2. Download

2.1. Software

2.1.1. Official releases

To download SOEP, go to https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/download.html.

OpenModelica users can also install the Modelica Buildings Library using the OMEdit package manager.

Either approach installs all required binaries.

2.1.2. Development version

The development version for Linux 64 bit and Windows 64 can be downloaded from github.

To download all required dependencies, Git Large File Storage is required. See git-lfs installation instructions.

If Git Large File System is installed, Spawn can be downloaded as

git clone git@github.com:lbl-srg/modelica-buildings.git

This will download the development version which has been tested with OpenModelica, OPTIMICA and Dymola.

Either OpenModelica, OPTIMICA or Dymola needs to be installed.

You can then simulate models with OPTIMICA by running

cd modelica-buildings
jm_ipython.sh jmodelica.py Buildings.ThermalZones.EnergyPlus.Examples.SingleFamilyHouse.AirHeating

The output file can be read with https://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/modelica/buildingspy/ or Dymola.

For more information, see also the user guide in the Modelica Buildings Library at Buildings.ThermalZones.EnergyPlus_9_6_0.

2.2. Publications

Michael Wetter, Kyle Benne, Hubertus Tummescheit and Christian Winther.
Journal of Building Performance Simulation. Pages 1-19. 2023.
Michael Wetter, Kyle Benne, Antoine Gautier, Thierry S. Nouidui, Agnes Ramle, Amir Roth, Hubertus Tummescheit, Stuart Mentzer and Christian Winther.
Proc. of Building Performance Modeling Conference and SimBuild, p. 518–525, Chicago, IL, USA, September 2020.