We are pleased to announce the next OpenBuildings Energy Simulator Energy Assessor exam has been scheduled for: 19th Sept. 2023 at 10.00am - available for registration here. The exam is for energy assessors who wish to become accredited with…

is it possible in OpenBuildings to calculate the spread of cigarette smoke to plan smoking areas at a distance that is safe for the health of the surrounding people?

OpenBuildings version 10.09.02.36 has been fully approved by the Energy Performance of Buildings Division for PartL submission. This can be downloaded using Connection Client or from the Bentley website as below: Important: Once you have installed…

I have started a new project and defined the floor. I have tried to begin tracing in the rooms and have encountered an issue. I click the Trace Room icon and insert the room type and name. I then click on the starting point to trace the room and the red…

We are pleased to announce the next OpenBuildings Energy Simulator PartL exam has been scheduled for: 6th October 2022 at 10.00am - available for registration here . The exam is for energy assessors who wish to become accredited with using OpenBuildings…

I've copied a project and renamed it in order to undertake a number of modifications, I've ensured that the dgn file is identified with the correct folder (the new one) however when running the Part L I get a string of "bad references: CONSTRUCTION &…

Suggesting that the zone manager be reviewed. Can we implement a change showing a rooms zone before potentially adding it to another zone. I could have a hundred rooms split between 5 zones but every time I start a new zone in the manager it resets…

PartL 2021 and net-zero The new 2021 Part L Regulations will be a major step towards realising the goal of net-zero energy buildings, and achieving this will bring many new challenges and opportunities in nearly all aspects of the building life-cycle…

We are pleased to announce the next OpenBuildings Energy Simulator PartL exam has been scheduled for: 1st July 2022 at 10.30am - available for registration here . The exam is for energy assessors who wish to become accredited with using OpenBuildings…

The OpenBuildings product team recently announced the release of OpenBuildings Designer CONNECT Edition, Update 9.1 (v10.09.01.38): OpenBuildings Designer CONNECT Edition, Update 9.1 (v10.09.01.38) - OpenBuildings | AECOsim | Speedikon Announcements…

Currently modelling a building where my ground floor has rooms at three different heights -> staircase finishes at 12m (floor height) and a gym finishes at 7m and finally my offices/toilets/circulation which finishes at 3.6m. My first floor finishes 7…

Additional OpenBuildings Energy Simulator training material has been made available to users via our LearnServer: QuickStart ES103: Dynamic Simulations and HVAC Skills and product areas taught in this course include: How to perform Dynamic…

Hello, I need help with placing a window in a wall that doesn't touch the floor level. All the pink figure in the following picture is one room obtained by merging several rooms from different levels. When level 1 is active, the window probably…

The OpenBuildings product team is pleased to announce the availability of OpenBuildings Designer CONNECT Edition, Update 9 (v10.09.00.83) through the Bentley CONNECT Center , Software Downloads portal, or the desktop CONNECTION Client. Important installation…

We are pleased to announce the next OpenBuildings Energy Simulator PartL exam has been scheduled for: 28th April 2022 at 10.30am - available for registration here . The exam is for energy assessors who wish to become accredited with using…

Hi I have model the building with 75 rooms and warm floor as heating type. the result only shows the plant ratio of 1 and pre-heat period of 0. However, I am look at different plant ratios and pre-heat period hours. Thank you!

Hi there, is that possible to change the existing room height (especially on the midle floor rooms) on energy simulator rather than redraw it?

Hi Shane, in my modell, I mergedd two rooms and merged rooms cuased my PartL calcaution failure and I am not sure if there is any way to unmege it (As Slit Function not working for my complex model). or any other solution please? If possible, I…

Hi, Since I been using update 8 version, there are different colors representing walls (Blue shows exposed wall, which is right). However, the model also has orange color wall showing partition (that is supposed to be exposed wall), I wonder why? …

Hi there, I have tried and run through the recommendation for generating EPC. However, I am still failing it to generate one, Can you help please?

For the BIM QuickStart ES101: Modeling Course, is it possible to have .dwg templates used during the tutorial uploaded and accessible so that they can be used and opened by a trainee such as myself. This would help mimic the process better and add…

Whilst adjusting defaults manager settings, it appears that the menu is cut off on the right hand side, I cannot put in preset heights for the walls, partitions etc. I am not sure how to resolve this. Please see the screenshot below.

This post is intended to offer clarity to Hevacomp users during the continuing transition to OpenBuildings. Transition Progress Design Database and Dynamic Simulation Design Database and Simulator functionality is now available within OpenBuildings…

We are pleased to announce the next OpenBuildings Energy Simulator PartL exam has been scheduled for: 17th February 2022 at 10am - available for registration here . The exam is for energy assessors who wish to become accredited with using…

We are pleased to announce the next OpenBuildings Energy Simulator PartL exam has been scheduled for: 9th December 2021 at 10am - available for registration here . The exam is for energy assessors who wish to become accredited with using OpenBuildings…