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| 2026-03-30 12:12:17 -0500 | commented question | SketchUp 2026 + OpenStudio Plugin Compatibility Issue – Always asks to remove OS content on open @Vinay Gohel : Sorry for the late response. You posted your reply on March 18th, yet I only had access to it today (Marc |
| 2026-03-27 14:16:21 -0500 | commented question | PV and Battery in Openstudio/EnergyPlus You could start by going over this OpenStudio-Resources example. |
| 2026-03-27 14:15:24 -0500 | commented question | How to simulate thermal cycles from 5°C to 40°C in an HVAC zone in OpenStudio? Belated comment. "as shown in the images" - images? "zone temperature profile does not match what I want" - in what wa |
| 2026-03-17 15:14:00 -0500 | commented question | SketchUp 2026 + OpenStudio Plugin Compatibility Issue – Always asks to remove OS content on open @Vinay Gohel : What happens when you just open SketchUp (not double-clicking on any .skp file), then simply open the .os |
| 2026-03-17 14:24:23 -0500 | commented question | SketchUp 2026 + OpenStudio Plugin Compatibility Issue – Always asks to remove OS content on open @Vinay Gohel : What happens when you just open SketchUp (not double-clicking on any .skp file), then simply opening the |
| 2026-03-09 14:18:54 -0500 | edited answer | WWR and Shading in EnergyPlus Many options - choices depend on e.g.: number of fenestrated surfaces involved preferences and familiarity with script |
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| 2026-03-09 14:18:04 -0500 | answered a question | WWR and Shading in EnergyPlus Many options - choices depend on e.g.: number of fenestrated surfaces involved preferences and familiarity with script |
| 2026-03-06 06:13:01 -0500 | commented question | How to use a BSDF file for window shading in EnergyPlus Have you tested the CmplxGlz_InShadeGasMix.idf test file? Had no issues running the v25.2 version. No related simulation |
| 2026-03-06 06:11:14 -0500 | commented question | How to use a BSDF file for window shading in EnergyPlus Have you tested the CmplxGlz_InShadeGasMix.idf test file? Had no issues running the v25.2 version. |
| 2026-02-27 14:45:24 -0500 | commented question | SketchUp 2026 + OpenStudio Plugin Compatibility Issue – Always asks to remove OS content on open I'm on a Mac - not PC/Windows. I have no issues running: SketchUp 2026 (26.1.188) SketchUp OpenStudio Plugin v1.11.0 O |
| 2026-02-27 07:09:08 -0500 | answered a question | Why EnergyPlus does not report Conduction Heat Transfer for Window surfaces ? Not sure the following answers all of your questions. Taken from the EnergyPlus Engineering Reference, the following ex |
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| 2026-02-27 05:52:29 -0500 | answered a question | How to use SurfaceProperty:OtherSideCoefficients in Open Studio? In the UMH post you linked, @macumber 's answer still applies today to the best of my knowledge (as reiterated here): |
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| 2026-02-26 04:49:29 -0500 | commented question | OpenStudio Ground Source VRF Unmet Hours ... link to the OpenStudio model? |
| 2026-02-26 04:49:19 -0500 | commented question | OpenStudio Ground Source VRF Unmet Hours ... link to OpenStudio model? |
| 2026-02-24 06:50:57 -0500 | commented question | How to model Night Purge For what it's worth, I ran all 3 models: 5ZoneNightVent1.idf 5ZoneNightVent2.idf 5ZoneNightVent3.idf ... for an enti |
| 2026-02-13 13:39:06 -0500 | commented answer | EIRDefrost function for air-to-water heat pump OK. I get your question. As my answer is off topic, I'll simply delete it. |
| 2026-02-13 13:28:35 -0500 | edited answer | EIRDefrost function for air-to-water heat pump Apologies in advance if I'm missing something obvious in your question. You state that "HP is working in cooling mode f |
| 2026-02-13 13:23:44 -0500 | answered a question | EIRDefrost function for air-to-water heat pump Apologies in advance if I'm missing something obvious in your question. You state that "HP is working in cooling mode f |
| 2026-02-09 14:32:05 -0500 | answered a question | I cant see ideal air load in output variables or BCL If you're successfully running OpenStudio models with zones having the "Turn On Ideal Air Loads" option, open the (Energ |
| 2026-02-09 14:05:44 -0500 | commented answer | Partially underground floor with Open studio + Sketchup plugin. Generating KIVA inputs can be done in OpenStudio using the TBD measure (see UMH post). Manual editing of some of the gen |
| 2026-02-08 05:43:04 -0500 | edited answer | secondary windows OK. What are often called storm windows. Look up the EnergyPlus WindowProperty:StormWindow object. It's pretty straight |
| 2026-02-08 05:40:49 -0500 | edited answer | secondary windows OK. What are often called storm windows. Look up the EnergyPlus WindowProperty:StormWindow object. It's pretty straight |
| 2026-02-08 05:39:20 -0500 | commented answer | secondary windows @sandip_mep: see EDIT to my initial answer. |
| 2026-02-08 05:38:39 -0500 | edited answer | secondary windows OK. What are often called storm windows. Look up the EnergyPlus WindowProperty:StormWindow object. It's pretty straight |
| 2026-02-06 09:27:50 -0500 | answered a question | secondary windows OK. What are often called storm windows. Look up the EnergyPlus WindowProperty:StormWindow object. It's pretty straight |
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| 2026-02-05 14:15:41 -0500 | commented question | secondary windows What do you mean by "secondary window"? Like a clerestory window? If you're indeed referring to a window subsurface, how |
| 2026-01-30 14:31:01 -0500 | commented question | Hello, I'm trying to Modeling Ice Thermal Energy Storage in OpenStudio Maybe going over past UMH posts? If you don't receive a timely answer to your post, consider contacting the author of t |
| 2026-01-30 14:29:03 -0500 | commented question | Hello, I'm trying to Modeling Ice Thermal Energy Storage in OpenStudio If you don't receive a timely answer to your post, consider contacting the author of the video directly. EnergyPlus/Open |
| 2026-01-30 14:28:27 -0500 | commented question | Hello, I'm trying to Modeling Ice Thermal Energy Storage in OpenStudio a few suggestions ... Maybe share your OpenStudio model (or a simplified version), with (more) detailed comments/questi |
| 2026-01-28 16:57:19 -0500 | edited question | Hello, I'm trying to Modeling Ice Thermal Energy Storage in OpenStudio Hello, I'm trying to Modeling Ice Thermal Energy Storage in OpenStudio I've followed the tutorial on YouTube video, but |
| 2026-01-28 14:12:01 -0500 | commented question | The website https://bcl.nrel.gov/ is not working... Link is working on my end (via web browser). Are you instead having issues accessing BCL via the OpenStudio Application |
| 2026-01-28 06:04:18 -0500 | commented question | Issues running OpenStudio-fault-measure-gem Belated suggestion. The gem hasn't really been updated in the last 5 years. A 2025 update to the README asserts that al |
| 2026-01-27 07:16:03 -0500 | answered a question | Is there a guide or manual on how to use EnergyPlus & OpenStudio to model a well insulated passive solar 1 or 2 storey house with direct gain or sunspace or trombe wall at latitude 52 deg North? Not a definitive answer by any means ... Haven't yet come across a single, comprehensive guide/manual on using OpenStud |
| 2026-01-26 15:59:10 -0500 | commented answer | I am trying to set "CoilCoolingWaterPanelRadiant.setCoolingControlTemperatureSchedule" but keep getting 'incompatible ScheduleTypeLimits' error OpenstudioSDK 3.10.0 @chenkianwee : I can't answer as to why - sorry. The feature was added via this PR - yet I don't see where the control t |
| 2026-01-25 11:30:55 -0500 | edited answer | I am trying to set "CoilCoolingWaterPanelRadiant.setCoolingControlTemperatureSchedule" but keep getting 'incompatible ScheduleTypeLimits' error OpenstudioSDK 3.10.0 I think this explanation applies in your case. I suggest starting with something simpler, then build from there. For ins |
| 2026-01-25 11:28:52 -0500 | answered a question | I am trying to set "CoilCoolingWaterPanelRadiant.setCoolingControlTemperatureSchedule" but keep getting 'incompatible ScheduleTypeLimits' error OpenstudioSDK 3.10.0 I think this explanation applies in your case. I suggest starting with something simpler, then build from there. For ins |
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| 2026-01-25 10:28:21 -0500 | answered a question | How to add Phase Change Material to open studio? Are you referring to this BCL measure? I get the same error message. However, I have been able to run @MatthewSteen 's |
| 2026-01-21 13:21:21 -0500 | edited answer | How Do I set the "Field Set: Surface Name, Fraction of Radiant Energy to Surface" parameter for my "ZoneHVACCoolingPanelRadiantConvectiveWater" using OpenStudioSDK Seems entirely automated by OpenStudio (SDK), based on the following weighted area distribution (see here, Lines 170 to |
| 2026-01-21 13:19:30 -0500 | edited answer | How Do I set the "Field Set: Surface Name, Fraction of Radiant Energy to Surface" parameter for my "ZoneHVACCoolingPanelRadiantConvectiveWater" using OpenStudioSDK Seems entirely automated by OpenStudio (SDK), based on the following weighted area distribution (see here, Lines 170 to |
| 2026-01-21 13:17:27 -0500 | edited answer | How Do I set the "Field Set: Surface Name, Fraction of Radiant Energy to Surface" parameter for my "ZoneHVACCoolingPanelRadiantConvectiveWater" using OpenStudioSDK Seems entirely automated by OpenStudio (SDK), based on the following weighted area distribution (see here, Lines 170 to |
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| 2026-01-21 13:13:20 -0500 | answered a question | How Do I set the "Field Set: Surface Name, Fraction of Radiant Energy to Surface" parameter for my "ZoneHVACCoolingPanelRadiantConvectiveWater" using OpenStudioSDK Seems entirely automated by OpenStudio (SDK), based on the following weighted area distribution (see here, Lines 170 to |
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| 2026-01-18 06:06:33 -0500 | commented question | Using OpenStudio ver. 1.3.1 with Sketchup Plugin ver. 1.7.0 and my model has equipment and several other items which were are not active in "My Model" Belated comment. Could you share the specific severe error(s) in the generated eplusout.err file? Better yet, the .osm f |
| 2026-01-15 04:42:16 -0500 | commented question | Errno::EINVAL: Invalid argument - Revit Not a Revit user, but can you provide: the OpenStudio version? which measure (and its version)? You can also check f |