[Equest-users] INP PD2 Library

[Chris Balbach]

All:

A similar effort is currently underway (managed by DOE and Federal Labs) called OpenEI, with a sister site called VIBE:

http://en.openei.org/wiki/Gateway:Buildings

"Open Energy Information (OpenEI) is a knowledge-sharing online community dedicated to connecting people with the latest information and data on energy resources from around the world. Created in partnership with the United States Department of Energy and federal laboratories across the nation, OpenEI offers access to real-time data and unique visualizations that will help you find the answers you need to make better, more informed decisions. And because the site is designed on a linked, open-data platform,  your contributions are both welcomed and encouraged.

Whether the information you're looking for is simple or complex - from energy basics to cutting-edge innovations, renewable energy incentives, datasets, and a host of other energy-related topics - OpenEI puts a wealth of information on the world's energy resources at your fingertips. And it's all free. "
For example, the E+ files used to generate savings predictions for General Merchandise and Grocery market segments have been uploaded here.

It's an "Angie's List" approach to crowd-sourcing where registered users can post content, rate content posted by others, and contribute. I have used the community editable rate repository (http://en.openei.org/wiki/Gateway:Utilities) in to help me gut-check atleast the generation side of my modeling tariffs.

Nothing to prevent users from uploading and sharing data sets (models?) of any sort to the community at large.

All the Best

_Chris



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From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Anthony Hardman
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 11:16 AM
To: 'Arpan Bakshi'; 'equest-users'
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] INP PD2 Library

Hey Arpan, sample input files are a great idea.  Could you post these the Onebuilding Wiki<http://onebuilding.org/wiki/doku.php/start>, perhaps with a narrative?  If you look in the "usersGuides" directory, Nick has posted a great How-To lesson that might be appropriate for what you're trying to accomplish.  Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think part of the vision for the wiki is to have a more detailed/user friendly source of info for commonly asked questions.

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From: equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Arpan Bakshi
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 8:52 AM
To: equest-users
Subject: [Equest-users] INP PD2 Library

Everyone,

I'm conducting some what of an experiment in the social networking we all engage in through these mailing lists. I hypothesize that if we had a library of eQUEST models available for anyone to download and comment on then eventually there would be peer-reviewed, tried and tested templates for various system and use types we could agree on and refer to.

I will continue to update a library of .inp and .pd2 files for a few months to test out how useful such a library may or may not be. I have started the library with a test model you can try to download here:

http://www.box.net/equest-user


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