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Welcome to the Building Technologies Office's Building Energy Modeling blog.
Energy modeling is often used to evaluate ECM payback, calculating the operational energy savings that accrue after an initial capital investment. One
National lab researchers are working with U.S. military to evaluate energy-efficient base structures.
OpenStudio was conceived as a software development kit (SDK) for EnergyPlus that reduces the effort required to develop and maintain BEM applications.
If you are a BEM professional, know a BEM professional, or even follow one on LinkedIn or Twitter, you’ve probably heard the news.
This week, BTO published two important and related documents regarding its Building Energy Modeling (BEM) program.
Autodesk’s interest in EnergyPlus has been public for some time. In 2013, the company underwrote the translation of EnergyPlus from FORTRAN.
A building’s architecture—its form, mass, envelope design, selection of construction materials, and layout of interior spaces—has a tremendous impact
DOE and NREL, with help from Big Ladder Software, recently launched user feedback portals for EnergyPlus and OpenStudio, ensuring that the development team focuses on features and improvements that users want and need.