Does anyone know of a auditing or rating software currently available for commercial buildings?

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Permalink Reply by David Parker on January 30, 2011 at 9:04pm

I have used eQuest/DOE2 for modeling commercial buildings while I was in school in Oregon.  Here in California I use EnergyPro 5 for both residential and commercial energy calculations. eQuest is free and is qualified for computing commercial building tax deductions per the DOE2.com web page.  However, EnergyPro can generate most of the CEC required forms here in California and is a little easier to come up to speed with.

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Permalink Reply by Don Hynek on February 2, 2011 at 10:33am

Well, "commercial" is a pretty broad category, especially if the target is "residential-like."

 

TREAT and EA-QUIP are designed specifically to model multifamily buildings. Both are good for existing buildings; they allow one to true up the model to real utility bills -- very useful. Neither is simple to learn -- trying to teach yourself will generate a VERY long learning curve.

 

But they are simpler than eQuest or EnergyPro, mostly becuse the inputs are more restricted. (You simply can't model two distribution systems off of one heating plant, for example.)

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Permalink Reply by dale conner on February 5, 2011 at 9:23pm

Here you go!

 

http://www.elitesoft.com/web/energypro/energypro_info.html

 

 

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