Noel Merket
R&D Modeling Engineer at Pearl
Denver Metropolitan Area United States
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Top SchoolNoel Merket is an R&D modeling engineer with 14 years of experience building and refining whole-building energy modeling tools, now applying that expertise to residential energy modeling and optimization at Pearl. He spent 15 years at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory advancing EnergyPlus and OpenStudio—contributing bug fixes, new model objects, and test cases to foundational open-source projects used widely by building scientists and practitioners. Noel blends mechanical engineering rigor (MS/BS, Utah State) with hands-on software development, focusing on plant and ground-temperature modeling, stratified tank behavior, and HVAC component integration. He’s comfortable moving between research, code, and applied toolchains, and has a track record of turning complex physical models into robust, test-covered software. An interesting detail: his commits include both low-level bug resolutions and higher-level API additions, reflecting an unusual dual fluency in simulation fidelity and usable modeling interfaces.
14 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science - MS, Mechanical Engineering, Master of Science - MS, Mechanical Engineering at Utah State University
Github Skills (16)
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debugging10
simulation10
debug10
c-language10
cprogramming-language10
object-oriented-programming10
api-design10
modeling10
model-driven10
model-driven-development10
3d-modelling9
simulation-modeling9
data-modeling9
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
NREL/EnergyPlus
Oct 2014 - Nov 2022
EnergyPlus™ is a whole building energy simulation program that engineers, architects, and researchers use to model both energy consumption and water use in buildings.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:17 reviews, 570 commits, 38 PRs in 8 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Noel primarily focused on addressing bugs within the EnergyPlus whole building energy simulation program. Their contributions involved identifying and fixing issues related to the handling of the vshpwh stratified tank, EMPD moisture balance manager, and the correct application of load fractions in the code. These changes involved code modifications to multiple source files, and the addition of a test case.
renewable-energypower-systemsenergy-consumptionenergy-simulationsimulation
NREL/OpenStudio
May 2016 - Mar 2021
OpenStudio is a cross-platform collection of software tools to support whole building energy modeling using EnergyPlus and advanced daylight analysis using Radiance.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:2 reviews, 124 commits, 16 PRs in 4 years 11 months
Contributions summary:Noel appears to have been involved in the creation and implementation of new model objects, specifically relating to ground temperature and other equipment within the OpenStudio framework. Their commits demonstrate the addition of classes for various ground temperature modeling approaches (Shallow, Deep, and a method-based approach) and related features. The contributions also include the implementation of API methods and getter/setters to interact with and manage these newly introduced components, including the integration with existing model components like the plant loop. The user also introduced a `CoilHeatingGas` object and its fuel type.
renewable-energyhpc-applicationssoftware-toolsenergy-modelingcross-platform
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