[Bldg-sim] White Box Technologies announces the establishment of a Center for Open Source Building Simulations
Joe Huang
YJHuang at whiteboxtechnologies.com
Thu Jan 28 15:31:06 PST 2010
I was referring strictly to the ESTSC/LBNL version of DOE-2.1E. I am
aware that Jeff has another version of 2.1E that bifurcates from a
certain point,
and have talked to Jeff about this. I want COSBES to be a platform for
open source computing, not a platform for finger-pointing and
reconstructing
15 year old history.
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
Chris Jones wrote:
> 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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