Unfortunately, there are no keepers; DOE stopped funding the reference buildings project a couple years ago.
From: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeremiah Crossett
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2012 9:48 AM
To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Benchmark; Williams, Jeremiah (HQ); Carey, Kym (HQ); william.chvala@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Re: DOE commercial reference building file open error in EPlus 7.1
Dear, Commercial reference building keepers at the national renewable laboratory & keepers of the 90.1 Prototype models at the pacific north west laboratories/USDOE building codes division.
Could you do us modelers a favor>? Could you update the commercial reference buildings from their current version 5 to version 7.1? And the 90.1 prototype building models from version 6 to version 7.1?
The Energy Plus helpdesk site>Downloads>Converting older versions files>Download zip file>Create text file using Ep launch to select all files>convert to V6> Convert to V7 process is cumbersome and makes the idea of using these files feel like work in its self. The current version updater that comes packed with Energy Plus 7.1 will not convert from version 5 to 7.1 so the downloading of items is just a bit confusing/time consuming and is a deterrent for users to get started... One of the best uses of these reference buildings is to for new Energy Plus users to be able to use and experiment with, but new users may not find the transition process to be user friendly.
The use of the reference buildings, and the prototype baseline buildings found at the links below should be a easy to use asset, but because they are not updated in unison w
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