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A. CARBON NEUTRAL DESIGN

A1. Books and Articles: Carbon Neutral

  • Malin, Nadav. “Counting Carbon: Understanding Carbon Footprints of Buildings,” Environmental Building News, July 1, 2008.

  • Mazria, Ed. “It’s the Architecture, Stupid!,” Solar Today, May/June 2003, p. 48-51.

  • Mazria, Ed. “Turning down the Global Thermostat,” Metropolis, Oct 2003, p 103-107.

  • Padgett, J. Paul, Anne C. Steinemann, James H. Clarke, and Michael P. Vandenbergh. “A Comparison of Carbon Calculators,” Environmental Impact Assessment Review 28, Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs, UK, 2008, 106–115.

  • Torcellini, P. S. Pless, and M. Deru, National Renewable Energy Laboratory D. Crawley U.S. Department of Energy. Zero Energy Buildings: A Critical Look at the Definition, preprint to be presented at ACEEE Summer Study Pacific Grove, California August 14−18, 2006.

A2. Online Resources: Carbon Neutral

B. THERMAL DESIGN, ENERGY AND SYSTEMS INTEGRATION

B1. Books and Articles: Thermal

  • Abraham, Loren E. (adaptation) and Thomas Schmitz-Gunther, editor. Living Spaces: Ecological Building and Design Cologne, Germany: Konemann Verlag., 1999.

  • Allen, Edward. Fundamentals of Building Construction; 3rd ed.; New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1999.

  • Brown, G.Z. and Mark DeKay. Sun, Wind & Light, 2nd ed., New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2001.

  • Carmody, John, Stephen Selkowitz, Dariush Arasteh, and Lisa Heschong. Residential Windows: A Guide to New Technologies and Energy Performance, New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2000, 2007.

  • Heschong, Lisa. Thermal Delight in Architecture, Boston: MIT Press, 1979.

  • Lechner, Norbert. Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Design Methods for Architects. 2nd ed. New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2001.

  • Mazria, Ed. The Passive Solar Energy Book (expanded professional edition), Emmaus, PA, Rodale Press, 1979.

  • McLennan, Jason. The Dumb Architect's Guide to Glazing Selection, Ecotone, 2004.

  • Selkowitz, Stephen and Eleonor Lee, Dariush Arasteh, Todd Wilmert, and John Carmody. Window Systems for High-Performance Buildings, New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2003.

  • Stein, B., J. Reynolds, W. Grondzik, and A. Kwok. Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings, 10th Ed., New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2006.

B2. Online Resources: Thermal

  • Architecture 2030, www.architecture2030.org

  • ASHRAE. (2001). ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-2001 Energy Standard for Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential. Atlanta, GA: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, http://spc189.ashraepcs.org/index.html

  • ASHRAE Standard Project Committee 189.1 (SPC 189.1) Standard for the Design of High-Performance, Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, Atlanta, GA: American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, http://spc189.ashraepcs.org/

  • Barley, C.D.; Deru, M.; Pless, S.; Torcellini, P. (2005). Procedure for Measuring and Reporting Commercial Building Energy Performance. Technical Report NREL/TP-550-38601. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Lab www.nrel.gov/docs/fy06osti/38601.pdf

  • Building Design Advisor, www.gaia.lbl.gov

  • California Energy Commission, California's Energy Efficiency Standards for
    Residential and Nonresidential Buildings, http://www.energy.ca.gov/title24/

  • Climate Consultant, http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/software.cfm/
    ID=123/pagename_menu=mac/pagename=platforms

  • City of Boulder. (2006). Solar Access Guide, Building Services Center, Boulder, Colorado http://joomla.ci.boulder.co.us/files/PDS/codes/solrshad.pdf

  • Deru, M. and P. Torcellini. (2004). Improving Sustainability of Buildings through a Performance-Based Design Approach: Preprint. NREL Report No. CP-550-36276. World Renewable Energy Congress VIII, Denver, CO: August 29−September 3, 2004. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, www.nrel.gov/docs/fy04osti/36276.pdf

  • Efficient Windows Collaborative, http://www.efficientwindows.org/

  • Heschong Mahone Group, www.h-m-g.com

  • Home Energy Efficient Design (HEED): http://mackintosh.aud.ucla.edu/heed/

  • ECOTECT, Autodesk, 2009, http://www.ecotect.com/

  • Mermoud, A. (1996). PVSYST Version 3.3. User's Manual. Geneva, Switzerland: University of Geneva, University Center for the Study of Energy Problems. www.pvsyst.com/

  • Midwest Renewable Energy Association, www.the-mrea.org/mrea_info.php

  • National Hydrogen Association, www.hydrogenassociation.org

  • National Renewable Energy Lab, www.nrel.gov

  • National Renewable Energy Lab, "Learning About Renewable Energy":
    www.nrel.gov/learning/re_basics.html

  • National Wind Association, www.awea.org

  • Ramlow Bob with Benjamin Nusz. Solar Water Heating, A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Water & Space Heating Systems, www.arthaonline.com

  • RETScreen: www.retscreen.net/ang/home.php

  • Torcellini, P., M. Deru, B. Griffith, N. Long, S. Pless, R. Judkoff, and D. Crawley. (2004). Lessons Learned from Field Evaluation of Six High-Performance Buildings. Paper #358, Proceedings (CD-ROM), ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 22-27, 2004, Pacific Grove, CA. Golden, CO: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, www.nrel.gov/docs/fy04osti/36290.pdf

  • Torcellini, P. S. Pless, and M. Deru, National Renewable Energy Laboratory D. Crawley U.S. Department of Energy. Zero Energy Buildings: A Critical Look at the Definition, preprint to be presented at ACEEE Summer Study Pacific Grove, California August 14−18, 2006, http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy06osti/39833.pdf

  • U.S. Department of Energy, Integrated Buildings, www.eere.energy.gov/
    buildings/info/design/integratedbuilding

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Sponsored Tools (from the U.S. DOE Website). http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/doe_sponsored.cfm

BESTEST, http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/doe_sponsored_bestest.cfm; Through the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Department of Energy has been working with the International Energy Agency Solar Cooling and Heating Programme Implementing Agreement (IEA SHC) and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) for more than the last 10 years to develop standard methods of test for building energy analysis computer software.

Building Design Advisor, http://gaia.lbl.gov/BDA/; Provides building decision-makers with the energy-related information they need beginning in the initial, schematic phases of building design through the detailed specification of building components and systems.

COMCheck-EZ, http://www.energycodes.gov/comcheck/; COMcheck-EZ offers an easy-to-understand process for demonstrating compliance with ASHRAE 90.1-1989 and IECC commercial energy code requirements for envelope, lighting, and mechanical systems.

COMCheck-Plus, http://www.energycodes.gov/comcheck/; COMCheck-Plus is designed to simplify the process of demonstrating compliance with commercial building energy codes using the whole building performance method.

DOE-2, http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/; An hourly, whole-building energy analysis program which calculates energy performance and life-cycle cost of operation. The current version is DOE-2.1E.

EnergyPlus, http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/; A new-generation building energy simulation program from the creators of BLAST and DOE-2.

Energy-10, http://www.nrel.gov/buildings/energy10.html; A program for small commercial and residential buildings that integrates daylighting, passive solar heating, and low-energy cooling strategies with energy-efficient envelope design, and mechanical equipment. This allows for detailed simulation and performance analysis.

SPARK, http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/; Models complex building envelopes and mechanical systems that are beyond the scope of EnergyPlus and DOE-2. Good for modeling short time-step dynamics. Runs 10-20 times faster than similar programs.

REScheck (formerly MECcheck), http://www.energycodes.gov/rescheck/; The MECcheck product group makes it fast and easy for designers and builders to determine whether new homes and additions meet the requirements of the Model Energy Codes (MEC) and International Energy Conservation Codes (IECC)

RESFEN, http://windows.lbl.gov/software/resfen/resfen.html; Calculates the heating and cooling energy use and associated costs as well as the peak heating and cooling demand for specific window products in residential buildings.

Therm, http://windows.lbl.gov/software/therm/therm.html; Performs analysis of two-dimensional heat-transfer effects in building components such as windows, walls, foundations, roofs, and doors; appliances; and other products where thermal bridges are of concern.

WINDOW, http://windows.lbl.gov/software/window/window.html; WINDOW 4.1 is a publicly available IBM PC compatible computer program for calculating total window thermal performance indices (i.e. U-values, solar heat gain coefficients, shading coefficients, and visible transmittances).

 

C. PASSIVE HEATING AND PASSIVE COOLING

C1. Books and Articles: Passive

  • Anderson Bruce and Malcolm Wells. Passive Solar Energy: The Homeowner's Guide to Natural Heating and Cooling, NH: Brick House, 1996.

  • Brown, G. Z. and DeKay, M. Sun, Wind & Light: Architectural Design Strategies, 2nd Edition. New York, NY: John Wiley and Sons, 2000.

  • Chiras, Daniel. The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling, VT: Chelsea Green, 2002.

  • European Commission.  The Climatic Dwelling, London: James & James, 1998.

  • Givoni B. Climate Considerations in Building and Urban Design, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1998.

  • Givoni B. Passive and Low Energy Cooling of Buildings, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1995.

  • La Roche, P., C. Quirós, G. Bravo, M. Machado, G. Gonzalez. PLEA Note 6, Keeping Cool: Principles to Avoid Overheating in Buildings, Kangaroo Valley, Australia: Passive Low Energy Architecture Association & Research Consulting and Communications, 2001, 60.

  • Lomas, K. and M. Cook, D. Fiala. Architectural Design of an Advanced Naturally Ventilated Building Form, Energy and Buildings. 2007.

  • Lynch, Kevin. Site Planning, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984.

  • Mazria, Ed. Passive Solar Energy Book, Emmaus: Rodale Press, 1979.

  • McHarg, Ian. Design with Nature, Garden City: Doubleday/Natural History Press, 1969.

  • Olgay, Victor.  Design with Climate, Princeton N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1965.

  • Sale, Kirkpatrick. Dwellers in the Land: The Bioregional Vision, Athens: The University of Georgia Press, 2000.

  • Short, C.A. and K. Lomas. Low Energy Architecture for a Severe US Climate: Design and Evaluation of a Hybrid Ventilation Strategy. Energy and Buildings. 2007.

  • Steven Winter Associates. The Passive Solar Design and Construction Handbook, New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1997.

  • Watson, Donald and Labs Kenneth. Climatic Building Design: Energy-Efficient Building Principles and Practices, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993.

 

C2. Online Resources: Passive

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Sponsored Tools (from the U.S. DOE Website). http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/doe_sponsored.cfm

Building Design Advisor, http://gaia.lbl.gov/BDA/; Provides building decision-makers with the energy-related information they need beginning in the initial, schematic phases of building design through the detailed specification of building components and systems.

COMCheck-EZ, http://www.energycodes.gov/comcheck/; COMcheck-EZ offers an easy-to-understand process for demonstrating compliance with ASHRAE 90.1-1989 and IECC commercial energy code requirements for envelope, lighting, and mechanical systems.

COMCheck-Plus, http://www.energycodes.gov/comcheck/; COMCheck-Plus is designed to simplify the process of demonstrating compliance with commercial building energy codes using the whole building performance method.

DOE-2, http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/; An hourly, whole-building energy analysis program which calculates energy performance and life-cycle cost of operation. The current version is DOE-2.1E.

EnergyPlus, http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/; A new-generation building energy simulation program from the creators of BLAST and DOE-2.

Energy-10, http://www.nrel.gov/buildings/energy10.html; A program for small commercial and residential buildings that integrates daylighting, passive solar heating, and low-energy cooling strategies with energy-efficient envelope design, and mechanical equipment. This allows for detailed simulation and performance analysis.

SPARK, http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/; Models complex building envelopes and mechanical systems that are beyond the scope of EnergyPlus and DOE-2. Good for modeling short time-step dynamics. Runs 10-20 times faster than similar programs.

REScheck (formerly MECcheck), http://www.energycodes.gov/rescheck/; The MECcheck product group makes it fast and easy for designers and builders to determine whether new homes and additions meet the requirements of the Model Energy Codes (MEC) and International Energy Conservation Codes (IECC)

RESFEN, http://windows.lbl.gov/software/resfen/resfen.html; Calculates the heating and cooling energy use and associated costs as well as the peak heating and cooling demand for specific window products in residential buildings.

Therm, http://windows.lbl.gov/software/therm/therm.html; Performs analysis of two-dimensional heat-transfer effects in building components such as windows, walls, foundations, roofs, and doors; appliances; and other products where thermal bridges are of concern.

WINDOW, http://windows.lbl.gov/software/window/window.html; WINDOW 4.1 is a publicly available IBM PC compatible computer program for calculating total window thermal performance indices (i.e. U-values, solar heat gain coefficients, shading coefficients, and visible transmittances).

 

D. DAYLIGHTING DESIGN

D1. Books and Articles: Daylighting

  • Ander, Gregg. Daylighting, Performance and Design, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1995.

  • Baker, Nick and Koen Steemers. Daylight Design of Buildings. London: James and James 2002.

  • Baker, N.V., A. Fanchiotti, and K. Steemers, editors. Daylighting in Architecture: A European Reference Book. London: James & James, 2001.

  • Deutsches Architektur Museum, editor. The Secret of the Shadow: Light and Shadow in Architecture. Germany: DAM, 2002.

  • Egan, David and Victor Olgyay. Daylight in Buildings. International Energy Agency, 2000. Architectural Lighting, Second Edition. McGraw Hill, 2nd Ed, 2002.

  • Gannon, Todd, editor. The Light Construction Reader. New York: The Monacelli Press, 2002.

  • Guzowski, Mary. Daylighting for Sustainable Design. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2000.

  • Herzog, Krippner, and Lang.  Façade Construction Manual, Basel: Birkhäuser Publishers, 2004.

  • Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA). The IESNA Lighting Handbook, New York: IESNA, 2000.

  • Meyers, Victoria. Designing with Light. New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 2006.

  • Millet, Marietta. Light Revealing Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1996.

  • Phillips, Derek. Daylighting: Natural Light in Architecture, Architectural Press, 2004.

  • Richards, Brent. New Glass Architecture. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2006.

  • Robbins, Claude. Daylighting Design and Analysis, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1986.

  • Schittich, Christian, editor. inDETAIL: Solar Architecture. Basel: Birkhäuser Publishers, 2003.

  • Klaus Daniels, Low-tech Light-tech High-tech, Basel: Birkhauser, 2000.

D2. Online Resources: Daylighting

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Sponsored Tools (from the U.S. DOE Website), http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/doe_sponsored.cfm

Building Design Advisor, http://gaia.lbl.gov/BDA/; Provides building decision-makers with the energy-related information they need beginning in the initial, schematic phases of building design through the detailed specification of building components and systems.

DOE-2, http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/; An hourly, whole-building energy analysis program which calculates energy performance and life-cycle cost of operation. The current version is DOE-2.1E.

EnergyPlus, http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/; A new-generation building energy simulation program from the creators of BLAST and DOE-2.

Energy-10, http://www.nrel.gov/buildings/energy10.html; A program for small commercial and residential buildings that integrates daylighting, passive solar heating, and low-energy cooling strategies with energy-efficient envelope design, and mechanical equipment. This allows for detailed simulation and performance analysis.

SPARK, http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/; Models complex building envelopes and mechanical systems that are beyond the scope of EnergyPlus and DOE-2. Good for modeling short time-step dynamics. Runs 10-20 times faster than similar programs.

RESFEN, http://windows.lbl.gov/software/resfen/resfen.html; Calculates the heating and cooling energy use and associated costs as well as the peak heating and cooling demand for specific window products in residential buildings.

WINDOW, http://windows.lbl.gov/software/window/window.html; WINDOW 4.1 is a publicly available IBM PC compatible computer program for calculating total window thermal performance indices (i.e. U-values, solar heat gain coefficients, shading coefficients, and visible transmittances).

E. ENVELOPE DESIGN

E1. Books and Articles: Envelope

  • Balkow et al. Glass Construction Manual, Boston: Birkhäuser, 1999.

  • Carmody, John, Stephen Selkowitz, Dariush Arasteh and Lisa Heschong. Residential Windows: A Guide to New Technologies and Energy Performance, Norton, 2000, 2007.

  • Compagno, Andrea. Intelligent Glass Facades: Material, Practice, Design, Boston: Birkhauser-Verlag, 2002.

  • Schittich, Christian, editor. Building Skins, Basel: Birkhäuser Publishers, 2001.

  • Schittich, Staib, Balkow, Schuler, and Sobek. Glass Construction Manual. Basel: Birkhäuser Publishers, 1999.

  • Wigginton, Michael and Jude Harris. Intelligent Skins, Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002.

E2. Online Resources: Envelope

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Sponsored Tools (from the U.S. DOE Website), http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/doe_sponsored.cfm

Building Design Advisor, http://gaia.lbl.gov/BDA/; Provides building decision-makers with the energy-related information they need beginning in the initial, schematic phases of building design through the detailed specification of building components and systems.

DOE-2, http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/; An hourly, whole-building energy analysis program which calculates energy performance and life-cycle cost of operation. The current version is DOE-2.1E.

EnergyPlus, http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/; A new-generation building energy simulation program from the creators of BLAST and DOE-2.

Energy-10, http://www.nrel.gov/buildings/energy10.html; A program for small commercial and residential buildings that integrates daylighting, passive solar heating, and low-energy cooling strategies with energy-efficient envelope design, and mechanical equipment. This allows for detailed simulation and performance analysis.

SPARK, http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/; Models complex building envelopes and mechanical systems that are beyond the scope of EnergyPlus and DOE-2. Good for modeling short time-step dynamics. Runs 10-20 times faster than similar programs.

RESFEN, http://windows.lbl.gov/software/resfen/resfen.html; Calculates the heating and cooling energy use and associated costs as well as the peak heating and cooling demand for specific window products in residential buildings.

Therm, http://windows.lbl.gov/software/therm/therm.html; Performs analysis of two-dimensional heat-transfer effects in building components such as windows, walls, foundations, roofs, and doors; appliances; and other products where thermal bridges are of concern.

WINDOW, http://windows.lbl.gov/software/window/window.html; WINDOW 4.1 is a publicly available IBM PC compatible computer program for calculating total window thermal performance indices (i.e. U-values, solar heat gain coefficients, shading coefficients, and visible transmittances).

F. SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

F1. Books and Articles: Sustainable

  • Benyus, Janine. Biomimicry, New York: William Marrow, 1997.

  • Capra, Fritjof. The Web of Life, New York:  Doubleday, 1996.

  • Elgin, Duane. Promise Ahead:  A Vision of Hope and Action for Humanity’s Future, New York: William Marrow, 2000.

  • Edwards, Andres. The Sustainability Revolution: Portrait of a Paradigm Shift, Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers, 2005.

  • Energy Research Group. Green Vitruvius, London: James and James, 2000.

  • Friedman, Thomas. Hot, Flat, and Crowded, New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2008.

  • Hawken, Paul. Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being and Why No One Saw it Coming, London, England: Penquin Books Ltd., 2007.

  • Kibert, Charles. Sustainable Construction: Green Building Design and Delivery, Wiley, 2005.

  • Kellert, Stephen. Building for Life, Island Press, 2005.

  • Kwok, Allison, and Walter Gronzik. The Green Studio Handbook, Oxford: Architectural Press, 2006.

  • Lyle, John Tillman. Regenerative Design for Sustainable Development, New York: John Willey & Sons, 1994.

  • McDonough, William and Michael Braungart. Cradle To Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, New York: North Point Press, 2002.

  • Mclennan, Jason F.  The Philosophy of Sustainable Design, Kansas City: Ecotone, 2004.

  • Mendler, Sandra, William Odell, and Mary Ann. HOK Guidebook to Sustainable Design, New York: John Wiley and Sons, 2005.

  • Orr, David. The Nature of Design: Ecology, Culture, and Human Intention, New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.

  • Portoghesi, Paolo, and Erika Young.  Nature and Architecture, Milano: Skira, 2000.

  • Roaf, Sue. Ecohouse2: A Design Guide, Oxford: Architectural Press, 2007.

  • Roaf, Sue. Closing the Loop:  Benchmarks for Sustainable Buildings, London: RIBA Enterprises Ltd, 2004.

  • Schor, Juliet B. and Betsy Taylor.  Sustainable Planet: Solutions for the Twenty-first Century, Boston: Beacon Press, 2002.

  • Szokolay, Steven. Introduction to Architectural Science: The Basis of Sustainable Design, Elsevier 2004.

  • Van der Ryn, Sim and Stuart Cowen. Ecological Design.  Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1996.

  • Wines, James. Green Architecture, Koln: Taschen, 2000.

  • Yeang, Ken. Ecodesign: A Manual for Ecological Design, Academy Press, 2006.

 

F2. Online Resources: Sustainable

G. DESIGN TOOLS

Online Resources – Tools

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Sponsored Tools (from the U.S. DOE Website), http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/doe_sponsored.cfm

BESTEST, http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/doe_sponsored_bestest.cfm; Through the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, the Department of Energy has been working with the International Energy Agency Solar Cooling and Heating Programme Implementing Agreement (IEA SHC) and the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) for more than the last 10 years to develop standard methods of test for building energy analysis computer software.

Building Design Advisor, http://gaia.lbl.gov/BDA/; Provides building decision-makers with the energy-related information they need beginning in the initial, schematic phases of building design through the detailed specification of building components and systems.

COMCheck-EZ, http://www.energycodes.gov/comcheck/; COMcheck-EZ offers an easy-to-understand process for demonstrating compliance with ASHRAE 90.1-1989 and IECC commercial energy code requirements for envelope, lighting, and mechanical systems.

COMCheck-Plus, http://www.energycodes.gov/comcheck/; COMCheck-Plus is designed to simplify the process of demonstrating compliance with commercial building energy codes using the whole building performance method.

DOE-2, http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/; An hourly, whole-building energy analysis program which calculates energy performance and life-cycle cost of operation. The current version is DOE-2.1E.

EnergyPlus, http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/; A new-generation building energy simulation program from the creators of BLAST and DOE-2.

Energy-10, http://www.nrel.gov/buildings/energy10.html; A program for small commercial and residential buildings that integrates daylighting, passive solar heating, and low-energy cooling strategies with energy-efficient envelope design, and mechanical equipment. This allows for detailed simulation and performance analysis.

SPARK, http://simulationresearch.lbl.gov/; Models complex building envelopes and mechanical systems that are beyond the scope of EnergyPlus and DOE-2. Good for modeling short time-step dynamics. Runs 10-20 times faster than similar programs.

REScheck (formerly MECcheck), http://www.energycodes.gov/rescheck/; The MECcheck product group makes it fast and easy for designers and builders to determine whether new homes and additions meet the requirements of the Model Energy Codes (MEC) and International Energy Conservation Codes (IECC)

RESFEN, http://windows.lbl.gov/software/resfen/resfen.html; Calculates the heating and cooling energy use and associated costs as well as the peak heating and cooling demand for specific window products in residential buildings.

Therm, http://windows.lbl.gov/software/therm/therm.html; Performs analysis of two-dimensional heat-transfer effects in building components such as windows, walls, foundations, roofs, and doors; appliances; and other products where thermal bridges are of concern.

WINDOW, http://windows.lbl.gov/software/window/window.html; WINDOW 4.1 is a publicly available IBM PC compatible computer program for calculating total window thermal performance indices (i.e. U-values, solar heat gain coefficients, shading coefficients, and visible transmittances).

H. ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

 


   

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