[Bldg-sim] Simergy GUI for EnergyPlus: Public Beta 2 posted

[Philip Haves]

(with apologies for cross-posting)


      Simergy Public Beta 2 posted

A second public beta version of the Simergy free graphical user 
interface for EnergyPlus has been posted at 
http://simergy-beta.lbl.gov/.  Key features of Simergy include:

- Comprehensive and Loop Level HVAC System Templates for typical and 
high performance systems
- Drag and drop component-level editing of HVAC systems to adapt 
templates and build custom systems
- Geometry options:
     - import of building geometry from 3D CAD/BIM using IFC or gbXML
     - build custom geometry from 2D plans (dwg/dxf) or draw free form 
and extrude vertically
     - build your own geometry from base shapes
- Management of multiple design alternatives
- Pre-defined reports and interactive visualization of EnergyPlus output
- Training and support documentation including links to EnergyPlus 
documentation.

It is worth going through the 1 page Essential Reading included as part 
of the installation before using Simergy.

*Contest!
*

To encourage beta-testers to report issues, we have organized a contest 
with iPad 4's as prizes (donated by Simergy Development Partner Trane) 
for the contestants who document the greatest number of issues.  Details 
will be emailed shortly to people who register as beta testers.

Our thanks to all who have expressed interest in Simergy, particularly 
to those who have volunteered to be beta-testers.


Philip Haves

Leader, Simulation Research Group
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road, MS 90R3111
Berkeley, CA 94720-8134
(510) 486 6512 (office)
(510) 486 4089 (fax)

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