[Bldg-sim] Mostly commonly used energy analysis software?

[leen peeters]

Hi Fareed,

as Edgar suggested it strongly depends on the system you are modelling.
Focussing on energy in buildings, for Belgium I would say either TRNSYS or
EnergyPlus. That at least for engineering offices and universities or
university colleges. For Germany and the Scandinavian countries my guess is
that IDA-ICE takes a large share of the market. Researchers in Scotland, the
Netherlands, Switzerland and Canada do use ESP-r as well.

Focussing on modelling things like hydraulics, these codes are less popular,
and I have seen researchers using EES or modellica for those cases.

Hope all these bits of information will help you out!

Leen Peeters, Belgium

On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 9:02 PM, Edgar Farrera <farrera at marmonmok.com> wrote:

>  I would think that the response to this question would depend in part on
> what the purpose of your energy model is.  Are you talking about modeling to
> size mechanical equipment, modeling for the purpose of demonstrating
> compliance w/ LEED requirements, or predictive modeling meant to determine
> the actual anticipated energy consumption of a building?
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> Cheers,
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> Edgar
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> Hello All,
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> Can you please tell me which is the most commonly used energy modeling
> software?
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> Thanks,
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> Fareed Syed EIT, LEED® AP
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