Contrasting the capabilities of building energy performance simulation programs

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

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.10.027

Contrasting the capabilities of building energy performance simulation programs

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

Mechanical And Aerospace Engineering

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	661-673
Number of pages	13
Journal	Building and Environment
Volume	43
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2006.10.027
Publication status	Published - Apr 2008

Keywords

building design
energy
building energy simulation
solar power
renewable energy systems

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Contrasting the capabilities of building energy performance simulation programs

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