[Bldg-sim] Energy needs at an early design stage

Dru.Crawley at bentley.com Dru.Crawley at bentley.com
Thu Oct 24 07:16:56 PDT 2013


In addition to being able to do EnergyPlus simulation during conceptual design using AECOsim Energy Simulator , users can also do ASHRAE heating and cooling load calculations and look at ASHRAE Standards 90.1 and 62.1 prescriptive and whole-building energy compliance (90.1 ECB and PRM (App G).

To see the conceptual modeling capabilities, it starts about 6:30 mins into this video:  http://youtu.be/ZFuKIISoVhk


From: Dru Crawley
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Subject: RE: Energy needs at an early design stage

Bentley Systems' AECOsim Energy Simulator has a conceptual mode - about 10 inputs (mostly from drop-down boxes), draw the outline of the footprint, select from a dozen preconfigured HVAC system (drag-and-drop components, all 90.1 required baseline and budget systems), and simulate.  And it uses EnergyPlus.  Once your conceptual model is ready, you can modify all the default parameters.

Free, 30-day trial available from:  http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Products/AECOsim+Energy+Simulator/


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Dear all,
Does anyone of you know a software program which I can use to calculate the energy needs of a building (installed power) at an early stage (design). With the usual programs like EnergyPlus or Trnsys you need to insert a lot of parameters to get the information, parameters which  just aren't allways available in the design stage.
The calculations don't have to be very precise, I'm looking for a tool which can give an acceptable result, so we can give our customer an idea of how much power is needed for a certain building.

Greatfully,
Jens Wagemakers (The Netherlands)
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