Expert meeting Paris October 01, 2018 On October 1 and 2, 2018, the IBPSA Project 1 held its second Expert Meeting. The meeting took place at ENGIE Lab, hosted by Valentin Gavan and Lisa Rivalin. The meeting was attended by 40 people. The main focus of meeting was to coordinate the work of the various work packages. There was also a well received keynote by Loraine Devouton from ENGIE Lab, who stressed the importance of optimizing the energy infrastructure across the different subsystems, of which district heating and cooling are an important backbone. Read more

Expert meeting Paris - Registration open October 01, 2018 The registration for the 2nd IBPSA Project 1 Expert Meeting, to be held on Monday and Tuesday, October 1 and 2, 2018, at Saint-Denis La Plaine near Paris, France, is open. Registration deadline is August 15, 2018. Read more

Expert meeting Paris - Reserve the date April 17, 2018 Please reserve the date for the next IBPSA Project 1 Expert Meeting, to be held on Monday and Tuesday, October 1 and 2, 2018, in or around Paris. Read more

Expert meeting Berlin February 27, 2018 On February 27 and 28, 2018, the IBPSA Project 1 held its first Expert Meeting at the UdK Berlin, hosted by Christoph Nytsch-Geusen. The meeting was attended by 60 people. The main focus of meeting was to organize the work within and the dependencies among the work packages. There was also a well received keynote by Hubertus Tummescheit, Chief Strategy Officer and co-founder of Modelon, about “The Adoption of MPC in the Power Industry – Lessons Learned and Ideas for the Buildings Industry.” Read more

Expert meeting Berlin - Extension of Registration Deadline February 08, 2018 The registration for the first expert meeting has been extended to Feb. 12. The meeting will feature a keynote by Hubertus Tummescheit, Chief Strategy Officer and co-founder of Modelon, about “The Adoption of MPC in the Power Industry – Lessons Learned and Ideas for the Buildings Industry”. Read more

Expert meeting Berlin - Agenda posted January 01, 2018 The first expert meeting will be held on Feb. 27 and 28, 2018 at UdK Berlin, hosted by Christoph Nytsch-Geusen. The meeting agenda has been posted. Read more

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