building energy simulation News
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IES Project Manager Luc Delestrade Named to CaGBC’s Experienced Modellers List
Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES), a provider of integrated performance analysis software and consulting services for sustainable building design, today announced Luc Delestrade, Vancouver-based Project Manager, has been named to Canada Green Building Council’s (CaGBC) Experienced Modellers List. Individuals on CaGBC’s Experienced Modellers ...
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Berkeley Lab and China’s Tsinghua University to tackle building energy efficiency
Berkeley Lab and China’s Tsinghua University forged ties on Aug. 12 to promote the development and implementation of building energy efficiency, a move intended to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S and China. A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was entered into between the University of California, which manages Berkeley Lab, and China’s Tsinghua University. The ...
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Software helps design energy stingy buildings
OpenStudio, a new quick, easy to use and free software tool created by NREL developers seamlessly combines the building energy simulation of EnergyPlus with the popular drawing interface of Google's SketchUp. Gone is the tedious and time-consuming task of manually entering building geometry data. Now users can quickly sketch a computerized 3-D drawing of a building and run a fast simulation ...
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Bentley selected to join consortium for U.S.-China clean energy research center on building energy efficiency
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced that it has been selected to join the consortium, led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, for a U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC) focused on building energy efficiency. ...
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News Alert: Bentley selected to join consortium for U.S.-China cean energy research center on building energy efficiency
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced that it has been selected to join the consortium, led by the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, for a U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC) focused on building energy efficiency. The new ...
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Bentley appoints Dru Crawley, ‘father of EnergyPlus,’ as director, building energy performance products
AIA 2010 National Convention –Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced it has appointed Dru Crawley, Ph.D., AIA, FASHRAE, to the newly created position of director, Building Energy Performance Products. Prior to joining Bentley, Dr. Crawley was Commercial ...
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NREL Researchers Point Toward Energy Efficiency Instead of Long-Term Storage
Incorporating energy efficiency measures can reduce the amount of storage needed to power the nation's buildings entirely with renewable energy, according to analysis conducted by researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). As more communities plan to eventually rely on 100% renewable energy, the researchers offer a strategy that could guide their ...
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Building sector must change to meet global energy targets, new study finds
New modeling by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) shows how energy use in buildings can be cut by 60 percent by 2050 - essential to meeting global climate change targets - but this will require immediate action to transform the building sector. This is the central message of the report from the WBCSD's four-year, $15 million Energy Efficiency in Buildings (EEB) ...
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