[Bldg-sim] Simergy v1.0 released

[Philip Haves]

(with apologies for cross posting)

Simergy v1.0 was released today. Simergy is a free graphical user 
interface (GUI)  that enables DOE's whole-building energy modeling 
engine EnergyPlus to be used more easily and effectively. Simergy helps 
meet the advanced building energy modeling needs of architects, 
mechanical engineers, simulation consultants, energy analysts and 
sustainability consultants. Simergy can be downloaded from 
simergy.lbl.gov <mailto:simergy.lbl.gov>. (Note that the registration 
process is separate from the EnergyPlus registration process, though if 
you aren't already registered for EnergyPlus, you can download it with 
Simergy.)

Simergy features include:

·Ability to manage and evaluate design alternatives.

·Versatile geometry creation capabilities that include: standard shapes, 
extruded floor plans from 2-D CAD and 3-D import from Building 
Information Models (BIM) using industry-based standard schemas such as 
IFC-Design Concept BIM and Green Building XML (gbXML).

·Libraries of construction materials, default operating schedules and 
HVAC equipment and templates for both conventional and low-energy HVAC 
systems.

·Drag-and-drop HVAC schematic editing that can be used to both customize 
standard templates and to create innovative HVAC designs from scratch.

·Customized summary reports and interactive results visualization that 
allow simulation results explored individually in different levels of 
detail and across multiple design alternatives.

A series of video tutorials 
<http://simergy.lbl.gov/video-tutorials.html>and guides to Simergy's 
structure and capabilities is available on the Simergy website 
<http://simergy.lbl.gov/index.html>.

Simergy is funded by a private-public partnership between DOE's BTO, the 
California Energy Commission, Infosys, Trane, Hydro-Québec and the 
Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance. It is developed by a team led by 
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), supported by 
software developer Digital Alchemy.

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