug-in 1.0.8 Available
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released an updated version of EnergyPlus simulation software for modeling heating, cooling, lighting, ventilating, and other building energy flows. Additionally, a new version of OpenStudio Plug-in for Google SketchUp is available, which makes it possible to perform EnergyPlus simulations using Google’s user-friendly 3-D drawing interface. Visit www.energyplus.gov to...
Introduction to EnergyPlus and OpenStudio
This presentation on EnergyPlus was screened on February 4th as a webinar featured by Alan Jackson from CASE Design. Alan is the Author of the videos in this previously published post Export Revit to EnergyPlus via Ecotect – Video Tutorials.
jEPlus Version 1.1 is Out
A new version of jEPlus, the open source Java shell of EnergyPlus for parametric runs, was just released a couple of days ago. Go to the jEPlus website to find out more and download..
EnergyPlus Version 6.0 and OpenStudio for SketchUp Version 1.06 Available
This is quoting the news from the BLDG-SIM mailing list (See http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/bldg-sim-onebuilding.org for information on joining this email list). Please go to the EnergyPlus homepage to learn more and download the software. “The latest release of the EnergyPlus building energy simulation program, Version 6.0, is now available in versions for Windows, Linux, and Mac operating...
Export Revit to EnergyPlus via Ecotect – Video Tutorials
I mentioned this workflow in a January 28 post “Export Revit to EnergyPlus“, now these video tutorials are up on the openRevit YouTube channel: Introduction Room Bounding Objects and Material Construction Zones, Model Review and GBXML Export Ecotect Import, Model Review and Prep for IDF Export Exporting IDF for EnergyPlus Importing IDF into OpenStudio/Sketchup for...
Export Revit to EnergyPlus via Ecotect
EneryPlus is one of the most sophisticated energy analysis tools available and Revit has become somewhat of a standard for the AEC industry at least in North America and Oceania it seems like a natural fit .. See this recent post on openRevit for some in depth instructions on how to use the Revit gbXML...
Google Sketchup for Energy Analysis using EnergyPlus Online Tutorials at AIA Website
Here is some more insight into using SketchUp for Building Performance Simulation These hands-on tutorials will help you, step-by-step, test drive a new set of 3D modeling and energy analysis tools: Open Studio, SketchUp and EnergyPlus. After viewing the videos, you may earn four hours of HSW Credit by taking a quiz on the peer...
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