Articles Tagged with ''software for HVACR''

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced that its EnergyPlus™ software, which models whole-building energy and water use, has been rewritten in the C++ programming language for improved performance. EnergyPlus lets users model design and operation alternatives — including HVAC system changes — on building energy performance.

As many as 3,000 parameters can be specified when modeling a building’s energy use. Newly developed “Autotune” calibration software reduces the amount of time and expertise needed to optimize building parameters for cost and energy savings.

DesignBuilder Software has released version 4 of its whole building energy simulation program, DesignBuilder. The company said this new version adds a substantial set of new features and improvements oriented to the different but overlapping needs of engineers and architects.

Logility Inc., a supplier of collaborative solutions to optimize the supply chain, announced that Johnstone Supply, a leading cooperative wholesale distributor in the HVACR industry, is seeing continued improvements in its supply chain performance following its upgrade to Logility Voyager Solutions™ Version 8.

DDI’s Inform distribution management software is a leader in delivering high level integrations, a more complete solution, and all the features you need to run a distribution business. Increase productivity, achieve maximum levels of customer service and identify growth opportunities. 

Onset, a leading supplier of data loggers, has announced a three-session, online training package on Energy Charting and Metrics (ECAM) software, a free Microsoft Excel®-based tool designed to streamline the analysis of energy use information from buildings.

Ekotrope, developer of software for analyzing and designing energy-efficient buildings, has been selected by Green Key Village, the developer of a new net-zero energy Florida subdivision.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) EnergyPlus building energy simulation software has helped in designing more efficient buildings for more than a decade, but it was difficult to use. Now, DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has announced the development of a graphical user interface (GUI) to make the program much easier to use.