<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1">
</head>
<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff">
(with apologies for cross-posting)<br>
<div class="user-contributed">
<h3 class="groups title"> Simergy Public Beta 2 posted </h3>
<p class="summary">A second public beta version of the Simergy
free graphical user interface for EnergyPlus has been posted at <a
href="http://simergy-beta.lbl.gov/">http://simergy-beta.lbl.gov/</a>.
Key features of Simergy include: <br>
<br>
- Comprehensive and Loop Level HVAC System Templates for typical
and high performance systems<br>
- Drag and drop component-level editing of HVAC systems to adapt
templates and build custom systems<br>
- Geometry options: <br>
- import of building geometry from 3D CAD/BIM using IFC or
gbXML<br>
- build custom geometry from 2D plans (dwg/dxf) or draw free
form and extrude vertically<br>
- build your own geometry from base shapes<br>
- Management of multiple design alternatives<br>
- Pre-defined reports and interactive visualization of
EnergyPlus output <br>
- Training and support documentation including links to
EnergyPlus documentation. </p>
<p class="summary">It is worth going through the 1 page Essential
Reading included as part of the installation before using
Simergy. </p>
</div>
<div class="popular-article">
<div class="user-contributed">
<p class="summary"><b>Contest!<br>
</b></p>
<p class="summary">To encourage beta-testers to report issues,
we have organized a contest with iPad 4's as prizes (donated
by Simergy Development Partner Trane) for the contestants who
document the greatest number of issues. Details will be
emailed shortly to people who register as beta testers.<br>
<br>
Our thanks to all who have expressed interest in Simergy,
particularly to those who have volunteered to be beta-testers.</p>
</div>
</div>
<br>
Philip Haves<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Leader, Simulation Research Group
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
One Cyclotron Road, MS 90R3111
Berkeley, CA 94720-8134
(510) 486 6512 (office)
(510) 486 4089 (fax)</pre>
</body>
</html>