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2023-10-27 05:28:07 -0500 commented answer How to use EMS application in Openstudio

Could you post a link to the specific measure you are working with?

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2023-10-25 13:25:57 -0500 answered a question How to use EMS application in Openstudio

EMS is fairly complicated. There are multiple ways to implement it (Python, EnergyPlus, OS Measures). But, there are man

2023-04-05 08:19:45 -0500 commented answer How to run openstudio model using CMD

I think the OSW file from the OS App gets named workflow.osw instead of in.osw. Totally agree with Julien on the rest.

2023-03-13 08:38:27 -0500 commented answer Heating and Cooling SET Hours (Annual Thermal Resilience Summary)

What Scott is saying means the new measure would be separate from the HPXMLtoOpenStudio measure and have its own similar

2022-11-28 14:20:43 -0500 commented question What does this error mean: 'OS:Sizing:System' cannot have field index of 38

There error simply means there are more inputs to your Sizing:System object than allowed. If you suspect a measure is ca

2022-11-28 14:19:25 -0500 commented question What does this error mean: 'OS:Sizing:System' cannot have field index of 38

There error simply means there are more inputs to your Sizing:System object than allowed. If you suspect a measure is ca

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2022-05-19 04:33:04 -0500 answered a question Dview Download link - OS Application 1.3.0

It looks like you can download it here (though I didn’t test the download). Save it somewhere easy to find then you can

2022-05-16 11:14:11 -0500 commented answer How to simulate PCM materials in Openstudio / Energyplus?

There is an "inject IDF" measure that is available on the BCL and can be used for this. Essentially you create an IDF th

2022-05-11 11:02:35 -0500 commented answer Controlling energy use for heating/cooling by local production

If you are primarily an OpenStudio user then I don't think there is a lot of reason to use the E+ text editor. The E+ te

2022-05-11 04:51:51 -0500 commented answer Controlling energy use for heating/cooling by local production

I recommend option 2. Similarly you can also use Python EMS, which we've found to be pretty straight forward (assuming y

2022-05-11 04:51:24 -0500 commented answer Controlling energy use for heating/cooling by local production

I recommend option 2. Similarly you can also use Python EMS, which we've found to be pretty straight forward (assuming y

2022-05-11 04:26:48 -0500 edited answer How to simulate PCM materials in Openstudio / Energyplus?

It is not directly incorporated into OpenStudio, but we model it in OpenStudio via an EnergyPlus measure that will add t

2022-05-11 04:26:00 -0500 edited answer How to simulate PCM materials in Openstudio / Energyplus?

It is not directly incorporated into OpenStudio, but we model it in OpenStudio via an EnergyPlus measure that will add t

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2022-05-11 04:25:16 -0500 answered a question How to simulate PCM materials in Openstudio / Energyplus?

It is not directly incorporated into OpenStudio, but we model it in OpenStudio via an EnergyPlus measure that will add i

2022-04-11 09:49:01 -0500 commented question OpenStudio Result failed

I'm not sure there's enough information here to solve the problem. I have not seen this specific error. The first things

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2021-06-02 11:18:24 -0500 answered a question Deploying OpenStudio Server v3.1.0 to AWS?

I was able to solve this by resetting my repo the v3.1.0-1 tag: https://github.com/NREL/openstudio-server-helm/releases/

2021-06-02 10:24:35 -0500 commented answer Why is terminal unit airflow constantly 0 when minimum airflow fraction is set to 0?

"Night" just means when the HVAC schedule is set to 0. It has no actual relationship to time of day beyond what you defi

2021-06-02 10:20:41 -0500 commented answer Why is terminal unit airflow constantly 0 when minimum airflow fraction is set to 0?

"Night" just means when the HVAC schedule is set to 0. It has no actual relationship to time of day beyond what you defi

2021-06-02 10:15:02 -0500 asked a question Deploying OpenStudio Server v3.1.0 to AWS?

Deploying OpenStudio Server v3.1.0 to AWS? Since I updated the openstudio-server-helm repo to v3.2.0 I a not able to dep

2021-06-02 10:04:09 -0500 answered a question Why is terminal unit airflow constantly 0 when minimum airflow fraction is set to 0?

I’m not entirely sure what’s happening in your scenario. But the combination of the HVAC Operation Schedule and Night Cy

2021-05-21 06:27:55 -0500 answered a question Invalid Output:Variable or Output:Meter Index Key Name

I would try searching for an energymanagementsystem:Sensor object, since that’s what is directly referenced in the error

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2021-05-18 06:40:15 -0500 commented answer Is OpenStudio supposed to replace EP-Launch 3 for using EnergyPlus?

Big Ladder has a parametric tool for IDF files you may want to check out for this kind of work. Modelkit

2021-05-13 06:29:33 -0500 commented answer where can I download Openstudio 3.2.0

Please note that only the Openstudio SDK (the link above) is available so far. That would generally be accessed through

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2021-05-05 07:57:13 -0500 answered a question Is OpenStudio supposed to replace EP-Launch 3 for using EnergyPlus?

OpenStudio does not "replace" anything in EnergyPlus per se. OpenStudio and the Application specifically are separate so

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2021-05-05 07:39:32 -0500 answered a question How to run EnergyPlus measure with user input in OpenStudio?

OpenStudio definitely does not recognize HVAC components when you import an IDF. Primarily it only imports the geometry

2021-04-05 09:00:18 -0500 asked a question Phase Change Thermal (Heating) Storage Tanks

Phase Change Thermal (Heating) Storage Tanks Is there any E+ experience out there trying to model a thermal storage tank

2021-03-26 08:16:36 -0500 answered a question How to become a licensed OpenStudio modeler?

There are some updated OpenStudio tutorial videos here. These were created when the App was separated from NREL. I woul

2021-03-16 18:42:48 -0500 commented answer openstudio-workflow gem error

Thanks Tim. That was the issue. In our case we are using Anaconda to manage the environment and there seems to be some o

2021-03-16 18:41:00 -0500 marked best answer openstudio-workflow gem error

When running OS CLI v2.9.0 am getting the following error.

Exception: Embedded file not found ':c:/ruby/2.2.0/gems/openstudio-workflow-1.3.4/lib/openstudio/workflow/version.rb'

Tried uninstalling other versions and reinstalling v2.9.0 in case there was some mix up but that did not help. Simply running a more recent version is not a solution because we have some automated tools that are dependent on v2.9.0. The machine being used in this case is Windows and does not have Ruby installed outside of the OS installation. I'm basically trouble-shooting a supposedly generic machine that others would use.

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2021-03-12 09:19:20 -0500 commented question openstudio-workflow gem error

It could be related to ENV settings. We had some issues earlier with admin rights on this machine that impeded some ENV

2021-03-12 08:14:02 -0500 asked a question openstudio-workflow gem error

openstudio-workflow gem error When running OS CLI v2.9.0 am getting the following error. Exception: Embedded file not f

2020-07-04 05:30:32 -0500 commented answer How can you extract large sets of parametric data from BEopt?

I'll update this if it turns out to be a disaster :)

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2020-07-02 07:02:36 -0500 answered a question How can you extract large sets of parametric data from BEopt?

In addition to Scott's answer I also discovered that the "*.BEopt" file is just a compressed file containing a json and

2020-07-02 06:59:22 -0500 commented answer How can you extract large sets of parametric data from BEopt?

Thank you Scott!

2020-06-30 11:35:24 -0500 asked a question How can you extract large sets of parametric data from BEopt?

How can you extract large sets of parametric data from BEopt? I set up some fairly large parametric in BEopt to test it

2019-09-18 08:37:14 -0500 commented question Mimicking Uncontrolled Heating (aka Failed Control Valve)

I ended using exposed pipes within the affected zones (there were a handful of specific ones I was interested in) I plac