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Learn OpenStudio like a pro with guest presenter Harshul Singhul, who has been teaching OpenStudio and working with NREL for the last 3 years.

Watch the courses, ask questions, and watch again on our brand new course interface, in a private group. Course includes custom measures made by the instructor - including one for LEED automation

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OpenStudio is the future of Energy Modeling. In this course we give you everything you need to know to use it!

Why Use EnergyPlus?

EnergyPlus is FREE to the download and use. EnergyPlus is currently being funded by the U.S. DOE and is considered the most powerful simulation engine available as well as the simulation engine of the future. EnergyPlus works with a large variety of graphical interfaces. If you plan on continuing your career as an energy-modeler - you should learn the basics of EnergyPlus. If you are a new energy-modeler looking to invest your education, EnergyPlus is considered one of the best investments you can make. It has a large user community, and with text based inputs, it is easy to build libraries of information.

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Last Update:

Aug, 2012

Who Made It:

DOE

Cost:

FREE

What is EnergyPlus

EnergyPlus is the energy modeling engine that the US Department of Energy is betting the future of building modeling on. It replaces the DOE-2 engine that runs eQUEST and improved algorithms for modeling complex mechanical systems and building designs. The program is used for building energy analysis and thermal load simulation. There are a number of Graphical User Inerfaces (GUIs) that sit on top of the EnergyPlus engine, such as Simergy, OpenStudio and DesignBuilder.

EnergyPlus, DOE’s fully integrated building; heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC);
and renewables simulation program is one of the most robust simulation tools available in the
world today. It models building heating, cooling, lighting, ventilating, and other energy flows, as well as water. The program includes many innovative simulation capabilities, such as time steps of less than an hour, modular systems and plant integrated with heat balance-based zone simulation, multizone air flow, thermal comfort, water use, natural ventilation, and photovoltaic systems.

What it can do:

Integrated, simultaneous solution where the building response and the primary and secondary systems are tightly coupled (iteration performed when necessary)

Sub-hourly, user-definable time steps for the interaction between the thermal zones and the environment; variable time steps for interactions between the thermal zones and the HVAC systems (automatically varied to ensure solution stability)

ASCII text based weather, input, and output files that include hourly or sub-hourly environmental conditions, and standard and user definable reports, respectively

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