Dear Bldg-sim community,
IBPSA-USA
community resource called Unmet Hours (https://unmethours.com/), a
question-and-answer (Q+A) website for building energy modelers.
What is a question-and-answer website? It?s a new type of resource that has
emerged from the programming world as an alternative to mailing lists or
forums. But it?s super simple. You ask a question. Other modelers answer
it. The best answer gets voted to the top. Or you can search on your topic
and you might find that your question has already been asked and answered.
And it?s always good to give back to the community (while showing off your
expertise and earning good ?karma?) by helping other modelers with their
questions.
At Unmet Hours, you can ask questions about any modeling topic or software
tool, including eQUEST
OpenStudio
EnergyPlus
and many more. Numerous experts are standing by, eager to help, and ready
to answer your questions--big or small. There are already more than 180
registered users, more than 50 questions, and more than 100 answers on the
website.
Unmet Hours offers many capabilities that make it a powerful resource for
the building energy modeling community:
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Each individual question is kept together with its answers on one web
page that can be easily referenced with a unique URL.
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Answers are peer reviewed and voted on by the community to reach a
consensus on which ones are most likely to be helpful or ?correct?.
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Questions are easily searchable on the website. All content is indexed
by Google and other search engines.
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Questions are tagged with category labels such as ?infiltration
?daylighting
or ?energyplus
making it easy to find topics of interest.
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Questions can be tagged across multiple categories for cross-cutting
problems, for example, ?ashrae-90.1
?hvac
and ?equest
?.
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Tags or individual questions can be ?followed? to receive email updates
when there is new or changed content. You control your email update
preferences.
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Comments are used to discuss or make suggestions about a question or
answer without distracting from the main content.
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All content is actively moderated and curated by the community.
Questions and answers can be revised at any time to be clearer and more
helpful, or to be updated as new information becomes available. It?s a
living knowledge base.
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And it all works conveniently in the web browser on your smartphone!
You can find Unmet Hours at https://unmethours.com/ It?s a resource for the
building energy modeling community, built by the community. We are counting
on your support and participation to continue its success.
