Projet EAR-GHSAG (Early Alerting and Reporting, Global Health Security Action Group) / Activités internationales / Europe et international. Building Technologies Program: EnergyPlus Energy Simulation Software. EnergyPlus is a whole building energy simulation program that engineers, architects, and researchers use to model both energy consumption—for heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting, and plug and process loads—and water use in buildings.
Its development is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy Building Technologies Office. Some of the notable features and capabilities of EnergyPlus include: Integrated, simultaneous solution of thermal zone conditions and HVAC system response that does not assume that the HVAC system can meet zone loads and can simulate unconditioned and under-conditioned spaces. Heat balance-based solution of radiant and convective effects that produce surface temperatures, thermal comfort, and condensation calculations. Plus Energy Simulation Software: Weather Data Sources. The weather data provided in EnergyPlus weather format on this website are derived from 20 sources: *The CIBSE data are not available on this website.
See below for information about obtaining the CIBSE data. California Climate Zones 2 (CTZ2) Updated weather data for 16 California climate zones (CTZ2) for use to demonstrate compliance with Title 24 with approved building energy simulation programs. Plus Energy Simulation Software: Research Papers and Articles.