EnergyPlus is a building energy simulation program that models buildings’ heating, cooling, lighting, ventilating and other energy flows. As a stand-alone simulation program it does not require a user-friendly graphical interface. Based on popular features and capabilities of BLAST and DOE-2, EnergyPlus reads input and writes output as text.
EnergyPlus is a building energy simulation program capable of modeling buildings’ heating, cooling, lighting, ventilating and other energy flows. As a stand-alone simulation program it does not require a user-friendly graphical interface. Based on popular features and capabilities of BLAST and DOE-2, EnergyPlus reads input and writes output as text. Some of the new features included in the simulation program include:
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173 updated solar collector data from SRCC
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86 locations of new weather data: 69 in Australia, 16 in Canada and 1 in Iran
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Modified Zone Sizing that allows standard-type calculation of design outside air flow rates
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Hourly ventilation object reports on air changes
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Speed up simulation of water-to-air heat pumps using RegulaFalsi solution technique
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Added green roof simulation
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Fuel cell model updated
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Updated Input/Output Reference and Engineering Reference for all new features and updates
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Meters report cumulative value in addition to resetting at reporting time interval
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Added balanced flow desiccant heat exchanger options for existing heat exchanger-assisted DX cooling coil object.
For a complete list of the new features, here
