Gentlemen,
I don't think "simple" or "light weight" and "EnergyPlus" really fit together in the same sentence. I am amazed at how well the folks at DesignBuilder or OpenStudio or Simergy (or AECOSim or n++ or gEnergy) can get anything to work! While participating in the development of Simergy as an "industry consultant", I was made keenly aware of how complex and wide-ranging the connections for nodes (only) can be for a programmer. There are dozens (hundreds?) of ways to get them wrong and only one or two correct ways. That is not to consider the many optional ways that you may want to actually build a particular model.
I generally try not to “re-invent the wheel”, so if there’s something that a reliable developer has already created, I try to use it and offer helpful comments for their improvement (as well as exercising patience when they can’t move as fast as I’d like). At the moment, there appears to be many GUI options – quite the change from even 2-3 years ago! As far as I can tell, none of them implement absolutely everything that is available within E+, but they’re progressing steadily. That means I can use a hybrid (commercial GUI + custom modifications) approach and spend less time working on software. One of these days (probably) the GUIs will be all that we need….
In short, I think that helping / enabling the efforts of a developer who is already working on the problem is a better approach.
p.s., full disclosure requires that I say I’m still using my own “software” (a spreadsheet input and analysis aid) because it includes features that I don’t yet have from other tools.
James V Dirkes II, PE, BEMP, LEED AP
www.buildingperformanceteam.com
Energy Analysis, Commissioning & Training Services
1631 Acacia Drive, Grand Rapids, MI 49504 USA
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Subject: Re: [EnergyPlus_Support] Re: Quick path to learn HVAC detailed modeling approach, is there an
Jeremiah,
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