[Bldg-sim] White Box Technologies announces the establishment of a Center for Open Source Building Simulations
Chris Jones
cj at cr-jay.ca
Mon Jan 25 08:04:14 PST 2010
There were a number of enhancements, paid for by public entities,
implemented in Hirsh's version of DOE2.1e - Dual Fan Dual Duct
system, pumping enhancements, etc. Hirsh was supposed to implement
those enhancements in the LBL version...
At 03:52 PM 1/21/2010, Joe Huang wrote:
>Dear Friends and Colleagues,
>
>White Box Technologies wishes to announce its intention to establish
>a non-profit Center for Open Source Building Energy Simulations
>(COSBES). I admit the title may sound a bit on the grandiose side,
>but it capsulizes my thinking on what may help our little world of
>building energy simulations - a non-profit non-commercial center on
>simulation programs and resources that's in the public domain.
>
>My initial goals are very modest, but my long-range vision is for
>the Center to be capable of significant software development and
>support, but always open source. My first steps are simply to
>maintain an open-source version of DOE-2.1E. DOE-2.1E has been
>effectively abandoned by LBNL and DOE for close to a decade. I have
>assurances from LBNL that it's only a matter of paperwork for them
>to make the program open source, and have communicated to them my
>intentions without receiving any objections.
>
>So what would this support consist of, besides making the program
>and source code freely available? That would of course depend on the
>public's (your) interest and need, which is one reason for this
>announcement! But for starters, I have a backlog of completed work
>that have never been incorporated into the public release version of
>DOE-2.1E, such as two-dimensional and combined response factors for
>composite walls, a decent foundation model, and an improved weather
>file format. In addition, I'm currently working on contract for
>ORNL to incorporate AtticSim into 2.1E. Lastly, I have a license
>from LBNL to continue working on my last major work there - a
>partially-completed DOE-2 to EnergyPlus translator (doe2ep) that,
>funding pending, can be updated to the current EnergyPlus release.
>Also in the works and soon to be launched are (1) VisualEPlus, a
>graphical user interface for EnergyPlus done by colleagues in China,
>and (2) actual-year weather data service accessing NCDC's massive
>International Surface Hourly (ISH) data base.
>
>I had originally thought of calling a meeting at ASHRAE to make this
>announcement, but then realized that finding a time to meet at
>ASHRAE is an impossibility. However, I would be happy to entertain
>any questions and comments while at the conference, where I'll
>typically be found in TC 4.7 and 4.2 meetings. For course, I'm also
>open to questions and comments posted on BLDG-SIM, although my
>responses will be somewhat delayed.
>--
>
>Joe Huang
>White Box Technologies, Inc.
>346 Rheem Blvd. Suite 108D
>Moraga CA 94556
>(o) +925 388 0265
>(c) +510 928 2683
>yjhuang at whiteboxtechnologies.com
>www.whiteboxtechnologies.com
>
>
>
>
>--
>Joe Huang
>White Box Technologies, Inc.
>346 Rheem Blvd. Suite 108D
>Moraga CA 94556
>(o) +925 388 0265
>(c) +510 928 2683
>yjhuang at whiteboxtechnologies.com
>www.whiteboxtechnologies.com
>
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Chris Jones
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