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2019-09-05 16:34:25 -0500 commented answer OSW for multiple seed models

Just what I was looking for to set up better unit tests. Thanks!

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2019-05-15 08:20:07 -0500 edited answer eQuest Geometry to EnergyPlus

While this is not a eQ->E+ this is a eQ to OpenStudio geometry (surfaces, subsurfaces, space, zone) converter. This

2018-11-29 16:51:45 -0500 edited answer eQuest Geometry to EnergyPlus

While this is not a eQ->E+ this is a eQ to OpenStudio geometry (surfaces, subsurfaces, space, zone) converter. This

2018-11-29 16:47:34 -0500 edited answer eQuest Geometry to EnergyPlus

This measure is a stand-alone implementation using BTAP's equest module. Until BTAP is gemified, this is to be conisdere

2018-11-10 10:39:47 -0500 edited answer Recommendation on translating Openstudio measures to run independently of Openstudio

Hey There, The workflow that @mdahlhausen @David Goldwasser are awesome and I may try them out here and their document

2018-11-10 10:39:10 -0500 answered a question Recommendation on translating Openstudio measures to run independently of Openstudio

Hey There, The workflow that @mdahlhausen @David Goldwasser are awesome and I may try them out here and their document

2018-10-22 12:16:33 -0500 commented answer eQuest Geometry to EnergyPlus

The SetAttribute is a method that has been deprecated by OS team, so the new measure has this fix.... The new measure

2018-10-22 12:14:47 -0500 commented answer eQuest Geometry to EnergyPlus

The SetAttribute is a method that has been deprecated.. The new measure is now kept at https://github.com/canmet-energ

2018-10-17 15:50:07 -0500 edited answer PAT not allowing to choose server's region

We keep a copy of our NRCan OpenStudio Server AMI on a Canadian Amazon Server. Here is a script that we use internally

2018-10-17 15:34:07 -0500 answered a question PAT not allowing to choose server's region

We keep a copy of our NRCan OpenStudio Server AMI on a Canadian Amazon Server. Here is a unsupported script that we use

2018-05-24 09:46:46 -0500 marked best answer Using more than one weather file in PAT

In the old OpenStudio Spreadsheet, you were able to load more than one weather file, or other resources into the analysis. Is there a similar was to do this in PAT? If we relate this to a measure.. what would the relative path be to access these resources from a measure?

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2018-05-24 09:46:44 -0500 commented answer Using more than one weather file in PAT

Pretty neat implementation.. I may write something similar for postal codes in Canada.

2018-05-17 10:45:25 -0500 asked a question Using more than one weather file in PAT

Using more than one weather file in PAT In the old OpenStudio Spreadsheet, you were able to load more than one weather f

2018-02-05 10:58:02 -0500 commented answer openstudio-standards incorporated into future builds directly?

The standards project is to create the 16 NECB Canadian archetype models based on the DOE reference buildings. The proje

2018-01-30 12:01:03 -0500 commented answer eQuest Geometry to EnergyPlus

Note the measure only converts the geometry, even then it will need to be validated..everything else you will need to bu

2018-01-30 11:55:13 -0500 commented answer eQuest Geometry to EnergyPlus

The method declaration is here part of the standards project. From there you can save or modify the resulting object to

2017-08-16 13:42:53 -0500 answered a question CANQUEST automatically generated reference building?

CanQUEST was developed by Natural Resources Canada to support the application of the NECB 2011. So you can use CQ to cr

2017-02-05 12:24:53 -0500 commented answer Plant loop exceeding upper temperature limit....

After digging a bit found this issue that Andrew Parker submitted here https://github.com/NREL/OpenStudio/is...

2017-02-05 12:03:38 -0500 commented answer Plant loop exceeding upper temperature limit....

I did notice that the OpenStudio SDK has a stub for the availability manager you bring up here:

https://openstudio-sdk-documentation....

To the OS people..is it possible to use this in a measure to and simply add this to all plant loops. Or is this a stub class that is not fully implemented yet?

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2015-11-06 10:37:20 -0500 answered a question eQuest Geometry to EnergyPlus

While this is not a eQ->E+ this is a eQ to OpenStudio geometry (surfaces, subsurfaces, space, zone) converter.

This measure is a stand-alone implementation using BTAP's equest module. Until BTAP is gemified, this is to be conisdered a hard fork of that work.

This may or may not work as this is dependent on the complexity of your model. This was created using eQuest 3.62 as the basis. So future versions may not work with this script. YMMV greatly.

The measure is contained in the following repository. Users should be able to download or git clone from this repository. This was last used successfully on OpenStudio v2.6.0

https://github.com/canmet-energy/btap

Instructions on how to use this is contained in this markdown file here

https://github.com/canmet-energy/btap...

Known Issues: The converter seems to have problems with special characters (accented French and Spanish characters for example). The file encoding in Ruby and eQuest make this cause some issues. Please ensure your model does not contain special characters in your model.

Enjoy!

Phylroy

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2015-09-18 17:42:34 -0500 asked a question How to Share Data Between Measures in OpenStudio

When using the measure framework in OpenStudio, measures are applied one after the other. These measures can store information for later analysis using the following method.

runner.registerValue( "ValueName","Value")

There are times when applying two measures that measure #2 needs information that was stored in measure #1. Is there any mechanism that can accomplish this?

Cheers,

Phylroy

2015-09-18 17:42:34 -0500 asked a question Share Data Between Measures in OpenStudio

When using the measure framework in OpenStudio, measures are applied one after the other. These measures can store information for later analysis using the following method.

runner.registerValue( "ValueName","Value")

There are times when applying two measures that measure #2 needs information that was stored in measure #1. Is there any mechanism that can accomplish this?

Cheers,

Phylroy

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2014-10-09 15:48:27 -0500 answered a question Given a proposed building model, how can I automatically generate the "baseline" for code-compliance or LEED?

If you are in Canada and are doing LEED under the M/NECB code

EE4 does support this kind of work in a similar manner for MNECB 1997.

CAN-Quest (The Canadian version of eQuest) will support this for NECB 2011. The beta is out if you contact NRCan's OEE Janet.Hudy@NRCan-RNCan.gc.ca for this. It is still under development.

As Matt has mentioned above. There is similar work to create the NECB 2011 standards into OpenStudio that is currently in development / proposal stage.