00650nas a2200181 4500008003900000245010300039210006900142260001200211100002100223700001800244700001500262700002100277700002100298700002100319700002100340700002300361856008400384 2013 d00aTransforming BIM to BEM: Generation of Building Geometry for the NASA Ames Sustainability Base BIM0 aTransforming BIM to BEM Generation of Building Geometry for the c01/20131 aO'Donnell, James1 aMaile, Tobias1 aRose, Cody1 aMrazovic, Natasa1 aMorrissey, Elmer1 aRegnier, Cynthia1 aParrish, Kristen1 aBazjanac, Vladimir uhttps://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/publications/transforming-bim-bem-generation00620nas a2200169 4500008004100000245008700041210006900128260003100197100002300228700001800251700001500269700002100284700002100305700002100326700002000347856008300367 2011 eng d00aAn Assessment of the use of Building Energy Performance Simulation in Early Design0 aAssessment of the use of Building Energy Performance Simulation aSydney, Australiac11/20111 aBazjanac, Vladimir1 aMaile, Tobias1 aRose, Cody1 aO'Donnell, James1 aMrazovic, Natasa1 aMorrissey, Elmer1 aWelle, Benjamin uhttps://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/publications/assessment-use-building-energy00551nas a2200145 4500008004100000245008000041210006900121260002900190100002300219700001800242700002100260700001500281700002100296856008800317 2011 eng d00aData Enviroments and Processing in Sem-Automated Simulation with EnergyPlus0 aData Enviroments and Processing in SemAutomated Simulation with aSophia Antipolis, France1 aBazjanac, Vladimir1 aMaile, Tobias1 aO'Donnell, James1 aRose, Cody1 aMrazovic, Natasa uhttps://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/publications/data-enviroments-and-processing-sem02272nas a2200169 4500008004100000245007100041210006900112260001200181520171200193100002101905700001701926700001501943700001801958700002301976700001801999856008502017 2011 eng d00aSimModel: A domain data model for whole building energy simulation0 aSimModel A domain data model for whole building energy simulatio c10/20113 a
Many inadequacies exist within industry-standard data models as used by present-day whole-building energy simulation software. Tools such as EnergyPlus and DOE-2 use custom schema definitions (IDD and BDL respectively) as opposed to standardized schema definitions (defined in XSD, EXPRESS, etc.). Non-standard data modes lead to a requirement for application developers to develop bespoke interfaces. Such tools have proven to be error prone in their implementation – typically resulting in information loss.
This paper presents a Simulation Domain Model (SimModel) - a new interoperable XML-based data model for the building simulation domain. SimModel provides a consistent data model across all aspects of the building simulation process, thus preventing information loss. The model accounts for new simulation tool architectures, existing and future systems, components and features. In addition, it is a multi-representation model that enables integrated geometric and MEP simulation configuration data. The SimModel objects ontology moves away from tool-specific, non-standard nomenclature by implementing an industry-validated terminology aligned with Industry Foundation Classes (IFC).
The first implementation of SimModel supports translations from IDD, Open Studio IDD, gbXML and IFC. In addition, the EnergyPlus Graphic User Interface (GUI) employs SimModel as its internal data model. Ultimately, SimModel will form the basis for a new IFC Model View Definition (MVD) that will enable data exchange from HVAC Design applications to Energy Analysis applications. Extensions to SimModel could easily support other data formats and simulations (e.g. Radiance, COMFEN, etc.).
1 aO'Donnell, James1 aSee, Richard1 aRose, Cody1 aMaile, Tobias1 aBazjanac, Vladimir1 aHaves, Philip uhttps://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/publications/simmodel-domain-data-model-whole