AFT Fathom - provides pipe
flow analysis, system modeling capabilities, including piping heat transfer,
heat exchanger modeling, varying fluid properties, by Applied Flow
Technology (AFT)
BuildingAdvice - helps downsize building energy costs, enhance indoor
air quality by assessments of performance, energy usage, by AirAdvice
BV2 - allows choice,
control of cooling, heating, ventilating systems, comparative analysis,
user-controlled input complexity, by CIT Energy Management, Sweden
COMSOL
Multiphysics - simulation environment for time-dependent structural
mechanics; electromagnetic, acoustics, fluid-flow simulations, by COSMOL
Cool Roof Calculator - determines cooling, heating savings for
non-black, flat roof surfaces, by Oak Ridge National Laboratory
CPF Tools
- sales software useful in lead generation; estimation; creation
of proposals; initiation, tracking of customer financing; solar
financing, by Clean Power Finance
Delphin
- provides numerical simulation for heat, moisture transfer, in porous
material; analyzes hygrothermal problem areas; gives mould growth risk
calculations; by Institute for Building Climatology, Dresden University of
Technology, Germany
DesignBuilder
– software for checking building energy, CO2, lighting, comfort;
uses EnergyPlus simulation engine; from DesignBuilder Software, UK
e-Bench - tool for quantifying
energy, environmental efficiency, potential savings, by Energy and Technical
Services (ETS), New Zealand
Energy Audit - calculates monthly, annual heating, cooling costs for
residential and light commercial buildings accounting for many types of
cooling, heating systems, by Elite Software
EnergyPlus - enables heat
balance–based zone simulation, multizone airflow characterization,
installation of photovoltaic systems, US DOE. Free
