The Last Minute Change Saver - Smart Merge
Very often, we are frustrated by the last minute changes. Those changes could come from the government code authority or client. Once we receive such request, we have to rush the project in given time constraint. Recently, one of our customers received comments from code authority asking for an envelope upgrade. He got a day's time to do the job, and he has only a model in .idf format (EnergyPlus format) because the model was done by another company. Let's see how BuildSimHub
Reuse HVAC systems - the new smart merge from the BuildSimHub
Since we launched our beta test, our merge function has received many compliments and suggestions. We like our users to be wowed with the ability of reuse their previous model data in their new projects with just a few button click. But we also love all the feedback and suggestions to our merge function even more! One of the most asked questions is how does the BuildSimHub handle the HVAC system reuse? So allow me to introduce our new merge function - the smart merge! The pur
The EnergyPlus and OpenStudio IDE
The EnergyPlus authoring tools are heavy and slow, that's why we use text editor to do some editing. However, standard text editors are not user-friendly: energy modelers never had the same scripting experience as python or ruby with all the favorite text editors. Syntax highlight, auto-completion, field information, etc. The text editors do not provide them for the EnergyPlus, until now. I am happy to introduce the new integrated development environment (IDE) for EnergyPlus
