IBPSA-USA

AWDABPT Buildings

Provides dynamic temperature simulation of 1 to 25 room buildings, shelters, and cabinets over the course of 20 days. Useful for buildings accommodating heat dissipating equipment and/or people. Cooling and heating or power plant failure and later restoration can be simulated. Includes indicative external bush/forest fire mode. Provides for sensitivity analysis of selected parameters utilizing monte carlo techniques.

Capabilities:

Load Calculations, Other

Building Type:

Commercial, Residential

Last Software Update:

July 8, 2017

PUMPCALC

PUMPCALC is a Centrifugal Pump Analysis program.

Capabilities:

HVAC System Selection and Sizing

Building Type:

N/A

Last Software Update:

September 24, 2019

Cove.tool

cove.tool is redefining energy modeling and parametric optimization by building smarter, more accurate models in a tenth of the time. Using automation for tedious tasks cuts time and cost, leaving the creative part to you. We learn everything about your project’s sustainability goals so the custom cove.tool results can help you meet your targets. In just a few minutes, you’ll have a professional energy model and report for your project.

Capabilities:

Whole Building Energy Simulation, Parametrics and Optimization, Energy Conservation Measures, Weather Data and Climate Analysis, Building Energy Benchmarking

Building Type:

Commercial, Residential, Multi Family, Industrial, Urban Scale

Last Software Update:

May 8, 2020

TRACE® 3D Plus

TRACE® 3D Plus is a next generation building design and analysis software platform and successor to our award winning TRACE 700 suite of tools. It is built on the U.S. Department of Energy's EnergyPlus engine and enhanced with Trane's industry leading expertise to help designers validate and interpret projects with confidence and clarity.

Capabilities:

Whole Building Energy Simulation, Load Calculations, HVAC System Selection and Sizing, Code Compliance, Life Cycle Analysis

Building Type:

Commercial, Residential, Multi Family, Industrial

Last Software Update:

May 14, 2021

3E PLUS

Program to optimize energy, cost and emissions reductions using insulation on pipes, tanks and ducts.

Capabilities:

N/A

Building Type:

N/A

Last Software Update:

N/A

Urbawind

The CFD software for urban wind computation and simulation. Simulation tailored to the Urban Microclimate.

Capabilities:

Weather Data and Climate Analysis, Air Flow Simulation

Building Type:

Urban Scale

Last Software Update:

February 26, 2016

THERM

THERM is a state-of-the-art computer program developed at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) for use by building component manufacturers, engineers, educators, students, architects, and others interested in heat transfer.

Capabilities:

Other

Building Type:

Subsystem Level

Last Software Update:

October 8, 2015

National Energy Audit Tool (NEAT)

The National Energy Audit Tool (NEAT) is one of two energy audits provided under the Weatherization Assistant umbrella. The Weatherization Assistant is a user-friendly, advanced energy audit software tool developed by the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

Capabilities:

Whole Building Energy Simulation, Energy Conservation Measures, Building Energy Auditing

Building Type:

Residential

Last Software Update:

February 10, 2012

LoopLink RLC

LoopLink RLC is powerful, web-based residential/light commercial geothermal design software that allows you to quickly and easily design loopfields for multiple zone, multiple heat pump geothermal systems from anywhere.

Capabilities:

HVAC System Selection and Sizing

Building Type:

Subsystem Level

Last Software Update:

September 21, 2016

EnergyPlus

EnergyPlus is DOE's whole-building energy simulation engine. Originally released in 2001, EnergyPlus is continually updated—major updates are released twice a year—and fully documented and supported.

Capabilities:

Whole Building Energy Simulation, Load Calculations, HVAC System Selection and Sizing, Lighting Simulation, Air Flow Simulation

Building Type:

Commercial, Residential, Multi Family

Last Software Update:

September 24, 2018