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Building Controls Virtual Test Bed

BCVTB system model that links EnergyPlus with Simulink.

News
May 01, 2013: Version 1.3.0 has been released.
October 23, 2012: Version 1.2.0 has been released.
February 16, 2011: A mailing list has been started to provide support.

Links
Documentation:
Manual and source code.
Publications.
Download and getting started.
Help.

The Building Controls Virtual Test Bed (BCVTB) is a software environment that allows expert users to couple different simulation programs for co-simulation, and to couple simulation programs with actual hardware. For example, the BCVTB allows to simulate a building in EnergyPlus and the HVAC and control system in Modelica, while exchanging data between the software as they simulate. The BCVTB is based on the Ptolemy II software environment. The BCVTB allows expert users of simulation to expand the capabilities of individual programs by linking them to other programs. Due to the different programs that may be involved in distributed simulation, familiarity with configuring programs is essential.

Programs that are linked to the BCVTB are

the EnergyPlus whole building energy simulation program,
the Modelica modeling and simulation environment Dymola,
the MATLAB and Simulink tools for scientific computing,
the Radiance ray-tracing software for lighting analysis,
the ESP-r integrated building energy modeling program,
the TRNSYS system simulation program,
Functional Mock-up Units (FMU) for co-simulation,

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+||<tablestyle="float:right;"#FFFFF0> {{attachment:ptolemyEPlusSimuMac.png||width="500"}} <<BR>> ''BCVTB system model that links !EnergyPlus with Simulink.''  <<BR>> <<BR>> '''~+News+~''' <<BR>> May 01, 2013: [[Download|Version 1.3.0]] has been released. <<BR>> October 23, 2012: [[Download|Version 1.2.0]] has been released. <<BR>> February 16, 2011: A [[https://groups.google.com/group/bcvtb|mailing list]] has been started to provide support. <<BR>> <<BR>>'''~+Links+~'''<<BR>> Documentation: <<BR>> [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/latest/doc/manual/index.xhtml|Manual]] and [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/latest/doc/code/index.html|source code]]. <<BR>> [[Publications]]. <<BR>> [[GettingStarted|Download and getting started]]. <<BR>> [[Help]]. ||
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-||<tablestyle="float:right;" bgcolor="#FFFFF0">{{attachment:ptolemyEPlusSimuMac.png||width=500}} <<BR>> ''BCVTB system model that links !EnergyPlus with Simulink.''  <<BR>> <<BR>> '''~+News+~''' <<BR>> February 28, 2011: [[Download|Version 1.0.0]] has been released. <<BR>> February 16, 2011: A [[https://groups.google.com/group/bcvtb|mailing list]] has been started to provide support. <<BR>> <<BR>>'''~+Links+~'''<<BR>> Documentation: [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/latest/doc/manual/index.xhtml|Manual]] and [[http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/bcvtb/releases/latest/doc/code/index.html|source code]]. <<BR>>[[GettingStarted|Download and getting started]]. <<BR>> [[Help]]. ||
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-Programs that are linked to the BCVTB are 
 * the [[http://www.energyplus.gov|EnergyPlus]] whole building energy simulation program,
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 * the [[http://www.energyplus.gov|EnergyPlus]] whole building energy simulation program,
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+ * the [[http://www.esru.strath.ac.uk/Programs/ESP-r.htm|ESP-r]] integrated building energy modeling program,
 * the [[http://http://www.trnsys.com/|TRNSYS ]] system simulation program,
 * [[https://www.fmi-standard.org/start|Functional Mock-up Units (FMU)]] for co-simulation,
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-[[MichaelWetter|Michael Wetter]] and Philip Haves<<BR>> Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory<<BR>> [[http://btech.lbl.gov|Building Technologies Department]]<<BR>> {MWetter,PHaves}@lbl.gov
+[[MichaelWetter|Michael Wetter]], Thierry S. Nouidui and Philip Haves<<BR>> Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory<<BR>> [[http://btech.lbl.gov|Building Technologies Department]]<<BR>> {MWetter,TSNouidui,PHaves}@lbl.gov
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-Special thanks go to Prof. Edward A. Lee and Christopher Brooks from the University of California at Berkeley for their support in integrating the BCVTB functionality into the Ptolemy II software.
+Special thanks go to Prof. Edward A. Lee and Christopher Brooks from the University of California at Berkeley for their support in integrating the BCVTB functionality into the Ptolemy II software,
and implementing the Functional Mock-up Unit for co-simulation import interface in the BCVTB.
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 * Timothy P. !McDowell from Thermal Energy System Specialists (TESS) for the implementation of the TRNSYS interface.
 * Pieter-Jan Hoes and Roel Loonen from the Technical University of Eindhoven for the implementation of the TRNSYS interface.
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- * Andrew !McNeill from LBNL for providing the Radiance example.
+ * Andrew !McNeil from LBNL for providing the Radiance example.