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2022-12-06 09:15:20 -0500 edited answer Iterating through OpenStudio Objects to get their "Types" and "Attributes"

I totally misread your question; I am leaving my original answer below just because I had fun figuring that out. You ar

2022-12-05 22:45:25 -0500 answered a question Iterating through OpenStudio Objects to get their "Types" and "Attributes"

I totally misread your question; I am leaving my original answer below just because I had fun figuring that specific out

2022-10-28 09:40:24 -0500 commented question Do long names affect simulation run time?

It most likely is the number of multizone airloops. I have noticed that the same model with a VAV takes significantly lo

2022-08-29 16:15:21 -0500 commented question Building Sync Gem Error

Are you using the correct version of Ruby?

2022-08-24 07:36:14 -0500 commented answer Unreasonable "Sizing Runs" requirement in ASHRAE 90.1-2019

The availability schedule of your equipment should be a schedule that always has a value of 1. The OpenStudio applicatio

2022-06-28 12:11:56 -0500 commented answer How can I change the conductivity of a material using the Python API

Also, you can refer to the documentation for every Class on https://openstudio-sdk-documentation.s3.amazonaws.com/cpp/Op

2022-06-28 12:03:24 -0500 answered a question How can I change the conductivity of a material using the Python API

You can try something like import openstudio m = openstudio.model.Model() material = openstudio.model.StandardOpaqueMa

2022-06-28 11:53:24 -0500 commented question How can I change the conductivity of a material using the Python API

Which Material class are you looking to change? If it is an OpaqueMaterial you can do foo.setThermalConductivity(bar)

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2022-06-28 11:50:00 -0500 answered a question Still no water cooled VRF in Openstudio ?

It has been available for a while. It is available as of OpenStudio 3.4.0, and the OpenStudio App 1.4.0.

2022-06-02 22:07:18 -0500 commented question Is there any chance that EnergyPlus has a bug and maybe the outside is switched with the inside in the construction menu?

Which variable are you graphing?

2022-05-26 08:30:01 -0500 commented question energy consumption increase with ERV?

You are right in accounting that the site EUI will be significantly higher if the building uses district energy versus u

2022-05-11 09:58:57 -0500 commented answer AEDG Multifamily prototype publicly available?

This is great! I have been looking for logic about the Central WWHP for a while. Thanks David!

2022-05-11 07:04:42 -0500 commented answer What kind of compliance modeling can Open Studio perform?

Thanks for the clarification Aaron!

2022-05-03 10:29:04 -0500 answered a question What kind of compliance modeling can Open Studio perform?

It complies with the requirements of the IECC and NY Code. However, EnergyPlus and OpenStudio can give you a lot of outp

2022-05-03 10:09:57 -0500 edited answer what is 'Standard number of stories'

You do not have to fill it out. It is an optional parameter of the Building object. I thought it was used in the model_c

2022-05-03 10:09:29 -0500 edited answer what is 'Standard number of stories'

You do not have to fill it out. It is an optional parameter of the Building object. I thought it was used in the model_c

2022-05-03 10:08:23 -0500 answered a question what is 'Standard number of stories'

You do not have to fill it out. It is an optional parameter of the Building object. I thought it was used in the model_c

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2022-04-26 10:38:10 -0500 commented question OpenStudio Application: Turning on/off heating and cooling in specific time periods

What are your Plant HVAC and Zone HVAC types?

2022-04-26 10:32:36 -0500 commented answer Open Studio App still crashing...

If you are producing work then use SketchUp, drawing.tool, or Revit to create geometry. There are more options than excu

2022-04-26 10:31:54 -0500 commented answer Open Studio App still crashing...

If you are producing work then use SketchUp, drawing.tool, or Revit to create geometry. There are plenty options.

2022-04-21 19:32:40 -0500 answered a question Fan Power Inputs in OpenStudio

Seven years later we have the FanSystemModel and if you specify the designPowerSizingMethodto PowerPerFlowyou can specif

2022-04-21 09:22:27 -0500 answered a question OpenstudioApplication v1.3.1 - installation or patch?

Every release of the OpenStudio application is a separate installer. 1.3.1 contains hot-fixes, but you still need to use

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2022-03-27 12:41:22 -0500 commented question Hello, I'm studying simulation. I have a question about the error code.

Which software are you using?

2022-03-22 22:46:17 -0500 commented question In openstudio, I'm unable to access bcl. how to resolve this issue. and I can't find option to register on bcl website.

Which version of OpenStudio are you using?

2022-03-07 10:21:47 -0500 commented question making air loop constant volume fan cycle

Is there a reason why you are still using OS 2.9.1? The OpenStudio App 1.2.1 uses OpenStudio 3.2.1, and for sure you can

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2022-01-04 15:11:44 -0500 commented answer ASHP Component in Openstudio

If you create it, this would be an OpenStudio measure

2022-01-01 14:13:05 -0500 commented answer Zone Component Load Summary Breakdown

This is very helpful! Thanks!

2022-01-01 03:43:56 -0500 commented answer Zone Component Load Summary Breakdown

David, in the first section of your answer, are you saying that there is a method for ScheduleRuleset that returns the E

2021-12-30 01:44:31 -0500 answered a question How to model an air to water heat pump?

You can refer to this answer.

2021-12-30 01:42:45 -0500 answered a question ASHP Component in Openstudio

I have used the openstudio-standardsimplementation. You can create a measure (or use a ruby file, IRB). I have pasted be

2021-12-14 23:18:24 -0500 commented question E+ chiller sizing reported on equipment summary way higher than expected and from hourly results

Could you upload all the files that come out of your E+ run? They will be helpful for debugging.

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2021-12-14 23:16:37 -0500 answered a question Source position in Internal Source Construction

Go to the 'ConstructionWithInternalSource' definition in the construction tab and change the layer.

2021-12-14 23:15:15 -0500 commented question Source position in Internal Source Construction

Which version of the OpenStudio App you are using?

2021-12-14 23:11:39 -0500 commented answer OpenStudio measure writing, do generic methods exist for all AirTerminal ObjectTypes?

Eric's answer is what you need to do.

2021-12-10 11:00:17 -0500 edited answer E+ chiller sizing reported on equipment summary way higher than expected and from hourly results

In EnergyPlus, there are two critical simulation runs, The Sizing Period and the RunPeriod. The RunPeriod is what we can

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2021-12-10 10:57:19 -0500 answered a question E+ chiller sizing reported on equipment summary way higher than expected and from hourly results

In EnergyPlus, there are two critical simulation runs, The Sizing Period and the RunPeriod. The RunPeriod is what we can

2021-12-03 14:59:59 -0500 commented answer How to add User Scripts in OpenStudio Application 1.2.1?

Glad to hear that! Be sure to mark the question as answered.

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2021-12-01 12:13:16 -0500 answered a question How to add User Scripts in OpenStudio Application 1.2.1?

Try C:\Users\%userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\SketchUp\SketchUp 2019\SketchUp\Plugins\openstudio\user_scripts I believe yo

2021-12-01 12:10:02 -0500 edited answer calculate people sensible/latent split from total heat gain per person = Activity Level

I do not understand what you are asking, so excuse me if this is not the issue. It seems like you are finding that LatR

2021-12-01 12:09:38 -0500 edited answer Zone Component Load Summary Breakdown

Not as of right now. OpenStudio translates the Space objects inside a ThermalZone as a single EnergyPlus Zone. You need