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Generic Model for Thermal Building Simulation
by siz energieplus
Authors:
Tobias Maile, Simon Marx, Etienne Ott, Moira Peter, Heiner Steinacker, Matthias Stickel
Contact:
Etienne Ott, Matthias Stickel
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GenSim - for "generic building simulation" - is a building simulation software using the EnergyPlus® simulation engine to generate high-resolution heating and cooling demand profiles as well as electricity demand profiles for buildings with various types of use. "Generic" in this context refers to a "generally valid" building model. This means that the software is versatile enough to simulate any type of building in a very flexible and simplified way, enabling users to efficiently adapt the software for any building design.
GenSim was specifically devloped for the use during project pre-planning where detailed simulations of buildings are challenging due to typically constrained time budgets and limited availability of information. Traditional simulation tools require extensive input data, making the process time-consuming. GenSim addresses this by providing presets for multiple building typologies and a streamlined approach for quick, simple, yet accurate building simulations. This is particularly valuable in early planning stages when only rough data about the planned buildings is available. If more detailed information (wall structure, detailed geometry, specific use, ...) is available about the building to be examined, this can be used for more precise results.
More information is available in the documentation: https://quasi-software.readthedocs.io/en/latest/gensim_user_manual/
Based on EnergyPlus, OpenStudio, MS Excel, Ruby. Using MS Excel for data processing.
Website / Documentation
Download
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 Open Source
MIT license (MIT)
Directly downloadable
Input data shipped
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| Model Scope |
Model type and solution approach |
| Model class
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building energy demand
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| Sectors
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electricity, heat, cold
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| Technologies
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| Decisions
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| Regions
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All
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| Geographic Resolution
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| Time resolution
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15 Minute
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| Network coverage
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| Model type
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Simulation
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EnergyPlus is used to perform a thermal building simulation
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| Variables
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| Computation time
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3 minutes (more with complex geomety of the building)
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| Objective
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| Uncertainty modeling
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| Suited for many scenarios / monte-carlo
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No
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References
Scientific references
Maile, T.; Steinacker, H.; Stickel, M.W.; Ott, E.; Kley, C. Automated Generation of Energy Profiles for Urban Simulations. Energies 2023, 16, 6115.
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en16176115
Reports produced using the model
To cite a specific version of GenSim, use:
Maile, T., Marx, S., Ott, E., Peter, M., Steinacker, H., & Stickel, M. (2023). GenSim v2.15 - Generic Building Simulation (part of QuaSi) (release). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10200807
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