International Building Performance Simulation Association
The United States Regional Affiliate of IBPSA
Welcome to the IBPSA Chicago Homebage!
Our group hosts a combination of monthly happy hours, educational events and workshops, to facilitate networking amongst the simulation community in Chicago.
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Current 2017-2018 Board (2017)
President: Shona O'Dea, DLR Group
Vice-President: Ajit Naik, dbHMS
Secretary: Tommy Zakrzewski, HKS
IBPSA-USA Liason: Ralph Muehleisen, Argonne National Laboratory
At Large:
Kelly Kelly Adighije, Bauman Consulting
Heather Beaudoin, G/BA
IBPSA is the International Building Performance Simulation Association. There is a United States regional affiliate (called IBPSA-USA), and IBPSA-Chicago is an officially-recognized affiliate of that organization.
OK, but what does IBPSA do? From the IBPSA-USA website: “The mission of IBPSA-USA is to advance and promote the science of building simulation in order to improve the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of new and existing buildings in the United States.”
Locally, we recognize that there is a growing community of building performance modelers. This includes consulting engineers, architects, energy service contractors, researchers, and academics who all have interest in some aspect of building simulation. Our goal is to provide networking and educational opportunities for interested professionals in and around Chicago.
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Please join Chicago Chapter of IBPSA for round table discussion with the local 2016 Lowdown Showdown Participants.
Event will be hosted by DLR Group, 333 W Wacker Dr, Suite 400, Chicago, IL 60606.
WHEN
Thursday, September 29, 2016 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM (CDT) - ...
Wed, Feb 11, 2015 05:30 PM - 7:30 PM CST
Thank you to everyone who attended our Feb 11th, 2016 Chicago Chapter of IBPSA for an evening of networking, with great beer, food and optional curling!
Thank you to everyone who attended our June 25th, 2015 technical meeting, hosted by Mitsubishi Electric. Copies of the presentations by Matt Rash from Mitsubishi and Jim Dirkes from Building Performance Team will be emailed to all registrants.
Thank you to everyone who attended our July 16th OpenStudio Updates Webinar with a Demo by NREL.
Every energy model depends on good, accurate weather data. This webinar will offered presentations from three experts to discussed:
• How weather data files are developed
• TMY (Typical Meteorological Year) data vs. AMY (Actual Meteorological Year) data
• Confidence vs. skepticism in weather data
• Customizing weather data for locations or microclimates
The Chicago Chapter of IBPSA-USA is pleased to offer a free webinar to discuss and demonstrate some of the exciting updates to OpenStudio, the free interface for EnergyPlus developed by NREL. This event will be web-only. It will start promptly at 9AM PDT and last for approximately 1.5 hours.
Date and Time: Thu, Jul 16, 2015 @ 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
A number of our chapter events have discussed the OpenStudio platform--the energy modeling application itself and tools such as simuwatt Audit and the Commercial Building Energy Asset Score that build upon it.
IBPSA-USA website
Our parent organization - the USA Regional Affiliate of IBPSA.
The IBPSA website
The parent organization of our parent ourganization.
