EnergyPlus Graphical User Interface

Software · Tue Jan 04 00:00:00 EST 2011

OSTI ID:1231736

LBNL, Infosys Technologies and Digital Alchemy are developing a free, comprehensive graphical user interface (GUI) that will enable EnergyPlus to be used more easily and effectively by building designers and other professionals, facilitating its widespread adoption. User requirements have been defined through a series of practitioner workshops. A new schematic editor for HVAC systems will be combined with different building envelope geometry generation tools and IFC-based BIM import and export. LBNL and Digital Alchemy have generated a detailed function requirements specification, which is being implemented in software by Infosys, LBNL and and Digital Alchemy. LBNL and practitioner subcontractors will develop a comprehensive set of templates and libraries and will perform extensive testing of the GUI before it is released in Q3 2011. It is planned to use an Open Platfom approach, in which a comprehensive set of well documented Application Programming Interfaces (API's) would be provided to facilitate both the development of third party contributions to the official, standard GUI and the development of derivative works.

• Short Name / Acronym: ENERGYPLUS GUI; 001833IBMPC03
• Site Accession Number: CR-2998
• Version: 03
• Programming Language(s): Medium: X; OS: Windows XP Pro, Vista, 7; Compatibility: IBM PC
• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• Contributing Organization: Phillip Haves, James O'Donnell, Tianzhen Hong, Mangesh Bashjarkar, Vladimir Bazjanac, Richard See (and others), Inforsys Technologies
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 1231736
• Country of Origin: United States