Co-simulation allows us to implement more advanced building energy controls into EnergyPlus simulations. Scalability for many building models running in parallel (Greater than 100 EnergyPlus ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released updated versions of its EnergyPlus simulation software for modeling heating, cooling, ventilating, lighting, and other building energy ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released updated versions of its EnergyPlus simulation software and OpenStudio Plug-in for Google SketchUp. EnergyPlus models heating, cooling, ...

Buildings account for more than 40% of U.S. energy use and 70% of the country’s electricity use. Reducing that consumption and “shaping” it to match renewable generation is one of the key challenges ...

This article is part of BD+C's special five-part Technology Report 2014: Top tech tools and trends for AEC professionals. For more than a decade, the U.S. Department of Energy has made its EnergyPlus ...

1 Department of Architecture, HongIk University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. 2 Department of Architectural Engineering, Korea National University of Transportation, ChungJu, Republic of Korea. In recent ...