Building Energy Modeling (BEM) is an approach to model the energy usage in buildings for design and retrofit purposes. EnergyPlus is the flagship Department of Energy software that performs BEM for different types of buildings. The input to EnergyPlus can often extend in the order of a few thousand parameters which have to be calibrated manually by an expert for realistic energy modeling. This ...

Researchers have used building energy simulation tools such as EnergyPlus to evaluate and occupant thermal preference. is a powerful tool for modeling buildings, However, when controlling the indoor set temperature using EnergyPlus, it common assume that all occupants’ preference same. Therefore, difficult know dynamic personal preferences implement centric set-point control. In this study, we ...

This paper is concerned with the development of data-driven predictive models capable of forecasting commercial building heating loads based on BEM (Building Energy Management) systems recorded variables, as well as weather data. To address the lack of available complete datasets from actual commercial building BEM systems, a detailed representation of a reference building using EnergyPlus was ...

This paper presents the research efforts that seek to improve efficiency of conducting advanced thermal simulations in detailed design stage process. A prototype for an application facilitates a quick and inexpensive setup EnergyPlus (EP) models Danish office buildings was developed co-creation process involving simulation practitioners. The is designed mitigate barriers migrating from current ...