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OpenStudio® is a cross-platform (Windows, Mac, and Linux) collection of software tools to support whole building energy modeling using EnergyPlus and advanced daylight analysis using Radiance. OpenStudio is an open source (LGPL) project to facilitate community development, extension, and private sector adoption. OpenStudio includes graphical interfaces (OpenStudio Application) along with a Software Development Kit (SDK).
OpenStudio utilizes EnergyPlus as the engine for performing the building energy simulations.
The OpenStudio Coalition is an organization founded to support the use of the OpenStudio Application.
License: LGPL-Style / BSD-4-clause source (check this Duncan (talk) 16:20, 9 December 2020 (UTC) )
History
OpenStudio was first released in April 2008 by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a part of the U.S. Department of Energy. At first, OpenStudio was designed to work with SketchUp, because many architects already use SketchUp for building designs. The integration allows architects to analyze a design's energy performance before beginning construction. SketchUp on the desktop is no longer free, and requires a paid subscription based license to run.
Documentation and User-Guides
Assistance, documentation and user-guides for OpenStudio are found in multiple locations, both online and in print. Unmet Hours and the OpenStudio Coalition are primary sources of tutorials and answers when it comes to OpenStudio. In addition, a textbook was published in 2018, titled Building Energy Modeling with OpenStudio that is a good guide for new building energy modelers and designers.
OpenStudio Coalition
The OpenStudio Coalition website has documentation on installing, creating and running simulations. They also have linked covering a few advanced topics, including utility rate tariffs, and working with gbXML files.
Unmet Hours
Use this forum based website for community support, to post questions, or to search for answer to energy modeling questions in general. Many questions here are related to using OpenStudio and EnergyPlus.
See also
External Resources for Open-Source Tools
- Official OpenStudio Page
- Official EnergyPlus Page
- Official Radiance Page
- Official OpenStudio Coalition Website
- Unmet Hours Forum
- Building Energy Modeling with OpenStudio
- IFC import description: https://openstudiocoalition.org/tutorials/tutorial_ifcimport/
GitHub
External Resources for Proprietary Tools
| This page describes a software project from our AEC Free Software directory |
| This page is about AEC_Free_Software_directory#Analysis_and_Simulation software and the Category:Analysis_and_Simulation. This category currently includes software for Structural Analysis & Environmental Analysis. |
