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2024-03-05 08:06:19 -0500 | answered a question | Higher cooling demand in the west/east orientation- compared to south! Buildings have many interactive effects, and sometimes the results of simulations do not match your intuition. When this |
2023-12-18 09:51:41 -0500 | commented question | class list in IDF-Editor not complete Is it possible you have checked "View..Show Classes with Objects Only"? |
2023-12-04 11:48:52 -0500 | answered a question | energyplus weather program no longer works This is not an uncommon problem in general and probably isn't related to EnergyPlus weather program specifically but jus |
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2023-10-25 09:22:44 -0500 | commented question | Assembly U-factor, SHGC and VT are not calculated correctly Sorry, I am remembering now how this works. The assembly is based on the standard size shown in the "NFRC product type f |
2023-10-25 07:02:46 -0500 | commented question | Assembly U-factor, SHGC and VT are not calculated correctly It is possible that the size of the windows is so large that the frame and divider impact is too small to see for the nu |
2023-08-01 16:21:25 -0500 | answered a question | Breakdown of Sensible (delayed) for each wall or window. Sorry, the individual component load for each surface is not reported by EnergyPlus. This might be possible to add but c |
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2023-07-04 14:21:46 -0500 | answered a question | Is There a Way to Speedacceleratings Simulations? You also may want to take a look at the PerformancePrecisionTradeoffs object. The documentation for it is here https:/ |
2023-05-04 15:51:10 -0500 | commented answer | Any way to open idf file without getting Out of memory error? I agree, we should probably make a more general comment in that dialog box about reducing memory usage. @keigo can you s |
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2023-04-25 16:06:44 -0500 | answered a question | How update multiple IDF files with Version Updater - Version 0.16? If you make a file containing the list of the files you want translated, one per line, with the full path and extension |
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2023-04-24 08:08:05 -0500 | answered a question | Is there were a way to build a one line diagram for the plant loop and then export it to EnergyPlus? HVACDiagram that comes with EnergyPlus will help you visualize the IDF model that you have already created. It is not ex |
2023-03-30 08:51:44 -0500 | commented question | Why can the interpolated Timestep demand be greater than the Hourly demand? The file you are running has 15 minute timesteps so it is completely feasible that the peak would be at a some point oth |
2023-03-29 06:38:46 -0500 | commented question | Bug in HVACTemplate:Zone:FanCoil You might want to also describe this here so that the EnergyPlus development team can try to fix it. |
2023-03-16 09:28:01 -0500 | answered a question | Energy plus/open studio where to start? Two documents are really aimed at helping new users of EnergyPlus: https://energyplus.net/quick-start EnergyPlus Essen |
2023-02-24 07:21:58 -0500 | commented answer | The Zone is not fully enclosed You probably don't want to "autocalculate" the zone volume for that zone and instead put in the value that it should be. |
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2023-02-23 14:12:23 -0500 | answered a question | The Zone is not fully enclosed Thanks for sharing your models. For M1, when viewing in Euclid an entire SouthGroundwallBasement wall appears to be mi |
2023-02-23 06:29:20 -0500 | commented question | IDF editor is not opening and its icon remains in the taskbar Have you looked at this answer or this one or maybe this to a similar question |
2023-02-22 15:35:45 -0500 | commented question | The Zone is not fully enclosed These are tricky issues to try to resolve. If you are confident in the geometry, you can ignore it since it is just a wa |
2023-02-16 16:14:30 -0500 | commented answer | Orientation in Corrie To expand on that a bit related to the aspect ratio, the "width" of the building is always along the "face" of the build |
2023-02-16 15:58:16 -0500 | commented answer | Orientation in Corrie Because different aspect ratios is one of the measures you can explore, so N and S are the same, E and W are the same, N |
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2023-02-16 15:45:22 -0500 | answered a question | Orientation in Corrie The "Front Faces" just indicates which direction the front of the building is pointing (roughly) in order to orient the |
2023-01-31 06:52:01 -0500 | commented question | Increasing Maximum Plant Iterations reduces Run Time When we examined the impact of various inputs when creating the PerformancePrecisionTradeoffs input object, we sometime |
2023-01-26 10:32:41 -0500 | commented question | All version of IDF files(from 9.1 to 22.2) are not opened Hmm. I don't see anything wrong with that. Can you open IDF Editor directly by double clicking on: "C:\EnergyPlusV22-2- |
2023-01-25 10:09:15 -0500 | commented question | All version of IDF files(from 9.1 to 22.2) are not opened Ok, you might want to try uninstalling and reinstalling EnergyPlus. If that doesn't work look in the installationlog.txt |
2023-01-24 16:10:53 -0500 | commented question | All version of IDF files(from 9.1 to 22.2) are not opened Did IDF Editor work previously and then stop or has it never worked? If it never worked, please describe exactly the dir |
2023-01-19 09:32:36 -0500 | commented question | All version of IDF files(from 9.1 to 22.2) are not opened What error message do you get from IDF Editor? |
2023-01-13 07:43:46 -0500 | answered a question | How to change default fan curves in expanded templates? It is certainly possible, you would just need to change the source code and recompile. |
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2023-01-13 07:40:04 -0500 | commented answer | ExpandObjects source code Recompiling ExpandObjects would not take too much effort if you were already familiar with how to set up and compile Ene |
2022-12-28 09:39:27 -0500 | answered a question | What is the definition and can I modify the EnergyCharges in the Group:Economics of EnergyPlus? Assuming that it is a simple utility rate that all the electricity or natural gas or whatever, is being used then the So |
2022-12-15 11:58:32 -0500 | answered a question | Installing EnergyPlus from .exe file vs. just downloading contents of the EnergyPlus folder directly? Yes, for Windows (since you referenced an exe and those utilities, I am presuming that is the OS) the installer adds DLL |
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2022-10-10 06:41:27 -0500 | commented question | Running Eppy (E+) on a web server I have run eppy and EnergyPlus on Amazon EC2 without a problem. |
2022-10-07 14:39:19 -0500 | commented question | Inquiries about EnergyPlus IDFEditor Utilization on macOS The IDF+ repo has moved to: https://github.com/mattdoiron/idfplus |
2022-10-07 14:38:39 -0500 | edited question | Does IDF+ (by Matt Doiron) support Mac yet? Does IDF+ (by Matt Doiron) support Mac yet? I was looking for an E+ model editor for a Mac user and remembered IDF+. It |
2022-09-29 14:39:56 -0500 | commented question | DOE2Translator link is not active! See https://unmethours.com/question/12359/equest-geometry-to-energyplus/ |
2022-09-29 14:31:57 -0500 | commented question | DOE2Translator link is not active! The DOE2Translator is not going to be able to help you. |
2022-09-29 14:15:39 -0500 | commented question | DOE2Translator link is not active! That translator is for DOE-2.1e input files and not for DOE-2.2 input files. Is that what you are looking for? |
2022-09-13 07:10:40 -0500 | commented answer | EnergyPlus Water-to-Water Heat Pump Parameter / Coefficient Generator Thanks I updated the original answer. |
2022-09-13 07:10:22 -0500 | edited answer | EnergyPlus Water-to-Water Heat Pump Parameter / Coefficient Generator They are on the EnergyPlus helpdesk here. If that link doesn't work, go to the knowledgebase. Click on "Parametric Spre |
2022-09-13 07:09:14 -0500 | edited answer | EnergyPlus Water-to-Water Heat Pump Parameter / Coefficient Generator They are on the EnergyPlus helpdesk here. If that link doesn't work, go to the knowledgebase. Click on "Downloads", then |
2022-09-13 07:04:22 -0500 | commented question | CalculateZoneVolume: The Zone="ROOM" is not fully enclosed. To be fully enclosed, each edge of a surface must also be an edge on one other surface. Did you define the floor and ceiling for the zone? |
2022-08-12 14:43:41 -0500 | commented question | Blank Html output for E+ v22 Anything in your .err file? |
2022-08-05 10:42:26 -0500 | commented answer | LEED Reports in OpenStudio Sorry, I'm not sure. I haven't looked at that code in years and it didn't seem to get migrated to the new BCL. |
2022-06-17 14:14:08 -0500 | answered a question | How do I implement edited boiler algorithm source code for modeling? Instructions on how to build a new EnergyPlus executable file is here: https://github.com/NREL/EnergyPlus/wiki/Building |