[BLDG-SIM] Energy Modeling Software Recommendations for Architects

[Leon Glicksman]

You should try Design Advisor, a program we are developing at MIT. It 
has a simple interface and give results in good agreement with Energy 
Plus, Radiance and Windows. It is available on-line at Designadvisor.mit.edu

Leon Glicksman
Professor of Building Technology and Mechanical Engineering
MIT

Robert Des Rosiers wrote:
>
> All:
>
> Of course there are many software options for building performance 
> modeling. As an architecture studio we are concerned more w/ 
> developing form, assemblies, daylighting models, water use, etc… to 
> develop good building practice and are less interested in getting 
> overwhelmed by all the data required by software like eQuest. I 
> noticed that the DOE is developing an EnergyPlus plug-in for SketchUp 
> which sounds promising.
>
> What software is recommended for developing a simple but useful 
> in-house design tool for schematic building performance modeling? 
> Something that allows us to modify and evaluate the effects of 
> building orientation, form, fenestrations as well as insulation 
> values, mechanical systems, lighting, etc… Preferably something that 
> simulates performance from a 3D model (like SKP) not infinite fields 
> of data inputs (like eQuest).
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
>
> Robert Des Rosiers, LEED AP
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