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2024-01-30 14:59:53 -0500 commented question Removing fan energy from rated COP

Short answer is yet. @Jeremy has some fixes in to change it for the next release. https://github.com/NREL/openstudio-sta

2024-01-30 14:59:30 -0500 commented question Removing fan energy from rated COP

Short answer is yet. @Jeremy has some fixes in to change it for the next release.

2023-12-12 10:18:52 -0500 commented question OpenStudio Results Report - "Energy Use" values significantly higher than "End Use"

I can't find the model you linked to - the link is just an .xml page. Several next steps: did you remove all HVAC system

2023-12-12 09:26:25 -0500 answered a question sketchup 2021pro meet error with opening the osm file or idf file

Try the troubleshooting tip recommend here: https://github.com/openstudiocoalition/openstudio-sketchup-plugin/wiki/OpenS

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2023-12-12 09:20:51 -0500 commented question OpenStudio Results Report - "Energy Use" values significantly higher than "End Use"

Do you mean version OS 3.6 instead of 1.6? There have been several changes to end use and fuel type names since 1.6 that

2023-12-12 09:17:41 -0500 answered a question How to add ZoneHVAC:IdealLoadsAirSystem to OpenStudio Model

Use the Ideal Air Loads Zone HVAC and/or the Ideal Loads Options measures on BCL.

2023-12-12 09:07:55 -0500 commented question OpenStudio Results Report - "Energy Use" values significantly higher than "End Use"

can you post a link to the OpenStudio model and give the OpenStudio version? I'm curious why the totals don't line up.

2023-11-06 16:25:30 -0500 answered a question Openstudio standards - Whole Buildings

If you blend loads in a hospital, you are going to get high internal loads from MRI rooms getting exhausted with the hig

2023-09-18 11:52:13 -0500 commented answer Can energyplus now simulate the energy consumption of air-water heat pump units?

E+ has since added a central air-to-water heat pump object. I suggest you use that. The method in openstudio-standards i

2023-08-31 14:21:41 -0500 commented answer Open studio download problem.

did you try uninstalling and reinstalling?

2023-08-30 17:01:25 -0500 edited answer DOE prototype OS 1.6 vs EP 23-1 discrepancies

The BCL measure prototypes are not intended to represent the DOE/PNNL .idf prototypes, as explained in the openstudio-st

2023-08-30 17:01:06 -0500 edited answer DOE prototype OS 1.6 vs EP 23-1 discrepancies

The BCL measure prototypes are not intended to represent the DOE/PNNL .idf prototypes, as explained in the openstudio-st

2023-08-30 17:00:46 -0500 answered a question DOE prototype OS 1.6 vs EP 23-1 discrepancies

The BCL measure prototypes are not intended to represent the DOE/PNNL .idf prototypes, as explained in the openstudio-st

2023-08-30 16:50:04 -0500 commented answer Modeling heat recovery chiller with air-cooled condenser

Email me if you'd like a copy of a draft of an OpenStudio measure to apply a heat recovery chiller to a model. It's not

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2023-08-30 16:43:17 -0500 answered a question Modeling heat recovery chiller with air-cooled condenser

The I/O documentation is out-of-date. It seems air-cooled heat recovery chillers have been available in EnergyPlus sinc

2023-08-30 15:47:44 -0500 commented question Modeling heat recovery chiller with air-cooled condenser

Not specifically an answer to your question, but here is where you can submit E+ development requests for next fiscal ye

2023-08-30 15:36:58 -0500 answered a question Open studio download problem.

Look for the OpenStudioApp.exe in the /bin directory in your install. If it's not there, trying re-installing it. Note

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2023-08-23 15:53:45 -0500 commented answer Heat recovery IdealLoadsAirSystem?

The measure lives here now.

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2023-08-01 12:19:00 -0500 answered a question How to Model Thin Aluminum Construction

If you are measuring a material layer in nanometers, then you should just change the surface emissivity of the other mat

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2023-01-19 17:53:19 -0500 answered a question Error when using "Add wind and stack open area" measure

There are now two versions of this measure available on BCL and the BuildingPerformanceSimulation measure repository:

2022-05-10 17:11:20 -0500 answered a question Create prototype building for NECB (Canada)

The DOE prototype model measure cannot be used with the NECB rulesets. They use entirely separate workflows and data so

2022-05-02 18:21:53 -0500 answered a question Size report units kBtu/h should be MBH

The 90.1-2016 and 90.1-2019 IP version section 6.8.1 Tables that list HVAC equipment efficiencies are in units of tons a

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2022-02-17 22:14:32 -0500 commented answer Has anyone validated the DOE Reference Building Measure?

@helpneeder you can download the measure on bcl here: https://bcl.nrel.gov/results/?fq=bundle:measure&fq=measure_tag

2021-10-18 10:35:35 -0500 commented answer EnergyPlus output variables in OpenStudio

bcl was changed over to a new site, and all the old links are broken.

2021-10-18 10:31:10 -0500 commented question Openstudio prototype buildings GitHub

you need to run 'bundle install' on the repo to get all the correct gem versions if you are trying to run this as a deve

2021-10-15 14:01:00 -0500 commented question Openstudio prototype buildings GitHub

did you try running 'bundle exec rake install' instead of build?

2021-07-21 10:27:29 -0500 edited answer How to delete an object from the idf file in an energyplus measure?

Per Eric's comment below, the best way to do this is using the remove call of a Workspace Object. API documentation fo

2021-07-13 10:43:04 -0500 commented answer OpenStudio-standards college space types

yes, the v0.2.15 release will have the college prototype

2021-07-12 15:38:42 -0500 answered a question OpenStudio-standards college space types

The college building type was unfinished in openstudio-standards version 0.2.14, though some aspects of the data were th

2021-07-08 10:45:31 -0500 answered a question OpenStudioApplication-1.2.0+ running error

Looks that like ruby doesn't understand the encoding you used CP-720 for arabic. Looks like it needs to be Windows-1256

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2021-07-08 10:38:21 -0500 answered a question VRF System always failed to run

"...invalid Heating Energy Input Ratio Modifier Function of Low Part-Load Ratio Curve Name = VRF SYSTEM HEATIINGEIRLOWPL

2021-07-07 11:58:27 -0500 answered a question Minimizing unmet hours for DOAS chilled beam

See this classic forum post for techniques to reduce unmet hours. In addition check the occupancy - you may have the sy

2021-07-07 11:52:08 -0500 answered a question Construction with internal source and .getConstructions

ConstructionWithInternalSource is a different object class than Construction. Both are child classes of LayeredConstruc

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2021-07-07 10:14:29 -0500 commented answer EnergyPlus output variables in OpenStudio

I re-uploaded it.

2021-07-06 15:36:38 -0500 commented answer EnergyPlus output variables in OpenStudio

I've updated the measure on BCL to work with the newer OpenStudio API. https://bcl.nrel.gov/node/83269

2021-06-22 12:54:02 -0500 answered a question Ruby bindings in OpenStudio SDK error

OpenStudio 2.9 is not compatible with Ruby 2.7.3. Use Ruby 2.7.2 and OS v3.2 instead. See the compatibility matrix to

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2021-06-02 10:15:54 -0500 commented answer Are typical/extreme periods from EPW used if a DDY file is provided?

@enriquesissa no, the .ddy file is used for the sizing run. Those climatic design conditions come from ASHRAE, and this

2021-05-05 14:09:44 -0500 commented question The Cooling System can't maintain proper air temperatures in the room

Is the HVAC equipment hardsized or autosized?

2021-05-05 14:07:27 -0500 answered a question Is OpenStudio supposed to replace EP-Launch 3 for using EnergyPlus?

EP-Launch is to the OpenStudio App as a PDF viewer is to a PowerPoint slide deck. EP-Launch is not intended to build mo

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