A new report compares the features and capabilities of 20 energy performance simulation programs.
Dru Crawley (U. S. Department of Energy), Jon Hand (University of Strathclyde, UK), Michael Kummert (University of Wisconsin Solar Energy Laboratory) and Brent Griffith (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) have released a report comparing the features and capabilities of 20 simulation programs. It is hoped that the report will be a resource for the simulation community and the intent is for it to become a living document.
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 report provides an up-to-date comparison of he features an capabilities of twenty major building energy simluation programs.
FULL STORY: Contrasting the Capabilities of Building Energy Performance Simulation Programs (PDF, 1.5MB, 59 pages)
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