CADLink - a suite
of programs for both HVAC and electrical design that works as
stand-alone or within ArchiCAD, AutoCAD and Microstation, from Cymap
Ltd
DOE-2 -
calculates the hourly energy use and energy cost of a commercial
or residential building from information about the building's
climate, construction, operation, utility rate schedule and HVAC
equipment
Energy Design
Resources
- this portal offers newsletters, virtual workshops, a forum, a
suite of software and other related resources for designing and
building energy-efficient commercial and industrial buildings in
California
ENERGY-10new
- identifies the best combination of energy-efficient
strategies, including daylighting, passive solar heating and
high-efficiency mechanical systems, from the National Renewable
Energy Laboratory
EnergyPlusnew
- energy simulation software for modeling buildings with
associated heating, cooling, lighting, ventilating and other
energy flows, from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
GeoPraxis - makers of Green Building Studio, gbXML, and IDEA Server,
a web-based suite of tools for building design and engineering analysis
Green Building Studio
- streamlines building design, seamlessly linking architectural 3D CAD
building designs with energy analysis, from GeoPraxis, Free
Green Design Toolsnew
- a software suite for building energy simulation and analysis,
containing VisualDOE 3.0 and other analysis tools, from Eley
Associates
IESnew - makers of
<Virtual Environment> integrated suite of building design, simulation
software, including thermal analysis, value engineering, cost planning,
lifecycle analysis, airflow analysis, lighting and occupant safety
ideCAD Structural - analysis of 3D frames, loads, slabs,
foundations, dynamics, more, by ideYAPI
MicroFlo
- CFD streamlined for building design, by IES
SOLAR-5
- displays 3D plots of hourly energy performance for an entire
building or for any of 16 different components, including
thermal mass heat flow, indoor air temperature and the cost of
electricity and heating fuel, from UCLA's Department of
Architecture and Urban Design, Free
