.IDEAS.Buildings.Validation.BESTEST

Information

BESTEST implementation of IDEAS. This model generates the results in the figures below, which has last been updated on December 16, 2019 for IDEAS 2.1. Reference results are from the EnergyPlus website.

Series 600, series 900 and free float normalised results:

E_H and E_C indicate normalised total yearly energy use for heating and cooling. P_H and P_C indicate normalised peak average hourly energy use for heating and cooling. For free float cases, normalised minimum, average and maximum temperatures are reported.

Revisions

• December 16, 2019 by Filip Jorissen:
  Updated results after having updated convection implementation #1099.
• June 7, 2018 by Filip Jorissen:
  Revised implementation using dedicated SimInfoManger for #838.
• March 30, 2017 by Filip Jorissen:
  Revised figure and documentation.
• July 25, 2016 by Filip Jorissen:
  Revised implementation.