EnergyPlus Validation 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.

The results of testing using the ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 140-2001 and IEA SHC HVAC BESTest test suites are available for EnergyPlus version 1.2.0 build 29. The BESTest suite compares the results of multiple simulation programs for a series of load-related attributes.
 
For this testing we added new results for the last versions of BLAST and DOE-2. In all the graphs, the results for EnergyPlus are shown on the right as a blue striped bar.
 
As other tests are completed, we will add the results to this page.
 
            ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 140-2001 Test results (PDF 497 KB) (June 2004)
 
            IEA SHC Task 22 HVAC BESTest results (PDF 2.4 MB) (June 2004)
 

 
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 		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 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 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 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.