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2023-12-19 11:20:41 -0500 commented answer Help With Constructing the Simplest Load Balance with EnergyPlus

FYI, I have opened an issue on the EnergyPlus GitHub after being unable to conclude why the Surface Window Net Heat Tran

2023-12-12 11:25:53 -0500 answered a question Help With Constructing the Simplest Load Balance with EnergyPlus

I have an update after some more tests. I think I have narrowed down the issue to the fact that the Surface Window Net H

2023-12-08 13:32:43 -0500 asked a question Help With Constructing the Simplest Load Balance with EnergyPlus

Help With Constructing the Simplest Load Balance with EnergyPlus Hello Unmethours Community, I have been struggling to

2021-10-10 21:54:14 -0500 answered a question Tracking HPWH Performance

I have the same question. From this section of the Input/Output reference, it seems that we should be able to request th

2020-09-08 20:54:19 -0500 commented answer Can I ignore the Severe non-convex DetermineShadowingCombinations warning when using PixelCounting?

Wonderful! Thank you, Neal. The explanation makes sense and I will keep an eye on the EnergyPlus Github to see if you ca

2020-09-06 11:55:39 -0500 commented question Can I ignore the Severe non-convex DetermineShadowingCombinations warning when using PixelCounting?

Also, I know that @Neal Kruis contributed this amazingly-helpful PixelCounting method and I thank him greatly for it. T

2020-09-06 11:54:36 -0500 commented question Can I ignore the Severe non-convex DetermineShadowingCombinations warning when using PixelCounting?

Also, I know that @neal-kruis contributed this amazingly-helpful PixelCounting method and I thank him greatly for it. T

2020-09-06 11:54:26 -0500 commented question Can I ignore the Severe non-convex DetermineShadowingCombinations warning when using PixelCounting?

Also, I know that @Neal-Kruis contributed this amazingly-helpful PixelCounting method and I thank him greatly for it. T

2020-09-06 11:53:48 -0500 commented question Can I ignore the Severe non-convex DetermineShadowingCombinations warning when using PixelCounting?

Also, I know that @NealKruis contributed this amazingly-helpful PixelCounting method and I thank him greatly for it. Th

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2020-09-03 20:17:14 -0500 commented answer Enable pixel counting

Thanks for the helpful response, Neal. I actually have found a case of E+ giving non-convex errors with PixelCounting a

2020-09-03 20:10:43 -0500 edited question Can I ignore the Severe non-convex DetermineShadowingCombinations warning when using PixelCounting?

Can I ignore the Severe non-convex DetermineShadowingCombinations warning when using PixelCounting? I have been in love

2020-09-03 20:09:39 -0500 asked a question Can I ignore the Severe non-convex DetermineShadowingCombinations warning when using PixelCounting?

Can I ignore the Severe non-convex DetermineShadowingCombinations warning when using PixelCounting? I have been in love

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2020-07-24 16:28:07 -0500 commented answer Running OpenStudio 3.0 on Linux

Thanks, @MatthewSteen . I think my original post answers the last "TBD" that you have there for OpenStudio SDK 3.0.0 on

2020-07-24 16:25:26 -0500 commented question Running OpenStudio 3.0 on Linux

@shorowit . I am aware of the OpenStudio docker image but, for my purposes, it's huge (nearly 4 GBs) and wasn't ideal fo

2020-07-24 15:53:08 -0500 answered a question FullInteriorAndExteriorWithReflections Solar Distribution with Concave Zones in E+

I just wanted to add that, by far, the best/easiest solution that I have found for this is thanks to a new feature that

2020-05-27 23:47:40 -0500 edited question Running OpenStudio 3.0 on Linux

Running OpenStudio 3.0 on Linux This post was going to be a question but, after troubleshooting for ~3 hours, I solved i

2020-05-27 23:45:53 -0500 asked a question Running OpenStudio 3.0 on Linux

Running OpenStudio 3.0 on Linux This post was going to be a question but, after troubleshooting for ~3 hours, I solved i

2019-04-01 13:41:20 -0500 commented answer FullInteriorAndExteriorWithReflections Solar Distribution with Concave Zones in E+

I know I am several months late in posting here but I wanted to say thanks to @MJWhitte for this answer. This is defini

2019-04-01 13:28:40 -0500 commented question Splotchy-ness of EnergyPlus Shadow/Solar Distribution Calculations?

Thank you all for the comments. I added an UPDATE to the original post with answers to @Eric Ringold 's and @rafael.alo

2019-04-01 13:28:31 -0500 edited question Splotchy-ness of EnergyPlus Shadow/Solar Distribution Calculations?

Splotchy-ness of EnergyPlus Shadow/Solar Distribution Calculations? Hello All, I am trying to use EnergyPlus to underst

2019-03-26 07:08:02 -0500 edited question Splotchy-ness of EnergyPlus Shadow/Solar Distribution Calculations?

Splotchy-ness of EnergyPlus Shadow/Solar Distribution Calculations? Hello All, I am trying to use EnergyPlus to underst

2019-03-23 10:32:22 -0500 edited question Splotchy-ness of EnergyPlus Shadow/Solar Distribution Calculations?

Splotchy-ness of EnergyPlus Shadow/Solar Distribution Calculations? Hello All, I am trying to use EnergyPlus to underst

2019-03-23 10:27:25 -0500 asked a question Splotchy-ness of EnergyPlus Shadow/Solar Distribution Calculations?

Splotchy-ness of EnergyPlus Shadow/Solar Distribution Calculations? Hello All, I am trying to use EnergyPlus to underst

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2018-04-06 13:25:53 -0500 commented question Central Heat Pump System Working for Cooling But Not Heating

Thank you Julien! That's exactly what I needed to know. After I hard size the ChillerHeaterPerformance:Electric :EIR,

2018-04-06 08:21:50 -0500 commented answer Heat Recovery Chiller in OpenStudio

Hi Julien, I've been writing some measures with the central heat pump now that all of your fixes are in OpenStudio 2.5.

2018-04-05 20:31:13 -0500 edited question Central Heat Pump System Working for Cooling But Not Heating

Central Heat Pump System Working for Heating But Not Cooling Hello All, Now that the newly-released OpenStudio 2.5 seem

2018-04-05 19:10:36 -0500 asked a question Central Heat Pump System Working for Cooling But Not Heating

Central Heat Pump System Working for Heating But Not Cooling Hello All, Now that the newly-released OpenStudio 2.5 seem

2018-04-02 15:18:00 -0500 commented answer FullInteriorAndExteriorWithReflections Solar Distribution with Concave Zones in E+

Hi Rob. Sorry for cross-posting but I meant for this question to be specifically about the intended purpose of eplus_ad

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2018-04-01 18:54:31 -0500 edited question FullInteriorAndExteriorWithReflections Solar Distribution with Concave Zones in E+

FullInteriorAndExteriorWithReflections Solar Distribution with Concave Zones in E+ Hello wonderful unmethours community,

2018-04-01 18:53:07 -0500 edited question FullInteriorAndExteriorWithReflections Solar Distribution with Concave Zones in E+

FullInteriorAndExteriorWithReflections Solar Distribution with Concave Zones in E+ Hello wonderful unmethours community,

2018-03-31 07:34:48 -0500 edited question FullInteriorAndExteriorWithReflections Solar Distribution with Concave Zones in E+

FullInteriorAndExteriorWithReflections Solar Distribution with Concave Zones in E+ Hello wonderful unmethours community,

2018-03-31 07:34:01 -0500 edited question FullInteriorAndExteriorWithReflections Solar Distribution with Concave Zones in E+

FullInteriorAndExteriorWithReflections Solar Distribution with Concave Zones in E+ Hello wonderful unmethours community,

2018-03-31 07:32:36 -0500 edited question FullInteriorAndExteriorWithReflections Solar Distribution with Concave Zones in E+

FullInteriorAndExteriorWithReflections Solar Distribution with Concave Zones in E+ Hello wonderful unmethours community,

2018-03-30 20:31:41 -0500 edited question FullInteriorAndExteriorWithReflections Solar Distribution with Concave Zones in E+

FullInteriorAndExteriorWithReflections Solar Distribution with Concave Zones in E+ Hello wonderful unmethours community,

2018-03-30 20:21:35 -0500 asked a question FullInteriorAndExteriorWithReflections Solar Distribution with Concave Zones in E+

FullInteriorAndExteriorWithReflections Solar Distribution with Concave Zones in E+ Hello wonderful unmethours community,

2018-01-20 21:21:46 -0500 commented question measure manager crashed

I just want to add that I have also experienced this issue and it definitely has to do with the path to the .osm. I hav

2018-01-04 13:39:44 -0500 commented answer Heat Recovery Chiller in OpenStudio

Glad that you were able to reproduce everything, Julien, and thanks for opening up the github issue. I'll keep my eye o

2018-01-02 17:45:32 -0500 commented answer Heat Recovery Chiller in OpenStudio

Thanks for the response, Julien. I am only using the API and not the GUI. The addToTertiaryNode method worked well to

2017-12-31 18:49:53 -0500 commented answer Heat Recovery Chiller in OpenStudio

Julien, I just wanted to say that this is great and I am already making use of your work now that OpenStudio 2.4 has bee

2017-10-06 16:03:51 -0500 edited question Viewing the EnergyPlus Simulation Log within OpenStudio CLI Terminals

Viewing the EnergyPlus Simulation Log within OpenStudio CLI Terminals Hello unmethours community! I have a question tha

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2017-09-28 10:14:18 -0500 commented answer Viewing the EnergyPlus Simulation Log within OpenStudio CLI Terminals

Thanks for the quick response, Kyle! I'll try out socket workflow as soon as I get the chance and report on the outcome

2017-09-27 16:06:43 -0500 asked a question Viewing the EnergyPlus Simulation Log within OpenStudio CLI Terminals

Viewing the EnergyPlus Simulation Log within OpenStudio CLI Terminals Hello unmethours community! I have a question tha

2017-07-14 21:22:40 -0500 commented answer Modeling Self Contained Water-Cooled AC Units in OS or E+

Kyle, I just wanted to add that your response was tremendously helpful. A whole world of DOAS with condenser loops has

2016-07-30 10:45:40 -0500 commented answer how to set day of week for start day using C#

Just a note to all that may have tried out the suggested code but did not see the start day of the year changed in the final IDF: there is more information on how the issue is being addressed here: https://github.com/NREL/OpenStudio/is...

2016-07-25 11:03:50 -0500 commented question Create Openstudio model Object from an .osm File

Makes sense. Thank you, Julien!