EnergyPlus

This is the spreadsheet developed by Roger Baker comparing Energy Plus autosize to actual building loads for commercial building types. This was the basis to develop sizing factors of 2.5 and 2.3 based on a straight average of this work. These values should be revised in the future.

Use this spreadsheet to compare whole building and end use consumption between DOE2 DEER prototypes and E+ DEER prototypes across climate zones and building types.

Note: The DEER support email address has changed to DEERsupport@guidehouse.com.

The Equation Sources tab for the SEER to EER and HSPF to COP conversions include fan energy. ASHRAE 90.1 2022 has better equations for one or two speed split and packaged HVAC systems, see the FAQ for ASHRAE equations.

This documents the DEER prototype models and documents how measures are modeled. The Residential EnergyPlus models follow the same methods. The Commercial EnergyPlus models were based in the same methods with updated methods posted on the CalBEM Benchmarking Database site.

These are the slides and a webinar recording from the December 13, 2023 presentation describing the DEER Prototype system stored in a GitHub repository. The system includes Modelkit files to create and run EnergyPlus models for residential and commercial DEER prototypes in a batch file. It also includes Python and SQL files to post process the simulation results into DEER database records. To find the webinar recording click the "see history" button.

It has come to our attention that one of the planes that defines the attic floor of the SFm building prototype is misaligned with the rest of the attic floor. This will be remedied in the coming month. The UES impacts of this flaw will be reported as well.

This informative video, discovered on YouTube, was created by an independent user. Reviewed for accuracy, the video demonstrates the step-by-step usage of the DEER Prototypes EnergyPlus repository published by DNV.  https://youtu.be/39nZlooH7yc

This webinar presents the system that allows paramaterization of the prototype models and collaboration on prototype development. This will replace MC3. The recording of the webinar is also posted here.

These are 2022 weather data, source: http://weather.whiteboxtechnologies.com/

This memo describes the files and supporting documentation that should be submitted for residential non-DEER measures that were previously modeled using MASControl3 and eQUEST/DOE2 building simulations. Using the submitted content, DNV will migrate the input files to run using the EnergyPlus building simulation engine.