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Getting Started Guide

This guide provides a brief introduction to the Campus Energy Modeling project and documentation.

Organization

After you have installed the Campus Energy Modeling project, your installation directory contains the following folders:

The Demo folder, the Simulink block library (accessible within MATLAB), and the utility functions provide everything you need to create campus energy models. Unless you are a developer, you may safely ignore the contents of the Library, MLEP, and Test folders.

Documentation

Documentation for the Campus Energy Modeling project may be found in four places:

  1. This wiki (which you are currently reading)
  2. README files included with each demo
  3. Simulink block help (accessible from the block dialogs)
  4. Utility function help (accessible within MATLAB using the doc command)

The wiki is the most complete and central source of documentation; it will direct you to other sources as required. To begin, you may wish to review the following wiki pages:

  • Library lists all available Simulink library blocks
  • Utility Functions lists all available MATLAB utility functions
  • Demos lists all available demos and explains how to run them

Run a Demo

The quickest way to familiarize yourself with the Simulink library is to open and run a demo of your choice. Each demo contains a README.txt file with background information and detailed instructions for running the demo. Read the README!

We recommend exploring one of the following demos first:

  • Demand Response (demand_response) if you wish to integrate EnergyPlus with Simulink
  • PVWatts Cosimulation (pvwatts_cosimulation) if you wish to integrate PV models with Simulink

Demos may also be used as a starting point for creating your own campus energy models.

Support

Please contact us with any support questions, technical or otherwise.

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