[Bldg-sim] Generating or obtaining Real-Time load profiles?

[jake spuggy]

Thanks all for the leads, I will follow up.

In open source spirit, if I figure out a way to wrap an "example file"
service I'll package it up and share it.
http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/cfm/inputs/

I suspect there are many people like me out there -- seasoned programmers
and R/Matlab types who are just trying to get sample data for time-series
modeling and regression/classification tasks.

Cheers,
--Jake


On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 6:45 PM, Jeff Haberl <jhaberl at tamu.edu> wrote:

>  Jake,
>
>
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> You'll still have to process the data that is output from the program in a
> repeatable fashion. Therefore, I'd recommend you look at ASHRAE Research
> Project RP-1093 "Diversity Factor Toolkit".
>
>
>
> It contains a set of spreadsheets that take as input 8760 hourly data and
> convert it into quartile plots that can then be used to determine such
> things as weekday or weekend profiles.  It also outputs DOE-2, BLAST and
> EP+ schedules that are representative of the mean profiles generated by the
> spreadsheet that can be cut-and-pasted into your input command file. Its
> great for making the 3-D plots as well.
>
>
>
> Information about the project can be found in:
>
>
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> 1.        Abushakra, B., Haberl, J., Claridge, D. 2004. “Overview of
> Literature on Diversity Factors and Schedules for Energy and Cooling Load
> Calculations (1093-RP),” *ASHRAE Transactions-Research,* Vol. 110, Pt. 1
> (February), pp. 164-176.  ** ****
>
>
>
> 2.        Claridge, D., Abushakra, B., Haberl, J. 2003. “Electricity
> Diversity Profiles for Energy Simulation of Office Buildings (1093-RP),” *ASHRAE
> Transactions-Research,* Vol. 110, Pt. 1 (February), pp. 365-377.****
>
>
>
> Copies of the final report, including the spreadsheet can be obtained from
> Mike Vaughn, Research Manager at ASHRAE.
>
>
>
> Jeff
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> *From:* bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [
> bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] on behalf of Michael J Witte [
> mjwitte at gard.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 06, 2012 8:35 PM
> *To:* bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Bldg-sim] Generating or obtaining Real-Time load profiles?
>
>  "Real Time Load Profiles" is a very generic term.  Since you mention
> SmartGrid, I assume you mean electric power use profiles.  Timeseries CSV
> files are a common standard output from EnergyPlus and most tools (nearly
> all the example files produce some variation of this).  A single command in
> EnergyPlus will produce this directly as a csv file if you set the timestep
> = 60.
>
> Output:Meter, Electricity:Facility, timestep;
>
> The first column is date/time instead of seconds, but that can easily be
> converted inside excel.  This will give you minute-by-minute electric power
> consumption.  Or maybe I'm misunderstanding the question.
>
> Mike
>
>
> On 12/6/2012 7:19 PM, jake spuggy wrote:
>
> After trying a number of programs (EnergyPlus, BCTV, etc) I find it
> amazing that there isn't an easier way to generate *"Real Time Load
> Profiles". *
>
>  I see that these programs, namely EnergyPlus, can "describe" an load
> profile of a device.
> But I really just want CSV files with these 2 columns:
>
>  *Time (in seconds), Power (average)*
>
>  The Smart Grid is about making energy decisions in real-time.
> Does anyone know how to make these programs output CSV files for
> researchers like me?
>
>  Your advice?
> --Jake
>
>
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