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1 IBPSA-USA, Houston Chapter, Quarterly Publication Volume 2c, Aug 2010

IBPSA-USA, Houston Chapter

International Building Performance Simulation Association

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IBPSA-USA Houston Chapter Committee !

Quarterly Publication Newsletter

Volume 3a, Mar 2011

“IBPSA is a non-profit international society of building performance simulation

researchers, developers and practitioners, dedicated to improving the built

environment.”


Final note this fiscal year…

Dear All,

It has been a pleasure serving IBPSA-USA, Houston Chapter. It’s time to pass on the baton.

I would like to extend my acknowledgement to the people who helped starting this chapter in

2009:

Greg Tinkler and Richard Stalnaker at RLB, David McLean and Norman Cogner at CHPA,

Prof. Larry Degelman, TAMU.

You will see a more dynamic face to the chapter in the next meetings. We have found an

excellent partner in Houston Revit User’s Group. We are looking forward for more

partnerships with other professional groups.

The last year saw three new regional chapters of IBPSA established in Boston, Washington

DC and Philadelphia taking up the regional count to seven. Building Performance Simulation

is a vast field and it gives me great pleasure to see more and more professionals and

students from architecture and engineering interested in the subject. Our goal remains to

encourage the budding talents and improve the standard of professional service.

Please send in your nominations for the following posts to [email protected] :

President,

Vice-President,

Treasurer

Secretary.

Looking forward to an exciting year ahead,

Kapil Upadhyaya.

President, IBPSA-USA Houston Chapter.


JOB SEARCH

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improvements. We are currently hiring seasoned energy-efficiency engineers with commercial & industrial energy-

auditing experience. The openings are located in Houston, Austin, and Little Rock. (We do offer a relocation

package.) Among other things, qualified engineers should have experience conducting building energy-use

audits/analyses, identifying energy-efficiency opportunities, using energy-simulation/modeling tools such as DOE-

2/eQUEST, performing energy-savings calculations, and developing measurement and verification (M&V) plans. P.E.

and/or C.E.M. certification is preferred. These are full-time positions with full benefits. If interested, please contact

James Hatheway at (512) 259-2383 or [email protected]

COMNET update

The next set of Energy Modeling guidelines are already ways ahead in development. The adoption may affect modeling

procedure for LEED, Federal tax deductions and Code Compliance. See latest updates:

http://www.comnet.org/sites/default/files/COMNET-Newsletter-January2011.pdf


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Building Research & Information CALL FOR PAPERS:

Next Challenges in Energy Building Research

Guest Editors: A.J. Summerfield, R.J. Lowe

Building Research and Information will be publishing a special issue in 2012 entitled 'Next Challenges in Energy

Building Research’. There is much that the international research community needs to learn over the next decade as we

face a step change in the demands placed upon research. This special issue is not about reporting specific findings

from energy demand reduction projects, except where these are necessary to support a more general argument.

Instead, it is an attempt to explore the role of research in supporting a transition to a low-carbon economy in the light of

policy and existing and emerging technical options, the nature, objectives and culture of research, and the evolving

relationships between research communities, funders and stakeholders.

http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/cfp/rbricfp.pdf.

This call for papers seeks the submission of abstracts (200-300 words) responding to the issues below. The abstracts

must make clear how the research, evidence and lessons from the specific case provide a basis for the more general,

overarching objectives of the special issue.

Abstracts must be submitted by 15 March 2011 to the Editor in Chief: Richard Lorch [email protected]

Selected abstracts will be developed into full papers and undergo double-blind refereeing.


EVENTS

IBPSA-USA, Houston Quarterly Meeting

We will meet at AIA downtown on March 8th , 6:00pm.

Agenda: Taking Advantage of BIM for Energy Analysis

Presenter: Jason Bohning, EIT, BIM Technologies Manager

Description of Presentation:

I have spoken with a lot of engineers that are using Revit to produce construction documents, but are

not using it to create their energy models. After a lot of trial and error, I have developed a method to

get exactly the information I need out of Revit and into other energy analysis software programs such

as Trane Trace, Green Building Studio and eQuest. This same approach can be used with two

dimensional drawings on new or existing buildings for energy analysis. Don’t stop at energy analysis.

The same files can be used to model other aspects of the building. Please join me at the Houston

Revit Users Group to discuss best practices for coordination between architects and engineers for

energy analysis.

Key Topics

- Manipulate Revit files to get a usable gbxml file.

- Understand which file types energy analysis tools use.

- See what engineers need to perform energy analysis.

- Learn how to turn 2-D drawings into a usable model.

- Discuss coordination between architects and engineers.

Please coordinate with Dat Lien ([email protected]) if you would like to include questions on the

topic.


OTHER EVENTS

AIA:

Gulf Coast Green Symposium & Expo, May 25, 2011, United Way of Greater Houston.

Registration open

USGBC:

Repair, Retrofit & Light Imprint: Sustainable Development Tools for Houston, March 16th, 6pm

Location: Texas Southern University - School of Public Affairs

ASHRAE:

ASHRAE LUNCH MEETING – Energy Labeling, March 16


PREVIOUS MEETING

The last IBPSA-USA, Houston meeting was on air flow simulations for datacenters using Tile Flow, a

software tool from Innovative Research, Inc. Dr. Kailash Karki talked about pressure drop and flow related

issues in underfloor plenums and compared measurements with simulation results. A datacenter model

was setup in a matter of minutes and run for demonstration.

QUESTIONS ???

We are starting this section to address your questions on LEED Energy modeling, technical issues related

to different modeling programs, or opinion of experienced modeling personnel. Please send them to:

Norman J. Conger ( [email protected] ), Subject: IBPSA-QA

and we would direct them to one of our fellow members. All Q&As would be included in the next newsletter.

Are You a Member???

To become a member, simply fill out the application form found at the address below:

http://www.ibpsa.us/membership.shtml

Existing members may use the form to renew their membership or update their contact information.

Visit the IBPSA-USA, Houston Chapter at: http://ibpsausahouston.wordpress.com/

Call for Articles

This newsletter serves as a wonderful tool to circulate useful information and upcoming events across the

modeling community. Please share these with us along with your own opinions by contacting Kapil

Upadhyaya ( [email protected] ). All comments are greatly appreciated.

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