Contrasting the capabilities of building energy performance simulation programs

Journal Article · Tue Apr 01 04:00:00 EDT 2008 · Building and Environment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.10.027· OSTI ID:1346913

Crawley, Drury B.; Hand, Jon W.; Kummert, Michael; Griffith, Brent T.

For the past 50 years, a wide variety of building energy simulation programs have been developed, enhanced and are in use throughout the building energy community. This paper is an overview of a report, which provides up-to-date comparison of the features and capabilities of twenty major building energy simulation programs. The comparison is based on information provided by the program developers in the following categories: general modeling features; zone loads; building envelope and daylighting and solar; infiltration, ventilation and multizone airflow; renewable energy systems; electrical systems and equipment; HVAC systems; HVAC equipment; environmental emissions; economic evaluation; climate data availability, results reporting; validation; and user interface, links to other programs, and availability.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1346913
• Report Number(s): NREL/JA--550-43109
• Journal Information: Building and Environment, Journal Name: Building and Environment Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 43; ISSN 0360-1323
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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