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 ...
The U.S. Department of Energy and the national labs have released updated versions of their open-source, whole-building energy modeling tools: the EnergyPlus engine and the OpenStudio software ...
INDIANAPOLIS -- All 90 EnergyPlus 24 convenience stores owned by refining and marketing company CountryMark will be rebranded to the CountryMark name and image, which has also been revamped to express ...
QCoefficient uses model predictive control (MPC) to pre-cool 13 of the 108 floors on Chicago’s Willis Tower. This figure shows cumulative energy use in 30 minute intervals between June 11 and Sept. 28 ...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently released OpenStudio, a free energy design plug-in that works seamlessly within the Google SketchUp 3D drawing environment. The plug-in simplifies use of ...
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released updated versions of its EnergyPlus simulation software and OpenStudio Plug-in for Google SketchUp. EnergyPlus models heating, cooling, lighting, and ...