Attia, Shady Galal Mohamed
[UCL]
De Herde, André
[UCL]
Given the challenges to design Net Zero Energy
Buildings (NZEBs), the use of Building Performance
Simulation (BPS) tools during early design phases
has been indispensable. In this context, we compare
ten early design BPS tools. The aim is to define the
potential of using and integrating the tools by
architect during the design of NZEBs. The examined
tools include HEED, e-Quest, ENERGY-10, Vasari,
Solar Shoebox, Open Studio Plug-in, IES-VE- Ware,
DesignBuilder, ECOTECT and BEopt. The
comparison is based on two different criteria sets.
The results describe tools limitations and major
requirements to meet the NZEBs objective
implications.
Bibliographic reference |
Attia, Shady Galal Mohamed ; De Herde, André. EARLY DESIGN SIMULATION TOOLS FOR NET ZERO ENERGY BUILDINGS: A COMPARISON OF TEN TOOLS.In: IBPSA, Vol. 1, no. 1 (2011) |
Permanent URL |
http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/92499 |