ENER-WIN
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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 | Building envelope (walls, windows,...), Energy efficiency technologies and materials, Calculation, simulation, Heating, domestic hot water
Target Group | Building professionals
Conditions of availability | Sale
Price | 249
Validation/testing information | Soebarto, Veronica I. 1997, �Calibration of hourly energy simulations using hourly monitored data and monthly utility records for two case study buildings�, Proc. Building Simulation �97, Vol. II, Int�l. Bldg. Perf. Simulation Ass�n (IBPSA) Conf. held in Prague, the Czech Republic, pp 411-419, 8-10 Sept 1997
Expertise required | Experience with Windows applications. Knowledge of building thermal properties and energy concepts.
Input of the tool | Graphic entry of building plans through a sketch interface, building envelope thermal properties, hourly use profiles, hourly indoor temperature settings.
Output of the tool | Tabular reports and graphs available for monthly loads, annual loads and energy, peak loads, electric displacement by daylighting, life-cycle costs, and weather summaries.
Strengths | Graphic sketch input interface, hourly weather data generator with 1500-city worldwide database. Can run in compacted weather data mode for quick testing of alternative design strategies. Generous use of defaults for materials, windows, profiles, costs, lights, etc.
Weaknesses | Uses simplified system simulation algorithms. Nine HVAC systems available. Not recommended for testing differences in HVAC systems.
Tool Languages | English
Energy design tool for large commercial buildings. Performs whole-building energy analysis for 8760 hours/year for up to 98 zones and 20 different wall and window types. Calculates transient heat flows, HVAC loads, daylighting, energy consumption, demand charges, life-cycle costs, and floating temperatures in unconditioned zones. Input is through a sketching interface. Weather data from included database of 1500 cities. Graphical output is in form of bar charts and graphs. Tabulates peak zone loads and air quantities.
Tool website URL(s) | http://pages.suddenlink.net/enerwin/
Submitted by Hicham LAHMIDI (BUREAU VERITAS)
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