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2023-12-04 08:20:36 -0600 edited answer Does anyone have any information if any DOE Prototype building uses Radiator for heating purpose?

@Rwadhwa910, you seem to be working mainly with OpenStudio (from your previous posts). A few suggestions: OpenStudio-St

2023-12-04 08:14:48 -0600 answered a question Does anyone have any information if any DOE Prototype building uses Radiator for heating purpose?

@Rwadhwa910, you seem to be working mainly with OpenStudio (from your previous posts). A few suggestions: OpenStudio-St

2023-12-03 10:15:07 -0600 edited answer Sketchup Pro 17 with openstudio and euclid

Comments in this 5-year old post suggest one cannot have both plugins coexisting within SketchUp, at least not enabled s

2023-12-03 10:14:10 -0600 answered a question Sketchup Pro 17 with openstudio and euclid

Comments in this 5-year old post suggest one cannot have both plugins coexisting within SketchUp, at least not enabled s

2023-12-02 06:58:34 -0600 commented answer transfer surplus electricity in the house to power grid

@sheida, does the sum of monthly "Facility Total Surplus Electricity Energy" not match the annual "Surplus Electricity G

2023-12-01 13:47:56 -0600 answered a question defining 'setback temperature' for HVAC

Unless I'm missing something, one always needs an HVACTemplate:Thermostat as part of an EnergyPlus HVACTemplate combinat

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2023-12-01 13:27:25 -0600 answered a question Could someone please send me an openstudio (.osm) file including building energy measurement parameters?

You'll find a ton of interesting OpenStudio models (.osm files) under the OpenStudio-resources repository. You may find

2023-12-01 07:22:14 -0600 commented answer transfer surplus electricity in the house to power grid

A side note: It would be preferable to EDIT your initial question (similar to how I edited my initial answer), than to a

2023-12-01 07:16:56 -0600 commented answer transfer surplus electricity in the house to power grid

From your June results, one can clearly see evenings/nights/mornings when there's electricity consumption in the home (w

2023-12-01 06:58:32 -0600 commented answer transfer surplus electricity in the house to power grid

Most residential feed-in PV installations don't need a separate transformer. The inverter is usually selected to match h

2023-12-01 06:58:11 -0600 commented answer transfer surplus electricity in the house to power grid

Most residential feed-in PV installations don't need a separate transformer. The inverter is usually selected to match h

2023-11-30 08:52:00 -0600 commented answer How to merge thermal zones into single thermal zone

@Bilal Ahmed, for E+ modelling with SketchUp (SU), one can rely on Euclid (what used to be called the Legacy OpenStudio

2023-11-30 06:03:16 -0600 commented answer transfer surplus electricity in the house to power grid

@sheida, both (annual) "Surplus Electricity Going To Utility" and (here, monthly) "Facility Total Surplus Electricity En

2023-11-29 12:37:58 -0600 edited answer Error after importing EnergyPlus Example IDF into OSM

@Todd K., your hunch is correct (i.e. "imports with some warnings about not everything being imported (probably key to t

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2023-11-29 12:36:40 -0600 answered a question Error after importing EnergyPlus Example IDF into OSM

@Todd K., your hunch is correct (i.e. "imports with some warnings about not everything being imported (probably key to t

2023-11-29 11:29:00 -0600 commented answer transfer surplus electricity in the house to power grid

@sheida, I edited my initial answer (to get monthly tallies).

2023-11-29 10:44:31 -0600 edited answer How to merge thermal zones into single thermal zone

EDIT: I responded thinking @Bilal Ahmed 's query focused on the OpenStudio Coalition's OpenStudio Application (not Eucli

2023-11-29 08:03:00 -0600 answered a question How to merge thermal zones into single thermal zone

Here's the "Spaces" tab of the US DOE "Small Office" Prototype model: The model has 5 spaces (each with its own uniqu

2023-11-29 07:33:25 -0600 commented answer transfer surplus electricity in the house to power grid

@sheida, I edited my initial answer (to get monthly tallies). I suggest you delete the (same) question you raised here,

2023-11-29 07:33:06 -0600 commented answer transfer surplus electricity in the house to power grid

@sheida, I edited my initial answer (to get monthly tallies). I suggest you delete the (same) question you raised here,

2023-11-29 06:38:58 -0600 commented answer transfer surplus electricity in the house to power grid

@sheida, I edited my initial answer (to get monthly tallies). I suggest you delete the (same) question you raised here,

2023-11-29 06:32:55 -0600 commented answer transfer surplus electricity in the house to power grid

@sheida, I edited my initial answer (to get monthly tallies). I suggest you delete the (same) question you raised here -

2023-11-29 06:29:20 -0600 edited answer transfer surplus electricity in the house to power grid

If you have, for instance, excess PV generation (with or without storage), this would show up in the eplustbl.htm file u

2023-11-28 14:42:14 -0600 commented answer Adding Solar Battery in OpenStudio software

@sheida, not sure what is meant by an off-grid system that can link to a power grid. See answer to your more recent ques

2023-11-28 14:36:34 -0600 edited answer transfer surplus electricity in the house to power grid

If you have, for instance, excess PV generation (with or without storage), this would show up in the eplustbl.htm file u

2023-11-28 14:35:20 -0600 answered a question transfer surplus electricity in the house to power grid

If you have, for instance, excess PV generation (with or without storage), this would show up in the eplustbl.htm file u

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2023-11-27 07:20:00 -0600 commented question Meter output error

Consider closing (duplicate).

2023-11-27 07:18:45 -0600 commented question transfer surplus electricity to power grid

Consider closing (duplicate).

2023-11-27 07:13:27 -0600 commented answer Adding Solar Battery in OpenStudio software

@sheida, not sure what is meant by an off-grid system that can link to a power grid. See comment to your more recent que

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2023-11-26 06:11:55 -0600 answered a question Error with consumptions and outside temperature

For non-leap years, February has 3 less days than December. Based on your results, the average daily heating load in Feb

2023-11-22 10:35:37 -0600 edited answer Add photovoltaics inside OpenStudio

Beyond a dedicated measure (adding PV to a model) or the SU Plugin PV user script, you're left hacking an OSM as suggest

2023-11-22 10:14:13 -0600 commented answer Add photovoltaics inside OpenStudio

See the recent edit to the initial answer. Seems OK to me.

2023-11-22 10:10:36 -0600 edited answer Add photovoltaics inside OpenStudio

Beyond a dedicated measure (adding PV to a model) or the SU Plugin PV user script, you're left hacking an OSM as suggest

2023-11-22 09:02:39 -0600 commented answer Add photovoltaics inside OpenStudio

Could you share a public download link to the .osm file?

2023-11-22 06:01:13 -0600 commented answer Creating multiple zones when importing gbxml file in openstudio

Understood. If the zoning strategy/logic can be clearly articulated (e.g. core vs south-facing vs north-facing, internal

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2023-11-20 15:29:44 -0600 answered a question Add photovoltaics inside OpenStudio

Beyond a dedicated measure (adding PV to a model) or the SU Plugin PV user script, you're left hacking an OSM as suggest

2023-11-20 12:11:26 -0600 edited answer Indoor Swimming Pool temperature

@therealtorte, not a pool expert. Hopefully, experienced E+ pool/plant users can chime in. I simply replaced the water

2023-11-20 05:16:32 -0600 commented question Missing required property 'construction_name'

This or this may help. Consider sharing a link to the .osm file.

2023-11-19 18:13:55 -0600 commented answer Indoor Swimming Pool temperature

I'll try to look into it ... (see edit to the initial response).

2023-11-19 18:13:15 -0600 edited answer Indoor Swimming Pool temperature

@therealtorte, not a pool expert. Hopefully, experienced E+ pool/plant users can chime in. I simply replaced the water

2023-11-19 08:59:17 -0600 commented question Missing required property 'construction_name'

This or this may help.

2023-11-19 08:56:25 -0600 commented answer Creating multiple zones when importing gbxml file in openstudio

Understood. If the zoning strategy/logic can be clearly articulated (e.g. core vs south-facing vs north-facing, internal

2023-11-18 14:11:09 -0600 commented answer Indoor Swimming Pool temperature

I'll try to look into it ...

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