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AIRPAK

airflow modeling, contaminant transport, room air distribution, temperature and humidity distribution, thermal comfort, computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

Benchmata

Automated Benchmarking System Automation Portfolio Manager

Software has been updated.

Building Performance Compass

Commercial Buildings, Multi-family Residence, Benchmarking, Energy Tracking, Improvement Tracking, Weather Normalization

DAYSIM

annual daylight simulations, electric lighting energy use, lighting controls

Free software. Software has been updated.

Delphin

Coupled heat, air and moisture transport, porous materials, building envelope

Software has been updated.

DOE-2

energy performance, design, retrofit, research, residential and commercial buildings

Software has been updated.

E.A.S.Y. - Energy Accounting System for Your Buildings

Energy Accounting, OMV System, Building baseline development, Energy and Emissions Savings

Software has been updated.

EnergyPlus

energy simulation, load calculation, building performance, simulation, energy performance, heat balance, mass balance

Free software. Software has been updated.

ESP-r

energy simulation, environmental performance, commercial buildings, residential buildings, visualisation, complex buildings and systems

Free software. Software has been updated.

GenOpt

system optimization, parameter identification, nonlinear programming, optimization methods, HVAC systems

Free software. Software has been updated.

Green Energy Compass

Single-family Residence, Benchmarking, Energy Tracking, Improvement Tracking, Weather Normalization

Software has been updated.

Heat Pump Design Model

heat pump, air conditioner, air-to-air heat pump, equipment simulation

Free software. Software has been updated.

IWEC

international weather, weather data, climate data, energy calculations

Louver Shading

window, overhang, blinds, louvers, louvres, trellis, shading, solar

Free software. Software has been updated.

Macromodel for Assessing Residential Concentrations of Combustion Generated Pollutants

indoor air quality, research

Overhang Annual Analysis

window, overhang, shading, solar

Free software.

Overhang Design

solar, window, overhang, shading

Software has been updated.

Panel Shading

solar panels, pv, photovoltaics, solar collectors, solar thermal, shading, solar

Free software. Software has been updated.

PHOENICS

computational fluid dynamics, air pollution, smoke and fire, air flow

Software has been updated.

Popolo Utility Load Calculation

Heat transfer, load calculation, BESTEST, GPL, Free source

Software has been updated.

Radiance

lighting, daylighting, rendering

Free software. Software has been updated.

Radiance Interface

Lighting, daylighting, ray tracing, glare

RadTherm

convection, conduction, radiation, weather, solar, transient

Software has been updated.

SMILE

object-oriented simulation environment, building and plant simulation, complex energy systems, time continuous hybrid systems

Free software.

Sol Path

solar, sun, sun path

Software has been updated.

SPARK

object-oriented, research, complex systems, energy performance, short time-step dynamics

Free software. Software has been updated.

SunAngle

Solar, sun, angle

Software has been updated.

Suncast

solar shading, insolation

SunPosition

solar angle design, solar altitude, solar design

Software has been updated.

ThermoSim

dynamic heat transfer, wall systems, simulation algorithms, interactive simulation, Java

Free software. Software has been updated.

Window Heat Gain

Solar, window, energy

Software has been updated.

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