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Posting Date | 21 December 2009
Type of tool | Simulation Tool
Countries where the tool has been developed | North America
Geographic Coverage | International
Theme | Calculation, simulation, General
Target Group | Building professionals
Conditions of availability | Sale
Price | 375
Expertise required | Moderate level of computer literacy required; two days of training advised.
Input of the tool | Only 4 inputs required to generate two initial generic building descriptions. Virtually everything is defaulted but modifiable. User adjusts descriptions as the design evolves, using fill-in menus, including utility-rate schedules, construction details, materials.
Output of the tool | Summary table and 20 graphical outputs available, generally comparing current design with base case. Detailed tabular results also available.
Strengths | Fast, easy-to-use, accurate. Automatic generation of base cases and energy-efficient alternate building descriptions; automatic application of energy-efficient features and rank-ordering of results; integration of daylighting thermal effects with thermal simulation; menu display and modification of all building-description and other data.
Weaknesses | Limited to smaller buildings and HVAC systems that are most often used in smaller buildings.
Tool Languages | English
Conceptual design tool focused on making whole-building tradeoffs during early design phases for buildings that are less than 10,000 ft2 floor area, or buildings which can be treated as one or two-zone increments. Performs whole-building energy analysis for 8760 hours/year, including dynamic thermal and daylighting calculations. Specifically designed to facilitate the evaluation of energy-efficient building features in the very early stages of the design process.
Tool website URL(s) | http://sbicouncil.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=112
Submitted by Hicham LAHMIDI (BUREAU VERITAS)