https://github.com/buds-lab/simple-building

Simplified Building Simulation Engine
https://github.com/buds-lab/simple-building

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Simplified Building Simulation Engine

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/buds-lab/simple-building
• Owner: buds-lab
• License: other
• Created: 2012-12-06T09:36:35.000Z (almost 12 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2017-09-18T06:57:46.000Z (about 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-07-31T20:27:49.779Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Python
• Size: 855 KB
• Stars: 25
• Watchers: 15
• Forks: 10
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# SimpleBuilding

SimpleBuilding is a lightweight building performance simulation engine designed to predict the heating and cooling energy in multi-zone commercial buildings. It was designed based on the simplified, dynamic hourly method from [ISO 13790:2009](http://www.iso.org/iso/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=41974) and from [Stephane Bertagnolio's PhD thesis](http://ulg.academia.edu/StephaneBertagnolio).

Users should be cautioned that this engine is not as comprehensive as a complex whole building simulation program like [EnergyPlus](http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/), as it is meant to simulate system level metrics of common types of buildings with common systems. It is an attempt to apply the [Pareto Principle](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto_principle) to building performance simulation through a transparent, open-source, scalable simulation engine written in the high-level, easy-to-learn [Python](http://www.python.org/) scripting language.

## Getting Started

The Engine is designed to be utilized through an IPython console. The easiest way to get started is to download the free [Enthought Python Distribution (EPD)](http://www.enthought.com/products/epd_free.php) which includes all of the libraries required by the engine. 

After installation of EPD, the `pandas` library will need to be upgraded to at least [Version 0.90](http://pandas.pydata.org/).

From the IPython console, navigate to the source code folder and run:

`run -t SimpleBuildingEngine.py`

## Beta Version

This engine is in the beta phase and much of the input/output functionality common to building simulation engines is very crude and code-integrated.