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2020-03-21 13:21:47 -0500 asked a question Create Coil:UserDefined with OpenStudio

Create Coil:UserDefined with OpenStudio Hi folks, Does OpenStudio SDK allow us to create a Coil:UserDefined object as d

2020-03-16 10:53:40 -0500 answered a question EPW data looks incomplete

As @Jason DeGraw mentioned, E+ stitches together chunks of month-long data:

2020-03-16 10:52:16 -0500 commented answer EPW data looks incomplete

Thanks for the detailed response Jason. Sure enough, I saw 8760 hours of data. And stitching them together into a single

2020-03-15 13:05:38 -0500 edited question EPW data looks incomplete

EPW data is incomplete Hi folks, When I apply a Whole Building measure on OpenStudio and load an EPW file, I get the fo

2020-03-15 13:05:08 -0500 edited question EPW data looks incomplete

EPW data is incomplete Hi folks, When I apply a Whole Building measure on OpenStudio and load an EPW file, I get the fo

2020-03-15 13:04:38 -0500 edited question EPW data looks incomplete

EPW data is incomplete Hi folks, When I apply a Whole Building measure on OpenStudio and load an EPW file, I get the fo

2020-03-15 13:04:04 -0500 edited question EPW data looks incomplete

EPW data is incomplete Hi folks, When I apply a Whole Building measure on OpenStudio and load an EPW file, I get the fo

2020-03-15 13:03:36 -0500 asked a question EPW data looks incomplete

EPW data is incomplete Hi folks, When I apply a Whole Building measure on OpenStudio and load an EPW file, I get the fo

2020-03-15 12:46:04 -0500 commented question OpenStudio Measure - Weather Output via EMS

Thanks for your comment Brian. What did the trick for me was setting the keyName to "Environment". outVarName = "Site

2020-03-12 10:27:29 -0500 asked a question OpenStudio Measure - Weather Output via EMS

OpenStudio Measure - Weather Output via EMS Hey folks, I've been trying to output the following weather variables via E

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2020-03-08 23:58:26 -0500 edited question AirloopHVAC:UnitarySystem Heating & Fan EMS

AirloopHVAC:UnitarySystem Heating & Fan EMS Hi all, I'm overriding the heating energy delivered by a unitary HVAC s

2020-03-08 23:56:19 -0500 asked a question AirloopHVAC:UnitarySystem Heating & Fan EMS

AirloopHVAC:UnitarySystem Heating & Fan EMS Hi all, I'm overriding the heating energy delivered by a unitary HVAC s

2020-03-06 11:58:33 -0500 answered a question AirloopHVAC:UnitarySystem Heating with EMS

After reading through the EnergyPlus Engineering Reference 9.2.0, I found this: While the unitary system may be co

2020-03-05 17:53:04 -0500 edited question AirloopHVAC:UnitarySystem Heating with EMS

AirloopHVAC:UnitarySystem Heating with EMS Hey all, I'm using an AirloopHVAC:UnitarySystem to model an RTU so I can ove

2020-03-05 17:52:36 -0500 edited question AirloopHVAC:UnitarySystem Heating with EMS

AirloopHVAC:UnitarySystem Heating with EMS Hey all, I'm using an AirloopHVAC:UnitarySystem to model an RTU so I can ove

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2020-03-05 14:35:41 -0500 asked a question AirloopHVAC:UnitarySystem Heating with EMS

AirloopHVAC:UnitarySystem Heating with EMS Hey all, I'm using an AirloopHVAC:UnitarySystem to model an RTU so I can ove

2020-03-03 13:42:28 -0500 commented answer EMS - Implement overheating and overcooling

Wonderful. I will give this a shot! Thanks so much Aaron. This had stumped me for a while now: see here

2020-03-03 13:42:18 -0500 commented answer EMS - Implement overheating and overcooling

Wonderful. I will give this a shot! Thanks so much Aaron. This had stumped me for a while now see here

2020-03-03 13:42:09 -0500 commented answer EMS - Implement overheating and overcooling

Wonderful. I will give this a shot! Thanks so much Aaron. This had stumped me for a while now ( [see here] )(https://unm

2020-03-03 13:41:58 -0500 commented answer EMS - Implement overheating and overcooling

Wonderful. I will give this a shot! Thanks so much Aaron. This had stumped me for a while now see here

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2020-03-03 13:25:23 -0500 commented answer EMS - Implement overheating and overcooling

Hmm, so if we sized the HVAC's 50% cooling capacity to be 50 kBTU and the predicted sensible zone load was 38 kBTU at on

2020-03-03 12:58:44 -0500 commented answer EMS - Implement overheating and overcooling

That's a very neat suggestion Aaron, thanks! I was not aware that we were able to actuate sensible loads. I will try to

2020-03-02 15:12:00 -0500 asked a question EMS - Implement overheating and overcooling

EMS - Implement overheating and overcooling Hey all, In the real world, a staged RTU will always overcool or overheat.

2020-03-02 15:05:13 -0500 commented answer EMS via OpenStudio - multiple EMS Calling Manager objects

Thanks for the link Brian.

2020-03-02 14:14:02 -0500 commented answer EMS via OpenStudio - multiple EMS Calling Manager objects

Thanks for your feedback. I'm using multiple calling managers and was curious to see if any previous managers would get

2020-03-02 14:13:38 -0500 commented answer EMS via OpenStudio - multiple EMS Calling Manager objects

Thanks for your feedback. I'm using multiple calling managers and was curious to see if any previous managers would get

2020-03-02 11:38:17 -0500 edited question EMS via OpenStudio - multiple EMS Calling Manager objects

EMS via OpenStudio - multiple EMS Calling Manager objects Hello everyone, Is it okay to create multiple EMS calling man

2020-03-02 11:38:03 -0500 asked a question EMS via OpenStudio - multiple EMS Calling Manager objects

EMS via OpenStudio - multiple EMS Calling Manager objects Is it okay to create multiple EMS calling managers inside a me

2020-02-18 16:44:02 -0500 asked a question Activating HVAC stages via BCVTB

Activating HVAC stages via BCVTB Hi, Energyplus appears to have some subtleties when it comes to controlling HVAC equip

2020-02-16 12:17:11 -0500 commented answer Openstudio - expose HVAC on/off for BCVTB

Hi Brian, thanks much for your comment. wrt to your code above, does this mean EP actually allows us to turn on and off

2020-02-15 18:35:46 -0500 commented question Zone equipment without VAV

That's interesting. I was checking out the 9.2 I/O documentation at https://energyplus.net/sites/all/modules/custom/nrel

2020-02-15 18:34:49 -0500 commented question Zone equipment without VAV

"An actuator called “AirTerminal:SingleDuct:ConstantVolume:NoReheat” is available with a control type called “Mass Flow

2020-02-15 18:34:39 -0500 commented question Zone equipment without VAV

That's interesting. I was checking out the 9.2 I/O documentation and found this section:

2020-02-14 13:22:22 -0500 commented question Zone equipment without VAV

Thanks for your feedback. That's right, I wanted to verify that a zone damper can be modeled as a AirTerminal:SingleDuct

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2020-02-12 12:47:27 -0500 answered a question Zone equipment without VAV

It looks like AirTerminal:SingleDuct:Uncontrolled is now obsolete, and in the above case AirTerminal:SingleDuct:Constant

2020-02-12 00:04:33 -0500 asked a question Zone equipment without VAV

Zone equipment without VAV Hi everyone, I'm new to OS and Energyplus and I'm trying to set up a simple model with a cent

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2020-01-16 16:00:19 -0500 asked a question Output HVAC stages in OpenStudio DView

Output HVAC stages in OpenStudio DView Hey folks, Newbie to the OpenStudio/EnergyPlus universe here. So I wanted to look

2020-01-09 21:19:55 -0500 commented answer Openstudio - expose HVAC on/off for BCVTB

Thank you for your reply Brian. I will check out the measures in your link.

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2020-01-08 10:47:17 -0500 asked a question Openstudio - expose HVAC on/off for BCVTB

Openstudio - expose HVAC on/off for BCVTB Hi, I'm trying to manually turn on/off an RTU's heating/cooling stages for a