How to Design & Build Energy Efficient High Rise Buildings: Rod Yeoh | Page 67

Energy
 Modeling
 Tools

•  The
 US
 Dept
 of
 Energy
 has
 a
 list
 of
 413
 sotware

tools
 for
 energy
 analysis,
 including
 almost
 130
 for

whole
 building
 simula\on

•  It
 is
 important
 to
 select
 a
 tool
 that
 suits
 the
 goal
 of

your
 model
 &
 to
 understand
 its
 limita\ons

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Basic
 building
 massing,
 orienta\on,
 envelope
 modeling

Mechanical
 systems
 modeling

Electrical/ligh\ng
 systems
 modeling

Thermal
 comfort
 modeling

Integrated
 building
 energy
 modeling

“Work-­‐arounds”

hop://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/