OpenStudio: An Open Source Integrated Analysis Platform.

摘要

High-performance buildings require an integrated design approach for all systems to work together optimally; systems integration needs to be incorporated in the earliest stages of design for efforts to be cost and energy-use effective. Building designers need a full-featured software framework to support rigorous, multidisciplinary building simulation. An open source framework--the OpenStudio Software Development Kit (SDK)--is being developed to address this need. In this paper, we discuss the needs that drive OpenStudios system architecture and goals, provide a development status report (the SDK is currently in alpha release), and present a brief case study that illustrates its utility and flexibility. High-performance building design requires an integrated design approach to reach ever-loftier energy use goals, satisfy more stringent building codes, and score well against high-performance building rating systems. In general, major building systems (e.g., lighting and air-conditioning) affect each others operation and energy flows, so many systems and strategies cannot be evaluated as individual line items.