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Gene_Davis | Posted in Energy, Heating & Insulation on

Something interesting from the kids at Google:

The OpenStudio plugin is a geometry editor for EnergyPlus, the Whole Building Energy Simulation Program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. This free, open source plugin (currently only available for Windows) enables Google SketchUp users to create building geometry from scratch, open and edit existing EnergyPlus input files, or run EnergyPlus and view the results, all without ever leaving SketchUp.

Has anyone tried it?

Whose earmark was it?

 

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“A stripe is just as real as a dadgummed flower.”

Gene Davis        1920-1985

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  1. MikeSmith | | #1

    i bookmarked it...
    now ... tell me more

    Mike Hussein Smith Rhode Island : Design / Build / Repair / Restore
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    BarryE | | #2

    tried it yet?

    Barry E-Remodeler

     

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      Gene_Davis | | #3

      No, I was waiting for your report! 

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      "A stripe is just as real as a dadgummed flower."

      Gene Davis        1920-1985

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        BarryE | | #4

        You don't want to wait that long. <G>Thanks for the link though, soon as I get a better grasp of SU, I'm going back inJust thought you might have a synopsis.

        Barry E-Remodeler

         

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