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*Watch the webinar here: http://bit.ly/16EvGkK*
See below for presentation descriptions
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*Presentation I: A demonstration of AECOSim Energy Simulator, the latest
GUI for EnergyPlus*
Drury B. Crawley - Director, Building Performance, Bentley Systems, Inc.
Description
AECOsim Energy Simulator (AES) is a full-featured, graphic interface for
building performance simulation built from the ground up based on the
latest EnergyPlus (v7.2) simulation engine. AES was initially released by
Bentley Systems in September 2011. This demonstration will first cover the
interface including the ribbon bar; tree for navigating spaces, walls,
windows, doors, ceilings, roofs, internal loads, HVAC components, and
zoning; BIM interface to visualize building models. How to create an AES
building model will also be shown: Conceptual Design (13 inputs, sketch the
building outline, select HVAC system); import 2-D CAD and trace the
building and spaces; import gbXML; or import graphics (bitmap, JPEG, GIF,
PDF) and trace spaces.
Then, the HVAC Designer will be shown along with 31 preconfigured HVAC and
SWH systems (preconfigured systems automatically create the all the
necessary EnergyPlus nodes, branches, and connections). The HVAC Designer
makes it easy to configure the more than 50 HVAC Designer components and
create or modify systems using a visual drag and drop system. Finally,
automated creation of baseline and budget buildings for ASHRAE 90.1 will be
shown as well as results from ASHRAE RTS/heat loss and EnergyPlus
simulation.
About the Speaker
Dr. Crawley leads the team developing a new generation of building
performance software for energy and sustainability at Bentley Systems,
including AECOsim Energy Simulator, among others (Open Plant with HVAC,
Hevacomp Simulator, Hevacomp Mechanical Designer, and Hevacomp Electrical
Designer). (AECOsim Energy Simulator is a BIM-based, full featured graphic
interface for the U.S. Department of Energy flagship EnergyPlus building
simulation program.)
With more than 30 years of experience in buildings energy efficiency,
renewable energy, and sustainability, he has worked in engineering software
development, government research and standards development organizations,
as well as building design and energy consulting companies. Prior to
joining Bentley in early 2010, he managed the U.S. Department of Energy?s
building energy software tools research and development including
EnergyPlus, OpenStudio plugin for Google (now Trimble) SketchUp, Energy-10,
and DOE-2. He also led DOE?s Commercial Building Initiative ? working to
achieve cost-effective low-energy commercial buildings, including the
Commercial Building Energy Alliances and Commercial Building Partnerships
which included the owners of more than 20% of the commercial building floor
space
*Presentation II: A demonstration of Simergy, LBNL?s GUI for EnergyPlus*
Alan Jackson, Senior Design Technology Specialist, CASE
Simergy is a graphical interface for Energyplus that Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory (LBNL) has been working on with a team of industry
professionals and software developers with a planned release for this year.
Simergy is a Windows application that allows full creation and simulation
of of building performance and energy analysis. Some key features include a
graphical model builder, support for importing and exporting various file
exchange formats, template based and fully custom workflows, as well as a
graphical HVAC system builder. This demonstration will showcase at a high
level the final beta release of the product highlighting some key areas
around the product. The demo will cover an overview of the graphical
interface; file import/export capabilities working with geometry, template
based and custom HVAC systems, and lastly visualization of analysis results.
About the Speaker
Alan Jackson is a Senior Design Technology Specialist at CASE and
specializes in MEP engineering and consulting. Alan?s passion for
sustainability, master-planning, and energy/performance analysis has
translated to an interest in utilizing energy modeling platforms and
related analysis tools to address and improve building performance. He
joins CASE from KlingStubbins where he held the position of HVAC Project
Engineer/BIM Team Leader. Alan received his Bachelor of Science in
Mechanical Engineering Technology from Northeastern University and is LEED
AP.
Not to be mistaken for the country music artist, Alan is an avid traveler
and world history buff currently favoring Japanese culture and Samurai
films. He is also the founder of bim-source.com, a blog that concentrates
on Revit MEP and energy modeling for the BIM community.
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