All EnergyPlus Technical Reports


All of the technical reports generated by the Simulation Research Group are available. However, some reports, like computer documentation, must be purchased from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS). All of the non-NTIS reports are free of charge. If you do not find the report you want in PDF format, please email info@gundog.lbl.gov or fax (510) 486-4089 with your request. Report number and report title are required. Reports are usually mailed out the same day the request is received.

2007


 
pdf document ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF UNDERFLOOR AIR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS
Fred Bauman, Tom Webster, Hui Jin, Wolfgang Lukaschek, Corinne Benedek, and Edward Arens, Center for the Built Environment, University of California, Berkeley;
Paul Linden and Anna Lui, University of California, San Diego;
Fred Buhl and Darryl Dickerhoff, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Prepared For: California Energy Commission - Public Interest Energy Research Program Commission Contract No.: 500-01-035 -- June 2007
http://www.energy.ca.gov/2007publications/CEC-500-2007-050/CEC-500-2007-050.PDF

 

 
pdf document COMPARISON OF CO-SIMULATION APPROACHES FOR BUILDING AND HVAC/R SYSTEM SIMULATION
Marija Trcka1, Michael Wetter2, and Jan Hensen1
1 Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
2 Simulation Research Group, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720
Proc. Building Simulation 2007, September 3-6, 2007, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

 
pdf document The Study of a Simple HVAC Interface of EnergyPlus in the Chinese Language
Junjie Liu, Wenshen Li, and Xiaojie Zhou, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Tianjin University,Tianjin 300072, China
Proc. Building Simulation 2007, September 3-6, 2007, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

 
pdf document SIMULATION ENHANCED PROTOTYING OF AN EXPERIMENTAL SOLAR HOUSE
Choudhary R, Augenbroe G., Gentry R, and Hu H., College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology,Atlanta, GA 30332-0155, USA
Proc. Building Simulation 2007, September 3-6, 2007, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

 
pdf document ENERGY INDEX EVALUATION OF BUILDINGS IN FUNCTION OF THE EXTERNAL TEMPERATURE
Papa1, Renata Pietra, Jota1, Patricia Romeiro da Silva and Assis, Eleonora Sad2
1 Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Minas Gerais . CEFET-MG,CPEI, Av. Amazonas 7675, Nova Gameleira, BH . MG 30510-000, BRAZIL
2 Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG, Escola de ArquiteturaRua Paraíba 697, Funcionários, BH . MG 30130-140, BRAZIL
Proc. Building Simulation 2007, September 3-6, 2007, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

 
pdf document POTENTIAL OF BURIED PIPES SYSTEMS AND DERIVED TECHNIQUES FOR PASSIVE COOLING OF BUILDINGS IN BRAZILIAN CLIMATES
Pierre Hollmuller1, Joyce Carlo2, Martin Ordenes2, Fernando Westphal2, Roberto Lamberts2
1 Centre universitaire d'étude des problemes de l'énergie (CUEPE),Université de Genève, Switzerland,
2 Laboratório de Eficiência Energética em Edificações (LabEEE),Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Brazil
Proc. Building Simulation 2007, September 3-6, 2007, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

 
pdf document ADVANCED ZONE SIMULATION IN ENERGYPLUS: INCORPORATION OF VARIABLE PROPERTIES AND PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL (PCM) CAPABILITY
C. O. Pedersen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana IL, USA
Proc. Building Simulation 2007, September 3-6, 2007, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

 
pdf document USE OF SIMULATION TOOLS FOR MANAGING BUILDINGS ENERGY DEMAND
Alberto Hernandez Neto, Flávio Augusto Sanzovo Fiorelli, University of São Paulo, Escola Politécnica, Department of Mechanical Engineering.Sao Paulo, Brazil
Proc. Building Simulation 2007, September 3-6, 2007, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

 
pdf document AIRFLOW NETWORK MODELING IN ENERGYPLUS
Lixing Gu, Florida Solar Energy Center, 1679 Clearlake Road, Cocoa, FL 32922, USA
Proc. Building Simulation 2007, September 3-6, 2007, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

 
pdf document SIMULATION OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN ENERGYPLUS
Peter G. Ellis1, Paul A. Torcellini1, and Drury B. Crawley2
1 National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA,
2 United States Department of Energy, Washington, DC, USA
Proc. Building Simulation 2007, September 3-6, 2007, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

 
pdf document COMPUTER MODEL OF A UNIVERSITY BUILDING USING THE ENERGYPLUS PROGRAM
Danielle Monfet 1, Radu Zmeureanu 1, Roland Charneux2 and Nicolas Lemire2
1 Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA,
2 Pageau, Morel et Associés, Montreal, Quebec, CANADA
Proc. Building Simulation 2007, September 3-6, 2007, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

2006

pdf document Dynamic Controls for Energy Efficiency and Demand Response: Framework Concepts and a New Construction Case Study in New York,
Sila Kiliccote, Mary Ann Piette and David S. Watson (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Glenn Hughes (New York Times).
Proceedings of the 2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 13-18, 2006 in Pacific Grove, California.

 
pdf document On-Site Generation Simulation with EnergyPlus for Commercial Buildings,
Michael Stadler, Ryan Firestone, Dimitri Curtil, and Chris Marnay (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory).
Proceedings of the 2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 13-18, 2006 in Pacific Grove, California.

 
pdf document Assessment of the Technical Potential for Achieving Zero-Energy Commercial Buildings,
Brent Griffith, Paul Torcellini, and Nicholas Long (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), Drury Crawley and John Ryan (U.S. Department of Energy).
Proceedings of the 2006 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 13-18, 2006 in Pacific Grove, California.

 
pdf document AUTOMATED MULTIVARIATE OPTIMIZATION TOOL FOR ENERGY ANALYSIS
Peter G. Ellis, Brent T. Griffith, Nicholas Long, Paul Torcellini (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO) and Drury Crawley (United States Department of Energy, Washington, DC).
Proceedings of SimBuild 2006, held at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., August 2-4, 2006

 
pdf document LOW ENERGY COOLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR SUB-TROPICAL/WARM HUMID CLIMATE BUILDING SYSTEMS
Ashfaque Ahmed Chowdhury, Mohammad Golam Rasul, Mohammad Masud Kamal Khan (School of Advanced Technologies and Processes, Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Health Central Queensland University, Rockhampton, Queensland 4701, Australia).
Proceedings of SimBuild 2006, held at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., August 2-4, 2006

 
pdf document IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EARTH TUBE SYSTEM INTO ENERGYPLUS PROGRAM
Kwang Ho Lee and Richard K. Strand (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL).
Proceedings of SimBuild 2006, held at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., August 2-4, 2006

 
pdf document EVALUATION OF METHODS FOR DETERMINING DEMAND-LIMITING SETPOINT TRAJECTORIES IN COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS USING SHORT-TERM DATA ANALYSIS
Kyoung-ho Lee and James E. Braun (Ray W. Herrick Laboratories, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN).
Proceedings of SimBuild 2006, held at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., August 2-4, 2006

 
pdf document A MODEL FOR NATURALLY VENTILATED CAVITIES ON THE EXTERIORS OF OPAQUE BUILDING THERMAL ENVELOPES
Brent Griffith (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO).
Proceedings of SimBuild 2006, held at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., August 2-4, 2006

 
pdf document ANALYSIS PROCESS FOR DESIGNING DOUBLE SKIN FACADES AND ASSOCIATED CASE STUDY
Ian Doebber and Maurya McClintock (Arup, San Francisco, CA).
Proceedings of SimBuild 2006, held at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., August 2-4, 2006

 
pdf document RADIANT SLAB COOLING: A CASE STUDY OF BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE
Zhen Tian (Ph. D. Candidate, Faculty of Environmental Design, University of Calgary, Canada) and James A. Love (Professor, D. Arch., P. Eng., MRAIC, LC, LEED AP., University of Calgary, Canada).
Proceedings of SimBuild 2006, held at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., August 2-4, 2006

 
pdf document EVALUATION OF DEMAND SHIFTING STRATEGIES WITH THERMAL MASS IN LARGE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS
Peng Xu (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA).
Proceedings of SimBuild 2006, held at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., August 2-4, 2006

 
pdf document THE ENERGY PERFORMANCE OF THE COLD-FORMED STEEL-FRAME AND WOOD-FRAME HOUSES DEVELOPED FOR THAILAND
Prechaya Mahattanataw, Charunpat Puvanant and Darunee Mongkolsawat, (Faculty of Architecture, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand).
Proceedings of SimBuild 2006, held at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., August 2-4, 2006

 
pdf document EXPERIENCE TESTING ENERGYPLUS WITH THE IEA HVAC BESTEST E300-E545 SERIES AND IEA HVAC BESTEST FUEL-FIRED FURNACE SERIES
Michael J. Witte, Robert H. Henninger (GARD Analytics, Inc., Park Ridge, IL), Drury B. Crawley (U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC).
Proceedings of SimBuild 2006, held at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., August 2-4, 2006

 
pdf document A LIBRARY OF HVAC COMPONENT MODELS FOR USE IN AUTOMATED DIAGNOSTICS
Peng Xu, Philip Haves, Dimitri Curtil (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA).
Proceedings of SimBuild 2006, held at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., August 2-4, 2006

 
pdf document USING ENERGYPLUS FOR CALIFORNIA TITLE-24 COMPLIANCE CALCULATIONS
Joe Huang(Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley CA), Norman Bourassa(California Energy Commission, Sacramento CA), Fred Buhl, Ender Erdem, Rob Hitchcock (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley CA).
Proceedings of SimBuild 2006, held at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., August 2-4, 2006

 
pdf document METHODOLOGY FOR ANALYZING THE TECHNICAL POTENTIAL FOR ENERGY PERFORMANCE IN THE U.S. COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS SECTOR WITH DETAILED ENERGY MODELINGI
Brent Griffith (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO) and Drury Crawley (U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC).
Proceedings of SimBuild 2006, held at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., August 2-4, 2006

 
pdf document THERMAL PERFORMANCE SIMULATION OF AN ATRIUM BUILDING
Özgür Göçer1, Aslihan Tavil2, and Ertan Özkan1
1Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Beykent University, Istanbul, Turkey
2Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
Proceedings of eSim 2006, U. Toronto, Canada, May 4-5, 2006

 
pdf document A CASE STUDY DEMONSTRATING THE UTILITY OF INTER-PROGRAM COMPARATIVE TESTING FOR DIAGNOSING ERRORS IN BUILDING SIMULATION PROGRAMS
Ian Beausoleil-Morrison (CANMET Energy Technology Centre, Natural Resources Canada, Ottawa Canada), Brent Griffith (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO USA), Teemu Vesanen (Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT), Espoo Finland), Sébastien Lerson (Universite´ de Liége, Liége Belgium), Andreas Weber (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (EMPA), Dübendorf Switzerland)
Proceedings of eSim 2006, U. Toronto, Canada, May 4-5, 2006

 

 

2005

pdf document Specifiction of an IFC-Based Intelligent Graphical User Interface to Support Building Energy Simulation
Barry O'Sullivan and Marcus Keane, IRUSE, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland.
Proc. IBPSA Building Simulation 2005, August 15-18, Montreal, Canada

 
pdf document Simulating Tall Buildings Using EnergyPlus
P.G. Ellis, P.A. Torcellini. Proc. IBPSA Building Simulation 2005, August 15-18, Montreal, Canada

 
pdf document Building Effectiveness Communication Ratios for Improved Building Life Cycle Management
Elmer Morrisey1, Marcus Keane1, James O'Donnell1&2 and John McCarthy1, 1IRUSE, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland, and 2Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
Proc. IBPSA Building Simulation 2005, August 15-18, Montreal, Canada

 
pdf document Contrasting the Capabilities of Building Energy Performance Simulation Programs
Drury B. Crawley1, Jon W. Hand2, Michael Kummert3, and Brent T. Griffith4, 1U. S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC, USA, 2Energy Systems Research Unit, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 3University of Wisconsin at Madison, Solar Energy Laboratory, Madison, WI, USA, 4National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO, USA
Proc. IBPSA Building Simulation 2005, August 15-18, Montreal, Canada


 
pdf document Natural Ventilation Analysis of an Office Building with Open Atrium
Mohit Mehta, Arizona State Universty.Elements/BNIM Architects, Kansas City, MO
Proc. IBPSA Building Simulation 2005, August 15-18, Montreal, Canada

 
pdf document Design of the Natural Ventilation System for the New San Diego Children's Museum
G. Carrilho da Graça1, P. F. Linden2 and M. Brook3, 1NaturalWorks, Inc., 2University of California at San Diego (Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering), 3California Energy Commission
Proc. IBPSA Building Simulation 2005, August 15-18, Montreal, Canada

 
pdf document Modeling Ground Source Heat Pump Systems in a Building Energy Simulation Program (EnergyPlus)
Daniel E. Fisher1 and Simon Rees2, 1Oklahoma State University, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Stillwater, OK, USA, 2DeMontfort University, Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development, Leicester, United Kingdom.
Proc. IBPSA Building Simulation 2005, August 15-18, Montreal, Canada

 
pdf document Improving the Data Available to Simulation Programs
Jon W. Hand1, Drury B. Crawley2, Michael Donn3, and Linda K. Lawri 4, 1University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, 2U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC, USA, 3Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand, 4DHL Consulting, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA.
Proc. IBPSA Building Simulation 2005, August 15-18, Montreal, Canada

 
pdf document Parametric Analysis of a Solar Desiccant Cooling System using the SimSPARK Environment
Etienne Wurtz, Chadi Maalouf, Laurent Mora and Francis Allard, LEPTAB, University of LaRochelle, Av. M. Crepeau, 17042 La Rochelle, France.
Proc. IBPSA Building Simulation 2005, August 15-18, Montreal, Canada

 
pdf document Two DOE-2 Functions
Tianzhen Hong, Charles Eley and Erik Kolderup, Architectural Energy Corporation, 142 Minna Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.
Proc. IBPSA Building Simulation 2005, August 15-18, Montreal, Canada


 


 
2004

pdf document How to Create Meteonorm Weather Files for EnergyPlus
by Drury Crawley, USDOE, from the Building Energy Simulation User News, Vol. 26, No. 1 (January/February 2005)

 
pdf document Photovoltaic and Solar Thermal Modeling with the EnergyPlus Calculation Engine (NREL/CP-550-36275)
B. T. Griffith and P. G. Ellis, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401-3393.
Proc. World Renewable Energy Congress VIII and Expo, Denver, Colorado, August 29-September 3, 2004.

 
LBNL-55518
pdf document 		EnergyPlus: An Update
Drury B. Crawley (US Department of Energy) Linda K. Lawrie (DHL Consulting), Curtis O. Pedersen (University of Illinois), Frederick C. Winkelmann (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Michael J. Witte (GARD Analytics), Richard K. Strand (University of Illinois), Richard J. Liesen (University of Illinois), Walter F. Buhl (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Yu Joe Huang (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), Robert H. Henninger (GARD Analytics), Jason Glazer (GARD Analytics), Daniel E. Fisher (Oklahoma State University), Don B. Shirey, III (Florida Solar Energy Center), Brent T. Griffith (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), Peter G. Ellis (National Renewable Energy Laboratory), and Lixing Gu (Florida Solar Energy Center). Proc. SimBuild 2004, Building Sustainability and Performance Through Simulation, August 4-6, 2004, Boulder, CO, USA.

 
sb12.pdf Near Real-Time Weather Data Archive, , by Nicholas Long. Proceedings of the SimBuild 2004 Conference, 4-6 August 2004, Boulder, CO, IBPSA-USA.

 
sb13.pdf Specification and Implementation of IFC-Based Performance Metrics to Support Building Life Cycle Assessment of Hybrid Energy Systems, , by Elmer Morrisey, James O'Donnell, Marcus Keane and Vladimir Bazjanac. Proceedings of the SimBuild 2004 Conference, 4-6 August 2004, Boulder, CO, IBPSA-USA.

 
pdf document IFC HVAC INTERFACE TO ENERGYPLUS . A CASE OF EXPANDED INTEROPERABILITY FOR ENERGY SIMULATION
V. Bazjanac (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA) and T. Maile (Institut für Kernenergetik und Energiesysteme (IKE), University of Stuttgart, Germany). Proc. SimBuild 2004, Building Sustainability and Performance Through Simulation, August 4-6, 2004, Boulder, CO, USA.

 
pdf document FLOW IN AN UNDERFLOOR PLENUM
P.F. Linden, I. Kanda & D. Yamaguchi University of California, San Diego, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla 92092-0411, USA
Proc. SimBuild 2004, Building Sustainability and Performance Through Simulation, August 4-6, 2004, Boulder, CO, USA.

 
pdf document VARIABLE HEAT RECOVERY IN DOUBLE BUNDLE ELECTRIC CHILLERS
Richard J Liesen and Rahul J Chillar, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Dept of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, 1206 W.Green St, Urbana, IL 61801. USA
Proc. SimBuild 2004, Building Sustainability and Performance Through Simulation, August 4-6, 2004, Boulder, CO, USA.

 
pdf document SIMULATION OF TUBULAR DAYLIGHTING DEVICES AND DAYLIGHTING SHELVES IN ENERGYPLUS
Peter G. Ellis (National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO), Richard K. Strand and Kurt T. Baumgartner (School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL)
Proc. SimBuild 2004, Building Sustainability and Performance Through Simulation, August 4-6, 2004, Boulder, CO, USA.

 
pdf document IMPROVEMENT OF THE ASHRAE SECONDARY HVAC TOOLKIT SIMPLE COOLING COIL MODEL FOR SIMULATION
Rahul J Chillar, and Richard J Liesen University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Dept of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, 1206 W.Green St, Urbana, IL 61801. USA
Proc. SimBuild 2004, Building Sustainability and Performance Through Simulation, August 4-6, 2004, Boulder, CO, USA.

 
pdf document AN EXTENDED MODEL FOR UNDER FLOOR AIR DISTRIBUTION
Proc. SimBuild 2004, Building Sustainability and Performance Through Simulation, August 4-6, 2004, Boulder, CO, USA.

 
pdf document SPECIFICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF IFC BASED PERFORMANCE METRICS TO SUPPORT BUILDING LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT OF HYBRID ENERGY SYSTEMS Elmer Morrissey(1,2), James O.Donnell(1,2), Marcus Keane(1) and Vladimir Bazjanac(2)
1--IRUSE, National University Of Ireland, Cork, Ireland 2--Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA, USA
Proc. SimBuild 2004, Building Sustainability and Performance Through Simulation, August 4-6, 2004, Boulder, CO, USA.

 
pdf document COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF ONE-DIMENSIONAL SLAT-TYPE BLIND MODELS
Chanvit Chantrasrisalai and Daniel E. Fisher (Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, USA)
Proc. SimBuild 2004, Building Sustainability and Performance Through Simulation, August 4-6, 2004, Boulder, CO, USA.

 
pdf document EXPERIENCE TESTING ENERGYPLUS WITH THE ASHRAE 1052-RP BUILDING FABRIC ANALYTICAL TESTS
Michael J. Witte, Robert H. Henninger, (GARD Analytics, Inc., Park Ridge, IL) and Drury B. Crawley (U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC)
Proc. SimBuild 2004, Building Sustainability and Performance Through Simulation, August 4-6, 2004, Boulder, CO, USA.

 
pdf document RESOURCES FOR TEACHING BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION
Richard K. Strand, Ph.D. (School of Architecture, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL), Richard J. Liesen, Ph.D. (Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL), and Michael J. Witte, Ph.D. (GARD Analytics, Inc., Park Ridge, IL)
Proc. SimBuild 2004, Building Sustainability and Performance Through Simulation, August 4-6, 2004, Boulder, CO, USA.
Ash04
pdf document 		Framework for Coupling Room Air Models to Heat Balance Model Load and Energy Calculations (RP-1222)
Brent Griffith (National Renewal Energy Laboratory, Boulder, CO) and Quingyan (Yan) Chen (Ray W. Herrick Laboratories, School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana). Vol. 10, No. 2, HVAC&R Research (ASHRAE), April 2004.
pdf document Development of a Thermal Energy Storage Model for EnergyPlus
Pyeongchan Ihm (Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO), Moncef Krarti (Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO), and Gregor P. Henze (Architectural Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Omaha, NE).
Energy and Buildings 36 (2004) 807-814

 
pdf document Building Energy Performance Simulation as Part of Interoperable Software Environments
Vladimir Bazjanac (Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA).
Building and Environment 39 (2004) 879-883

 
 
pdf document 		VARIABLE HEAT RECOVERY IN DOUBLE BUNDLE ELECTRIC CHILLERS
Richard J Liesen and Rahul J Chillar (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Dept of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Urbana, IL). Proc. SimBuild 2004, Building Sustainability and Performance Through Simulation, August 4-6, 2004, Boulder, CO, USA.

 
 
pdf document 		IMPROVEMENT OF THE ASHRAE SECONDARY HVAC TOOLKIT SIMPLE COOLING COIL MODEL FOR SIMULATION
Rahul J. Chillar and Richard J. Liesen (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Dept of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Urbana, IL). Proc. SimBuild 2004, Building Sustainability and Performance Through Simulation, August 4-6, 2004, Boulder, CO, USA.

 
2003
 
pdf document A Validation Suite for Fuel-Fired Furnace Models
Julia Purdy and Ian Beausoleil-Morrison , CANMET Energy Technology Center, NRC, Ottawa, Canada.
Proc. Building Simulation 2003, 8th Int'l IBPSA Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands, August 11-14, 2003.

 
pdf document Improving Building Energy Performance Simulation With Software Interoperability
Vladimir Bazjanac (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720)
Proc. 8th Int.l IBPSA Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands, August 11-14, 2003.

 

pdf document Integration Of an Internal Optimization Module Within EnergyPlus
G. Zhou, Pyeongchan Ihm, Moncef Krarti (University of Colorado) and S. Liu, Gregor Henze (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Proc. 8th Int.l IBPSA Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands, August 11-14, 2003.

 
pdf document Design And Testing Of A Control Strategy For A Large, Naturally-Ventilated Office Building
G. Carrilho da Graca, P. F. Linden (University of California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093), E. McConahey (Arup, 2440 S. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064), P. Haves (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720)
Proc. 8th Int.l IBPSA Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands, August 11-14, 2003.

 
pdf document Experience Testing EnergyPlus With the IEA Hvac Bestest E100-E200 Series
Robert H. Henninger, Michael J. Witte (GARD Analytics, Inc., Park Ridge, IL), Drury B. Crawley (U.S. Dept of Energy, Washington, DC)
Proc. 8th Int.l IBPSA Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands, August 11-14, 2003.

 
pdf document Using Whole Building Simulation Models And Optimizing Procedures To Optimize Building Envelope Design With Respect To Energy Consumption And Indoor Environment
Spets Consulting Group AS, Trondheim, Norway
Proc. 8th Int.l IBPSA Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands, August 11-14, 2003.

 
pdf document Integration of a Thermal Energy Storage Model Within EnergyPlus
Pyeongchan Ihm, Moncef Krarti (University of Colorado) and Gregor Henze (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Proc. 8th Int.l IBPSA Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands, August 11-14, 2003.

 
pdf document DElight: A Daylighting And Electric Lighting Simulation Engine Integration Of An Internal Optimization Module Within EnergyPlus
Robert J. Hitchcock and William L. Carroll (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720)
Proc. 8th Int.l IBPSA Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands, August 11-14, 2003.

 
pdf document Using Whole Building Simulation Models And Optimizing Procedures To Optimize Building Envelope Design With Respect To Energy Consumption And Indoor Environment
Spets Consulting Group AS, Trondheim, Norway
Proc. 8th Int.l IBPSA Conference, Eindhoven, Netherlands, August 11-14, 2003.

 
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pdf document 		Creating a Public Web Database about High Performance (Green) Buildings
D. B. Crawley (U.S. Department of Energy) Paul Torcellini (National Renewal Energy Laboratory) and N. Malin (Building Green, Inc.). Proc. International Conference of ASHRAE and the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, Endinburgh, Scotland, September 24-26, 2003.

 

 
pdf document Experimental Validation of the EnergyPlus Low-Temperature Radiant Simulation,
Chantrasrisalai, C., V. Ghatti, D.E. Fisher, and D.G. Schaetzle. 2003. ASHRAE Transactions, Volume 109, Part 2, June 2003. Atlanta, Georgia: ASHRAE.

 
pdf document Investigation of a Condenser-Linked Radiant Cooling System using a Heat Balance Based Energy Simulation Program,"
Strand, R.K. 2003. ASHRAE Transactions, Volume 109, Part 2, June 2003. Atlanta, Georgia: ASHRAE.

 
pdf document Energy Design Analysis and Evaluation of a Proposed Air Rescue and Fire Fighting Administration Building for Teterboro Airport,
B. Griffith, S. Pless, B. Talbert, M. Deru, and P. Torcellini National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO. July 2003, NREL/TP-550-33294

 

2002


 
pdf document Modular HVAC Simulation and the Future Integration of Alternative Cooling System in a New Building Energy Simulation Program,
Strand, R.K., Fisher, D.E., Liesen, R.J., and C.O. Pedersen. 2002. ASHRAE Transactions, Volume 108, Part 2, pp. 1107-1118, June 2002. Atlanta, Georgia: ASHRAE.

 
pdf document Modeling Radiant Systems in an Integrated Heat Balance Based Energy Simulation Program,"
Strand, R.K. and C.O. Pedersen. 2002. ASHRAE Transactions, Volume 108, Part 2, pp. 979-988, June 2002. Atlanta, Georgia: ASHRAE.

 
pdf document Modilisation de Systhmes CVCA A L'aide du Logiciel EnergyPlus" [in French]
Bellemare, Reni, Stanislaw Kajl, and Marc-Antoine Roberge. 2002. Proceedings of the eSim 2002 conference, September 2002, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, IBPSA-Canada.
 

 
2001
 
pdf document BSPRO COM-SERVERÐ INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN SOFTWARE TOOLS USING INDUSTRY FOUNDATION CLASSES
Antti Karola, Hannu Lahtela and Reijo Hänninen, Olof Granlund Oy, (Olof Granlund Oy, Helsinki, Finland), Rob Hitchcock (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA), Qingyan Chen (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA), Stephen Dajka (AEA Technology, Canada), Kim Hagström (Halton Group, Finland)
Proc. Seventh International IBPSA Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 13-15, 2001

 
pdf document A FOUNDATION HEAT TRANSFER MODULE SUITABLE FOR ENERGYPLUS SIMULATION PROGRAM
Moncef Krarti and Pepirawas Chuangchid (University of Colorado at Boulder, CEAE Department, Boulder, 80309, USA)
Proc. Seventh International IBPSA Conference, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 13-15, 2001
EnergyPlus
pdf document 		AN EXAMPLE OF THE INTEGRATION OF THERMAL SIMULATIONS INTO AN EXISTING HVAC COURSE,    
R. K. Strand, School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 117 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall, MC-621, Champaign, IL 61820. Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Proc. ACSA Technology Conference, Austin, Texas, 13-16 July 2001.
 

EnergyPlus
pdf document 		MODELING A RADIANT SLAB COUPLED TO A COOLING TOWER USING THE NEW NATIONAL ENERGY ANALYSIS PROGRAM,    
R. K. Strand, School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 117 Temple Hoyne Buell Hall, MC-621, Champaign, IL 61820. Cooling Frontiers Symposium, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, 4-7 October 2001.
 

LBNL-51351
pdf document 		SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR BUILDING ENVELOPES: ENERGYPLUS: NEW, CAPABLE AND LINKED    
D. B. Crawley, L. K. Lawrie, F. C. Winkelmann, W. F. Buhl, C. O. Pedersen R. K. Strand R. J. Liesen, D. E. Fisher, M. j. Witte R. H. Henninger, J. Glazer, D. B. Shirey. Proc. Performance of Exterior Envelopes of Whole Buildings VIII, December 2001, Clearwater Beach, FL.
 

EnergyPlus
pdf document 		TESTING AND VALIDATION OF A NEW BUILDIING ENERGY SIMULATION PROGRAM,    
M. J. Witte, R. H. HEnninger, J. Glazer, GARD Analytics, Inc., Park Ridge, IL, and D. B. Crawley, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Proc. Building Simulation 2001, IBPSA, Rio de Janeiro, August 13-15, 2001.
 

EnergyPlus
pdf document 		FOUNDATION HEAT TRANSFER MODULE FOR THE ENERGYPLUS PROGRAM    
Moncef Krarti, Pirawas Chuangchid and Pyeongchan Ihm, CEAE Department, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309. Proc. Building Simulation 2001, IBPSA, Rio de Janeiro, August 13-15, 2001.
 

EnergyPlus
pdf document 		ACQUISITION OF BUILDING GEOMETRY IN THE SIMULATION OF ENERGY PERFORMANCE,    
Vladimir Bazjanac, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA. Proc. Building Simulation 2001, IBPSA, Rio de Janeiro, August 13-15, 2001.
 

LBNL-51352
pdf document 		ENERGYPLUS: NEW CAPABILITIES IN A WHOLE-BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION PROGRAM,    
Drury B. Crawley, U.S. Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC, Linda K. Lawrie, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, Champaign, IL, Frederick C. Winkelmann, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, Curtis O. Pedersen, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL. Proc. Building Simulation 2001, IBPSA, Rio de Janeiro, August 13-15, 2001.
 

EnergyPlus
pdf document 		MODULARIZATION AND SIMULATION TECHNIQUES FOR HEAT BALANCE-BASED ENERGY AND LOAD CALCULATION PROGRAMS: THE EXPERIENCE OF THE ASHRAE LOADS TOOLKIT AND ENERGYPLUS,    
R. K. Strand, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, C. O. Pedersen, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL nd D. B. Crawley, U. S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Proc. Building Simulation 2001, IBPSA, Rio de Janeiro, August 13-15, 2001.
 

EnergyPlus
pdf document 		BSPRO COM-SERVER: INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN SOFTWARE TOOLS USING INDUSTRY FOUNDATION CLASSES,    
Antti Karola, Hannu Lahtela and Reijo Hanninen, Olof Granlund Oy, Finland; Rob Hitchcock, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA; Quinyan Chen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA; Stephan Dajka, AEA Technology, Canada; Kim Hagstrom, Halton Group, Finland. Proc. Building Simulation 2001, IBPSA, Rio de Janeiro, August 13-15, 2001.
 

LBNL-48341
pdf document 		EneryPlus: Creating a New-Generation Building Energy Simulation Program,
Dru Crawley, Linda Lawrie, Curt Pedersen, Rick Strand, Rich Liesen, Fred Winkelmann, Fred Buhl, Joe Huang, Ender Erdem, Dan Fisher, Mike Witte, Jason Glazer; Energy and Buildings 33(2001)319-331, April 2001.

LBNL-47972
pdf document 		Modeling Windows in EnergyPlus,
Frederick C. Winkelmann, Simulation Research Group, EETD, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, May 2001. Proc. Building Simulation 2001, IBPSA, Rio de Janeiro, September 2001.
 

EnergyPlus
pdf document 		Developing Thermal Intuition Using Building Thermal Simulations in the Classroom,
Richard K. Strand, University of Illinois, and Daniel E. Fisher, Oklahoma State University. Proc. Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Technology Conference, Cambridge, MA, July 2000.
 

LBNL-48367
pdf document 		EnergyPlus: A New-Generation Energy Analysis and Load Calculation Engine for Building Design,
Richard K. Strand, University of Illinois, Drury B. Crawley, U. S. Department of Energy, Curtis O. Pedersen and Richard J. Liesen, University of Illinois, Linda K. Lawrie, U.S. Army Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, F. C. Winkelmann, W. F. Buhl, and Y. J. Huang, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Daniel E. Fisher, Oklahoma State University. Proc. Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Technology Conference, Cambridge, MA, July 2000.
 

2000

LBNL-46005
pdf document.
abstract only 		LINKING THE COMIS MULTI-ZONE AIRFLOW MODEL WITH ENERGYPLUS
Joe Huang, Fred Winkelmann, Fred Buhl, Curtis Pedersen, Daniel Fisher, Richard Liesen, Russell Taylor, Richard Strand, Drury Crawley and Linda Lawrie. Proc. Building Simulation 99, Kyoto, Japan, September 1999.
 
LBNL-46004
pdf document
abstract only 		A MODULAR LOOP-BASED APPROACH TO HVAC ENERGY SIMULATION AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN ENERGYPLUS
Daniel E. Fisher, Russel D. Taylor, Richard J. Liesen, Richard K. Strand (UIUC), Fred Buhl (LBNL). Proc. Building Simulation 99, Kyoto, Japan, September 1999. IBPSA.
 
LBNL-46003
pdf document
abstract only 		ENHANCING AND EXTENDING THE CAPABILITIES OF THE BUILDING HEAT BALANCE SIMULATION TECHNIQUE FOR USE IN ENERGYPLUS
Richard K. Strand (UI), Fred Winkelmann, Fred Buhl and Joe Huang (LBNL), Richard J. Liesen, Curtis Pedersen, Daniel E. Fisher, and Russel D. Taylor (UIUC). Proc. Building Simulation 99, Kyoto, Japan, September 1999. IBPSA.
 
LBNL-46002
pdf document
abstract only 		ENERGYPLUS: ENERGY SIMULATION PROGRAM
Drury B. Crawley (U.S. Department of Energy), Linda K. Lawrie (U.S. CERL), Curtis O. Pedersen (UIUC), Frederick C. Winkelmann (LBNL). ASHRAE Journal, Vol. 42, No. 4 (April), pp. 49-56.
 

1999

LBNL-42734
abstract only
pdf document 		ENERGYPLUS: A NEW-GENERATION BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION PROGRAM (REV)
Drury B. Crawley (U.S. Department of Energy), Linda K. Lawrie (U.S. CERL), Curtis O. Pedersen, Richard J. Liesen, Daniel E. Fisher, Richard K. Strand, Russell D. Taylor (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Frederick C. Winkelmann, W. F. Buhl, A. Ender Erdem, and Y. Joe Huang (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory). Proc "Building Simulation '99," Volume I, pp. 81-88, September 1999, Kyoto, Japan, IBPSA.

EnergyPlus
pdf document 		ENERGYPLUS: "IMPROVING THE WEATHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO SIMULATION PROGRAMS,"
Drury B. Crawley, Jon W. Hand, and Linda K. Lawrie. Proc "Building Simulation '99," Volume I, pp. 529-536, September 1999, Kyoto, Japan, IBPSA.


1998

LBL-42734
BEYOND BLAST AND DOE-2: ENERGYPLUS, A NEW-GENERATION ENERGY SIMULATION PROGRAM
Drury B. Crawley (USDOE) Linda K. Lawrie (USA CERL), C. O. Pedersen, R. J. Liesen, D. E. Fisher, R. K. Strand and R. D. Taylor (UIUC), Fred Buhl, Fred Winkelmann, Joe Huang and Ender Erdem (LBNL), June 1998.
 

1997

Merger
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pdf document 		ENERGYPLUS: THE MERGER OF BLAST AND DOE-2
C. O. Pedersen, D. E. Fisher, R. J. Liesen, R. K. Strand, R. D. Taylor (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), W. F. Buhl and F. C. Winkelmann, (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory), L. K. Lawrie (U.S. CERL), D. B. Crawley (U.S. Dept of Energy). Proc. of Building Simulation '97 (IBPSA), Prague, Czech Republic. September 8-10, 1997.