Building Energy Modeling with OpenStudio

This textbook teaches the fundamentals of building energy modelling using the example applications shipped with the widely adopted, free and open source software platform OpenStudio. Designed by researchers at US National Labs to support a new generation of high performance buildings, OpenStudio is revolutionizing how building energy modelling is taught in universities and applied by professional architects and engineers around the world. The authors, all researchers at National Renewable Energy Laboratory and members of the software development team, present OpenStudio's platform philosophy and guide readers in applying OpenStudio Measures-the small self-contained scripts that can transform energy models and their data, generate reports, and automate common tasks. They illustrate key concepts through a sophisticated, realistic example problem that evolves in complexity, presenting versions of the digital model at various stages of its development throughout the book. The text also examines advanced topics including daylighting, parametric analysis, uncertainty analysis, design optimization, and automation of common modelling tasks. Building Energy Modelling with OpenStudio teaches students to become sophisticated modellers rather than simply proficient software users. It supports undergraduate and graduate building energy courses in Architecture, and in Mechanical, Civil, Architectural, and Sustainability Engineering.