Michael J. Witte

TL;DR: EnergyPlus as discussed by the authors is a building energy simulation tool that includes a number of innovative simulation features such as variable time steps, user-configurable modular systems that are integrated with a heat and mass balance-based zone simulation, and input and output data structures tailored to facilitate third party module and interface development.

TL;DR: EnergyPlus as discussed by the authors is a building energy simulation software that has been tested using the International Energy Agency (IEA) HVAC BESTEST E100-E200 series of tests, which is a series of steady-state tests for a single-zone DX cooling system.

TL;DR: Crawley et al. as mentioned in this paper proposed a solar energy system based on the U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration (EIA) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

TL;DR: EnergyPlus as discussed by the authors is a building energy simulation program based on the capabilities and features of BLAST and DOE-2, which includes many simulation features that have not been available together in a mainstream building simulation program.

TL;DR: In this article, a set of idealized in-depth diagnostic test cases for use in validating ground-coupled floor slab heat transfer models are presented, which represent an extension to IEA BESTEST.