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LightStanza

LightStanza is a dynamic start-to-finish tool that helps users optimize their daylighting strategies and comply with industry certifications and energy efficiency for green building, as well as inhabitants’ well-being within spaces. This easy-to-use web application for daylight simulations simulates a wide variety of different daylight analyses including Annual Metrics, Key Times Renderings and Illuminance Grids, LEED and Daylight Factor Certification, Daylight Glare Probability, etc., and provides true accuracy by simulating for blinds operation as well.

Capabilities:

Weather Data and Climate Analysis, Lighting Simulation

Building Type:

Commercial, Residential, Multi Family

Last Software Update:

February 23, 2016

Kalkener solar thermal water heating systems online simulation software

New solar thermal water heating systems online simulation software available in Spanish and English

Capabilities:

HVAC System Selection and Sizing, Solar and Photovoltaic Analysis

Building Type:

Subsystem Level

Last Software Update:

March 22, 2016

Autodesk Green Building Studio

Green Building Studio® (GBS) is Autodesk’s core whole building energy simulation engine, and powers the energy analysis for Autodesk Insight 360, Autodesk Revit, and Autodesk FormIt 360. Green Building Studio is a flexible cloud-based service that allows you to run building performance simulations to optimize energy efficiency and to work toward carbon neutrality in the early conceptual phase of the design process. GBS will help extend your ability to design high performance buildings at a fraction of the time and cost of conventional methods.

Capabilities:

Whole Building Energy Simulation, Parametrics and Optimization, Energy Conservation Measures

Building Type:

Commercial, Residential, Multi Family

Last Software Update:

August 14, 2015

Trane 700 Chiller Plant Analyzer

TRACE 700 Chiller Plant Analyzer software saves time by allowing easy plant configuration comparisons with a detailed wizard. The program calculates the energy and economic effects of virtually any chiller plant configuration using load profiles generated based on location and pre-defined building types. The software uses the accuracy of the TRACE 700 calculation engine with basic user-defined inputs for cooling and heating peak loads, building type, and building location.

Capabilities:

Life Cycle Analysis, Other

Building Type:

Subsystem Level

Last Software Update:

October 15, 2015

Groundhog

A Radiance-based, Free and Open Source SketchUp extension for quickly and easily performing lighting analysis

Capabilities:

Lighting Simulation

Building Type:

Commercial, Residential, Multi Family

Last Software Update:

October 25, 2017

Energy Model Quality Check Tool

Energy Model Quality Check tool takes the Energy simulation software input and output files as input and generates instant reports on energy model quality of the building as per ASHRAE 90.1 Appendix G standards.

Capabilities:

Whole Building Energy Simulation, Building Energy Benchmarking

Building Type:

Commercial, Residential, Multi Family

Last Software Update:

April 26, 2016

Life Cycle Analysis Tool

Life cycle analysis tool can be your at hand utility to evaluate the life cycle cost of projects and the payback period for renewable energy equipments, if any, as well. it takes certain user data input and the EnergyPlus html output files as input & generates a fully informative report of all the life cycle costs involved on an excel sheet.

Capabilities:

Life Cycle Analysis, Solar and Photovoltaic Analysis

Building Type:

Commercial, Residential, Multi Family

Last Software Update:

April 26, 2016

BACnet Stack

BACnet Stack is perfect starting point for OEMs. We have ready BACnet stack for both MSTP and IP also.

Capabilities:

Building Automation, Building Energy Monitoring, Other

Building Type:

Commercial, Industrial

Last Software Update:

May 13, 2016

PowerCalc

SaaS based electrical engineering software designs entire power distribution in a building. 3 inputs (load kVA, load type, & number of poles) for 300 NEC compliant outputs. Saves 40%+ design time and 7%+ energy use. Instantaneous changes up/downstream. Cov'd US Patent #7,636,650.

Capabilities:

Other

Building Type:

Subsystem Level

Last Software Update:

July 17, 2016

SPOT Pro

SPOT Pro™ is a premier daylighting design and analysis software with two main functions: analyzing the daylighting performance of a given space and optimizing photosensor-based electric lighting control system savings in the presence of daylight.

Capabilities:

Lighting Simulation, Other

Building Type:

Commercial, Residential, Multi Family

Last Software Update:

April 19, 2016