Vertical Cities Asia

For the studio, we will be using the Vertical Cities Asia competition as a vehicle for IVP.

On Monday will be the presentations for assignment 2 of the elective. However, I have just found out that there will also be a briefing for the Vertical Cities Asia competition, at 3pm on Monday, in the urban design studio.

So we will have to move the presentations forwards a bit:

• From 12.30pm to 3pm: 6 students
• From 3pm to 4.30pm: Vertical Cities Asia briefing
• From 4.30 to 6.30: 5 students

http://verticalcitiesasia.com/

EnergyPlus V2.3

Another bug fix:

• shades were being assigned to the wrong surfaces

For consistency, I have put it back in the original zip file as usual (but only the otl file has changed - the rest is the same).

• phtj_energyplus.zip

EnergyPlus V2.2

Some more bug fixes for the energy plus nodes:

• windows were being assigned to the wrong surfaces
• the data folder generated an error when the name was changed

I have fixed these bugs - a new phtj_energyplus.otl file has been created . For consistency, I have put it back in the original zip file as usual (but note that only the otl file has changed - the rest is the same).

• phtj_energyplus.zip

phtj_shapely

I have uploaded the shapely node, originally created by Kian Wee Chen.  Here it is:

• phtj_shapely.zip

There are a few files and folders in the zip.

The phtj_shapely.otl needs to be copied to your otls directory

The shapely folder (including the folder itself) needs to be copied to:
...\Houdini 11.0.xxx\python26\lib\site-packages

There are two geo folders, one for 32 bit windows, and another for 64 bit windows. Choose the folder for your version of windows, and copy the files in that folder to
  ...\Houdini 11.0.xxx\python26\dlls

EnergyPlus V2.1

I have fixed a few bugs in the energy plus nodes. Now you can create attributes for more than 3 zones (50 max). And you can get heating and cooling for zones. And I simplified some of the naming of the attributes.

You can use the same download link as before - phtj_energyplus.zip

Note that I have not yet fixed the boundary bug - if you are doing floating zones, you still need to select both 'Roof boundary is floor' and 'Floor boundary is roof'.

EnergyPlus V2

The new version of the energy plus nodes are here! It has some more friendly nodes for creating attributes required for the energy plus simulation. Also, the energyplus_link node now allows you to specify internal gains, and also link floors and roofs (as discussed at the end of monday).

• phtj_energyplus.zip

Like last time, there are a few files and folders in the zip.

The phtj_energyplus.otl needs to be copied to your otls directory

The py2energyplus folder need to be copied to:
...\Houdini 11.0.504\python26\lib\site-packages

The base.idf and the test.hip can be anywhere, but must be together in the same folder.

Do not save anything in folder with spaces e.g. "My Documents"

EnergyPlus V1

After some delay (it is already nearly 3pm!), here is the EnergyPlus node. I was trying to fix a bug - I have half fixed it, but I will do another update tomorrow. For the meantime, we can get started with this one:

• phtj_sim.zip

There are a few files and folders in the zip.

The phtj_sim.otl needs to be copied to your otls directory

The py2energyplus folder need to be copied to:
...\Houdini 11.0.504\python26\lib\site-packages

The base.idf and the test.hip can be anywhere, but must be together in the same folder. Do not save in folder with spaces such as "My Documents".