[BLDG-SIM] EnerXML - A Schema for Energy Simulation Data Exchange

[Jason Glazer]

Along with weather, three other areas related to building 
simulation that make sense to have an XML format for are:

a) Equipment performance specifications - nominal and part 
load and temperature correction curves, 

b) Utility rate models - block charges, time of use rates, 
and applicablity, and

c) Materials/constructions descriptions for opaque and 
transparent building surfaces.

These could be integrated into an overall "enerXML" but 
since they could also benefit other types of software they 
may be best being independent schemas.

Jason

On 26 Apr 2000, at 14:32, Larry Degelman wrote:

> Has any XML format been established yet for weather data
> used for energy simulation software?  We've got several
> weather data formats out there, and it would be convenient
> if these formats were made neutral by embedding the
> self-describing variables and data formats right in the
> file.  This seems like it would be the easiest to accomplish
> and the most readily used database.
> 
> If not much has been done on this, I would be glad to work
> on it this summer.  What rules and guidelines are available
> for developing XML schemas?
> 
> Larry D
> 
> ************************************************************
> **************** * Larry O. Degelman, P.E., Professor    
> e-mail: larry at taz.tamu.edu Department of Architecture       
>           Phone: +1-979-845-1891 Texas A&M University       
>                  Fax:    +1-979-862-1571 College Station, TX
> 77843-3137 Download ENER-WIN at:
> http://taz.tamu.edu/~energy/enerwin.html
> ************************************************************
> **************** **
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gowri, Krishnan" <krishnan.gowri at pnl.gov>
> To: <BLDG-SIM at gard.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2000 1:28 PM
> Subject: [BLDG-SIM] EnerXML - A Schema for Energy Simulation
> Data Exchange
> 
> 
> >
> > I would like to propose the development of an XML schema
> > for marking up
> Energy
> > simulation data files that can be easily transferred
> > between simulation
> software
> > and other applications.  For those unfamiliar with XML,
> > data files in XML
> are
> > simply ASCII files containing tags that make the data
> > self-describing, if
> the
> > schema definitions are standardized and understandable.
> >
> > If you are an energy software developer and interested in
> > supporting or participating in the schema development
> > effort, please let me know. At present, this is a
> > voluntary effort aimed at interoperable and neutral
> data
> > representation for building energy software data.
> >
> > Krishnan Gowri, Ph.D., PE
> > Pacific Northwest National Lab.
> >

=========================================================
Jason Glazer, P.E.  mailto:jglazer at gard.com  847 698 5686
GARD Analytics - http://www.gard.com/
Building Energy Simulation and Analysis
List Administrator & 90.1 Consultant

======================================================
You received this e-mail because you are subscribed 
to the BLDG-SIM at GARD.COM mailing list.  To unsubscribe 
from this mailing list send a blank message to 
BLDG-SIM-UNSUBSCRIBE at GARD.COM