The DOE Commercial Building Benchmark Energy Models for
existing buildings have been posted. There are three sets of models
? new construction following 90.1-2004, post-1980 mostly following
90.1-1989, and pre-1980. The 90.1-2004 versions have been
available, but the post-1980 and pre-1980 models have recently been
completed and posted to the DOE website. There are 16 building
types and 16 locations for each vintage. The models are available
as EnergyPlus 4.0 input files. Also available are the EnergyPlus
html output file and a spreadsheet ?scorecard? that documents the model
inputs and the results from the EnergyPlus simulation. Updated
versions will be made available a few weeks after the next release of
EnergyPlus in April.
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Kristin M. Field
Engineer II - Mechanical
Commercial Buildings Group
Electricity, Resources, and Building Systems Integration Center
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
1617 Cole Blvd., mailstop 5202
Golden, CO 80401
303.384.7376 phone
303.384.7540 fax
Kristin.Field@xxxxxxxx