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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>I am studying the impacts of occupant behavior on the success of various building technologies, such as natural ventilation, radiant ceilings, phase-change materials, automatic lighting controls, demand-controlled ventilation, etc. using whole building energy simulation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I am wondering whether to use EnergyPlus or ESP-r.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>An advantage of ESP-r seems to be the SHOCC module, which seems to offer a great deal of flexibility for manipulating occupant behavior, including stochastic processes.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>However an advantage of EnergyPlus seems to be its extensive HVAC libraries so that I can actually model energy use instead of loads.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I am wondering if the EnergyPlus Runtime Language (ERL) (described in Ellis, Torcellini,
Crawley 2007) would offer the opportunity for a similar level of occupancy control via simple programming.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I would appreciate any advice on the appropriateness of each software for this research.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"></SPAN>Thanks in advance!</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>Holly</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>Holly Wasilowski</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>Doctoral Student in Sustainable Design</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><FONT face=Calibri size=3>Harvard Graduate School of Design</FONT></P></DIV></div><br>
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