Kick-off meeting April 21, 2017 Meeting agenda and registration for the kick-off meeting in San Francisco has been posted. The meeting will take place on August 5, 2017, co-located with the Building Simulation 2017 conference. Read more

GENSIM Scientific School - Slides posted October 28, 2016 Slides, instructions and models of all training sessions from the GENSIM workshop are now posted at the workshop page. Read more

GENSIM Scientific School October 24, 2016 Following the completion of the research phase of Annex 60 of the International Energy Agency’s EBC programme, IBPSA France in collaboration with Michael Wetter from LBNL invites you to participate in the GENSIM scientific school that will be held on October 24th until October 28th in Porticcio in Corsica (France) for hands-on training of Modelica, FMI, BIM and GIS developed within Annex 60, to present the main results obtained in Annex 60, and to plan for the upcoming IBPSA Project 1. Read more

Project presentation at the IBPSA-England BSO 2016 conference September 12, 2016 Learn about the first collaborative five-year IBPSA-World project called “BIM/GIS and Modelica framework for building and community energy system design and operation,” which IBPSA-World approved to be conducted under its umbrella starting in 2017. This project will continue parts of the five-year IEA EBC Annex 60 project in which 41 institutes from 18 countries collaboratively develop free open-source software based on the Modelica, Functional Mockup Interface and Building Information Modeling standards. Presenters discuss the goals for the IBPSA project, explain the rationale for selecting these technologies, present case studies and discuss how to participate in this project. Read more

Project presentation at the ASHRAE and IBPSA-USA SimBuild 2016 August 10, 2016 Learn about the first collaborative five-year IBPSA-World project called “BIM/GIS and Modelica framework for building and community energy system design and operation,” which IBPSA-World approved to be conducted under its umbrella starting in 2017. This project will continue parts of the five-year IEA EBC Annex 60 project in which 41 institutes from 18 countries collaboratively develop free open-source software based on the Modelica, Functional Mockup Interface and Building Information Modeling standards. Presenters discuss the goals for the IBPSA project, explain the rationale for selecting these technologies, present case studies and discuss how to participate in this project. Read more

IBPSA Board approved continuation of Annex 60 December 10, 2015 On December 10, 2015 in Hyderabad, the Board of the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA) approved to start project 1 “BIM/GIS and Modelica framework for building and community energy system design and operation” in June 2017 for a duration of 5 years, run by the co-operating agents Michael Wetter and Christoph van Treeck. Read more

Draft workplan for IBPSA project 1 and registration form posted May 17, 2015 The draft workplan for the continuation of IEA EBC Annex 60 as the IBPSA Project 1 is now posted. Potential participants are asked to express their interest by filling out the registration form. Read more