Tutorials

Users

General tutorials are constantly updated through blogs or videos.

• Blog posts
• Video tutorials

Developers

These are a collection of tutorials we consider essential for any new developer of CEA. We suggest to take them in order for a better learning experience.

1. Contributing to City Energy Analyst (CEA)
2. User Stories
3. How to report a Bug?
4. How to Use Github?
5. Variable Naming in CEA
6. How to add a new script?
7. How to test the CEA?
8. How to set up NSIS
9. How to publish CEA in Zenodo?
10. Metadata acquisition
11. How to document CEA?

Legacy

Collection of outdated information about past functionality of CEA (use at your own risk)

1. Script Data Flow
2. How are databases classified in CEA?
3. What are the input databases of CEA?
4. What are the default databases of CEA?
5. How to edit the input databases of CEA?
6. How to create a new project?
7. How to do analyses with CEA?
8. How to create your own input geometry?
9. How are schedules defined?
10. How does the Urban Solar Radiation tool work?
11. How does the Dynamic Demand Forecast feature work?
12. How does the Renewable Energy Assessment tool work?
13. How does the Life Cycle Assessment tool work?
14. How does the 2000-Watt Bench-marking tool work?
15. How to study building retrofits in the CEA?
16. How does the Sensitivity Analysis tool work?
17. How to Prepare Inputs for Thermal Network Simulation?
18. How to Run Thermal Network Optimization in CEA?
19. How to Run Thermal & Electrical Grid Planning in CEA.
20. How to Run MPC Building Toolbox
21. How to Run MPC District Toolbox
22. What is inside Energy Supply System Optimization in CEA?