4) If you want to bypass all that and just generate an example for
your
building that you can start using and learn that way, you can use
the
EnergyPlus Example File Generator application at:
http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/cfm/inputs/
5) and someone posted: "Laboratory of Energy Efficiency in Buildings
is linked to the Center for Research in Construction (Civil Engineering
Department) of Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina" website
available for free by this link:
http://www.labeee.ufsc.br/pos-graduacao/ecv_4202/ecv4202_doc.html