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Graphisoft EcoDesigner

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Initial release
  
April 2009 (2009-apr)

Website
  
graphisoft.com

Stable release
  
3 (Windows) / 3 (Mac OS X) / May 1, 2010; 6 years ago (2010-05-01)

Operating system
  
Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Mac OS X Leopard Mac OS X Snow Leopard

Type
  
3D computer graphics, CAD, Building Information Modeling

License
  
Proprietary commercial software

Graphisoft EcoDesigner is an energy evaluation tool for architects – an add-on software for ArchiCAD, Graphisoft's BIM application – which aims to provide information about a building's energy performance at the early design phases giving fast feedback for architects on the energy efficiency and sustainability of certain design alternatives.

Features

With EcoDesigner, architects can get results about the energy consumption, Carbon footprint and the monthly energy balance in three steps:

  • Data input: specifying physical properties of the already modeled building envelope using the default values set for different type of building parts or entering custom data, setting up location, weather data, building type and HVAC systems for the project.
  • Evaluation: EcoDesigner passes the data to StruSoft's VIP-Energy calculation engine, which performs a dynamic analysis.
  • Results: report sheets available also in PDF format shows the results of the evaluation of the building shell, the energy consumption and cost values, the carbon footprint and the monthly energy balance.

    • References

    Graphisoft EcoDesigner Wikipedia
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