Big Ladder Software is pleased to announce new training workshops for EnergyPlus and OpenStudio to be held in collaboration with Catholic University of America in Washington, DC.
This is a great opportunity to learn EnergyPlus and OpenStudio together with our popular EnergyPlus for Practitioners workshop followed by our new OpenStudio Launch Pad workshop!
EnergyPlus for Practitioners
July 25-26, 2016
Washington, DC at Catholic University of America
August 8-9, 2016
Salt Lake City, UT at SimBuild/ASHRAE conference
Workshop Description
- Have you ever wanted to truly understand how to use EnergyPlus at the text level?
- Have you been using OpenStudio, DesignBuilder, or another GUI and had the need to peek under the hood to debug a problem or implement a measure or workaround?
This workshop should be a prerequisite for anyone planning to work with EnergyPlus regardless of what user interface you choose.
In
this two-day workshop we focus on the needs of the energy modeling
practitioner in order to get you up to speed and highly productive with
EnergyPlus as quickly as possible. We cover the fundamentals of
EnergyPlus
such as geometry and internal loads while rapidly ramping up to
advanced topics such as HVAC systems and controls. We guide you through
the complexities of the
EnergyPlus syntax, input/output files, documentation, and essential software tools including the
OpenStudio (legacy) plugin for
SketchUp.
Most importantly, we teach you how to use the available resources to
teach yourself going forward. Demonstrations and hands-on exercises are
used extensively throughout. By the end of the workshop, you should be
comfortable with creating, running, and debugging
EnergyPlus models.
OpenStudio Launch PadJuly 27, 2016
Washington, DC at Catholic University of America
Details and registration (Also register for EnergyPlus for Practitioners on July 25-26!) Workshop DescriptionThis one-day workshop aims to quickly launch you into the world of the
OpenStudio graphical user interface for
EnergyPlus. We cover the major features and capabilities of the interface including creating and editing geometry using the full
OpenStudio plugin for
SketchUp, managing space types and internal loads, and configuring HVAC systems and controls. (
OpenStudio
measure writing is not covered.) Demonstrations and hands-on exercises
are used extensively throughout. Previous experience with
EnergyPlus is recommended but not required.