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What are the available sources for historical weather data?
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DancingDavidE
How much does it cost to create a model?
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Annie Marston
Where can I meet fellow energy modelers?
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__AmirRoth__
Why does EnergyPlus take so much longer to simulate than DOE-2?
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rraustad
How to interpret cycling equipment outputs?
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Michael Wetter
Modelica solver efficiency compared to predictor/corrector
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kramerica
Why is energy modeling important?
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jhtravis
What information and data do I need to collect before starting a model?
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Monika Sharma
What tools exist in the market to do energy simulations using the compute cloud?
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8 years ago
kramerica
How do you model transfer air in EnergyPlus?
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10 years ago
vidanovic
How do you model operable windows?
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9 years ago
Julien Marrec
How can I create a custom weather file to use for a calibrated energy model?
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10 years ago
Julien Marrec
When calibrating an energy model, what are the typical metrics to show proper calibration.
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10 years ago
Julien Marrec
What sources are there for plug/equipment load assumptions for different space types?
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7 years ago
Mike Kennedy
What is the best way to model infliltration in a building?
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air-flow
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6 years ago
MatthewSteen
Are there more recent sources of building occupancy/load schedules based on measured, empirical data from real buildings?
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10 years ago
Julien Marrec
What are some good programs/applications to use as a text editor for EnergyPlus models?
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text-editor
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8
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9 years ago
Julien Marrec
Improving navigation/workflow for IDF editing in Notepad++
idf-file
energyplus
text-editor
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4
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23
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3 years ago
rafael.alonso
Revision control for text-based modeling programs
workflow
text-editor
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10 years ago
Neal Kruis
What is the best practice to model an Atrium in EnergyPlus?
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air-flow
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10 years ago
Ralph Muehleisen
Calculating 3D Thermal Bridges
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therm
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8 years ago
Amir Rezaei
Visualizing Airflow between zones in EnergyPlus
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visualization
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3
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10 years ago
DancingDavidE
What features of eQUEST make it appealing to energy modelers?
equest
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5
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10 years ago
__AmirRoth__
When should I use EnergyPlus instead of eQuest and vice-versa?
energyplus
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doe-2.2
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8
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10 years ago
Joe Huang
How to describe climate data / calculate degree days?
degree-days
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10 years ago
Neal Kruis
What are your sources for part-load curve data?
hvac
performance-curve
energyplus
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5
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10 years ago
MJWitte
What causes divide by zero errors and how can they be debugged?
energyplus
debugging
1k
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1
answer
3
votes
10 years ago
Julien Marrec
Modelling of roof top solar photovoltaic plant in eQUEST
equest
battery
photovoltaic
866
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3
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2
votes
9 years ago
Mathieu L.
Radiance simulations fail on OpenStudio
openstudio
radiance
energyplus
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12
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10 years ago
Julien Marrec
What is the difference between the Design Coil Load (Btu/hr) and the Nominal Total Capacity (Btu/hr) reported from EnergyPlus.
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