RefBldgLargeHotelNew2004_Chicago.idf is also in version 6.0 release and is smaller by 10k bytes.
Download for All the files when zipped is about 90Mbytes. It is free. The website was given on this forum not long ago. I do not have it, as mine was downloaded quite some time ago.
ASHRAE up date was 2004, 2007, 2010.
I only un-zipped the smallOffice.IDF. They were in version 6. They are all written in EPlus .IDF The .epw weather files used in these files are also available in zipped format. (34 locations) Toronto is near Chicago, and therefore I never look at the download files and use those in the exampleFiles folder..
Dr. Li
To: EnergyPlus_Support@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
From: fongkwt@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2012 17:24:41 -0700
Subject: RE: [EnergyPlus_Support] typical office buildings simulation software
Dear Dr LI,
Thank you so much for the information about the vegetation used on the building, you really have a broad and deep prospective of the building energy.
According to your reply, I have a few question for further understanding.
I downloaded the free version EnergyPlus V7-1, but I can?t find the examples you listed (like RefBldgLargeHotelNew2004_Chicago.idf) in the example files folder. Which version are you using now? What is the difference of different versions( As the updates are really frequent)? Is there any specific version which has more database or templates, and we need to pay for it? Are all the software integrated with EnergyPlus free?
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