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EnergyPlus Development and Deployment

Collage of various images associated with EnergyPlus Development and Deployment including: Buildings designed using the EnergyPlus program: NOAA Pacific Region Center, NAVFAC; San Diego Children's Museum; and The National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa, EnergyPlus logo, EnergyPlus model geometry of the John F. Shea Federal Building, Santa Rosa, California, EnergyPlus input file for the Te Papa Tongarewa Museum, and a line chart.

Motivation / Problem Statement

Provide an integrated, validated building energy analysis tool suitable for analyzing current and new technologies.

Activities / Approach

Collaborate with the best developers as a team to incorporate the best solution techniques and the latest component models.

Accomplishments / Outcomes

Multiple EnergyPlus releases (version 1.2.3 the latest). UFAD simulation. EnergyPlus / Spark link.

Future / Follow-on

Control strategy prototyping; better façade / daylighting / HVAC equipment integration; use as a standards development and compliance tool.

Relationship to Other Projects

Demand Response, Building Controls Virtual Test Bed, pre-cooling, Daylighting Modeling, etc, etc!

Principal Investigator

  • Fred Buhl
  • (510) 486-4912

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