Chapter 2

Get Started

Start using OpenStudio Standard to create ASHRAE 90.1-2019 PRM models in your compliance modeling workflow.

There are a few approaches for the setup that include:

  1. Use with OS App : The OpenStudio Application (OS App), managed by OpenStudio Coalition, provides a graphical user interface to the OpenStudio engine.

  2. Use with OS SDK using CLI : The OpenStudio Software Development Kit (OS SDK), managed by NREL, provides a Command Line Interface (CLI) to access OpenStudio’s functionality.

  3. Use with OS SDK API : OpenStudio SDK provides an Application Programming Interface (API) to access the EnergyPlus modeling engine. This interface provides language bindings in Ruby, Python and C-Sharp to make it more accessible to users familiar with these languages.