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EnergyPlus is a highly configurable mathematical model of indoor climate and energy balance within a building that could be integrated with different analytics software. Questions regarding EnergyPlus integration are on topic here. While model assumptions and modeling results are discussed on Physics or Sustainable Living Stack Exchange sites

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How to run EnergyPlus-FMU using PyFMI

I am in trouble in simulating the EnergyPlus-FMU by PyFMI. I created an EnergyPlus FMU using the reference building model. I am using PyFMI2.5. How do I run the do_step() function? from pyfmi import load_fmu model =…
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FMU Export of Python Code or Python Interface with FMI Standard for Use in EnergyPlus Co-Simulation

My research group has developed python code for a new building component that we would like to co-simulate with EnergyPlus. For reuseability and market impact we would like this connection to be as easy as possible for inexperienced users and…
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How do I install software which has a GUI installer on AppVeyor?

I'm trying to install required software for integration tests. I'm having trouble with my install script though since the installer doesn't have a silent mode. It's an EXE rather than an MSI if that makes a difference. Here is what I have…
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Has anyone worked with EnergyPlus simulation software?

http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/ I am researching about this software at the moment and I am wondering : How many people actually know how to use this software? Please identify yourself if you do. How many companies are using this…
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Sockets on Windows - did I miss something in my program?

Thanks for reading and answering in advance! I wrote a simple C# program that connects via sockets with a third-party tool. Whenever I send a string longer than 1024 characters, the third-party software throws an error. Now I am trying to find out…
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EnergyPlus/Modelica co-simulation error "asynchronous fmiDoStep is not supported"

I have been trying to export a Modelica model from Dymola 2020 for a few weeks and continuously running into the following error message upon running co-simulation with EnergyPlus 9.2. warning Model1 (): fmiInstantiateSlave: Callback function…
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How to compile EnergyPlus to WASM (WebAssembly) with Emscripten?

I wanted to compile EnergyPlus (https://github.com/NREL/EnergyPlus) to a WASM module. These are steps I followed: Installed Emscripton on system. emcc --check produces the output emcc (Emscripten gcc/clang-like replacement + linker emulating GNU…
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eppy - scripting language for E+, Energyplus

I tried to launch first commands of eppy package but I received strange errors: from eppy import modeleditor Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in from eppy import modeleditor File…
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Using Eclipse to interface with GitHub for non-supported language

I use Git via Eclipse for source control on my Python and Javascript projects and find it really useful. I also use a piece of building energy simulation software, EnergyPlus and would like to use Git and Eclipse for managing input files for this.…
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Treating an entire string as a non-regex?

Is there any way to construct a regex which will be treated as only literal values, and stop processing it as a regex pattern? e.g. can I prefix or wrap it with some special sequence? I'm using software based on the re2 library / syntax. I would…
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Argument Error with ctypes when trying to use DLL in Python

I want to use the EPlusWth.dll provided by EnergyPlus, a building energy simulation engine, within Python (EnergyPlus download here, file is located in the preprocess folder). The goal is to convert a multitude of weather files to the EnergyPlus…
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Error in match.call - unused argument (..3) when running parametric analysis

I'm trying to run a parametric analysis in EnergyPlus (idf file) through R, by using the eplusr and epluspar packages. But when I set my optimization variables (from EnergyPlus objects) I'm getting an error in match.call that I don't know where is…
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Simulating energyplus with the BCVTB interface

I have a openstudio model with 3 zones. We are using a python program to execute energyplus with the BCVTB interface. I got it to work on thermal zone 3 but not for thermal zone 1 and 2. I have the input variables defined in variables.cfg as:…
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How to do give variables/schedule as input with EnergyPlus-FMU using PyFMI to run the simulation

My goal is to do HVAC related simulations in EnergyPlus. I have an .idf with which I have generated fmu. There is a schedule in .idf file which has the outdoor CO2 concentration which I want to be able to give as input to fmu instead of having it as…
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How to create a Class List with different numbers of inputs in C#

I'm working on my first real c# project and I have faced a problem with my way of creating List based on a Class, which I have no idea how to solve. I’m trying to write some code, which takes an input file (txt/csv) of multiple constructions with…
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