About Websites referencing energy Efficiency software, I have identified 3 websites that reference energy efficiency software for Buildings. These tools are software applications, excel sheets and others…most of them are free or shareware.
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Energy efficiency building software comparison
November 2nd, 2009 | 2 Comments | Posted in Electrical software, Energy Efficiency - buildingTags: energy building software
BIM Building Design software: open source versus closed ?
October 5th, 2009 | 4 Comments | Posted in Electrical software, Energy Efficiency - buildingTags: BIM, building design, building performance, building software
BIM and IFC: an opportunity for new innovative players (open source type) to enter the Building design software environment market OR a strengthening of the major players position? (closed source type?)
BIM, Building Information Modeling: the concept
IFC, Industry Foundation Classes: the standard
High Performance Buildings
above picture from US National Institute of Building Science
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Power losses reduction in electrical distribution
June 29th, 2009 | 35 Comments | Posted in Electrical distribution, Electrical softwareTags: electrical installation, Electrical software, power losses
Reducing power losses by optimizing equipment locations
Do you realize that power losses in a electrical installation could represent up to 7 % of the electrical consumption ?
LV cables and transformers are the most contributors to these operating losses, around 95 % as shown here below
Electrical building design software
June 20th, 2009 | 16 Comments | Posted in Electrical softwareTags: cad software, design software, electrical design
example of design in CAD
Design Master Electrical is an electrical building design software that runs in CAD software. It integrates the drafting and calculations necessary for an electrical design.
New design software for electrical installation
June 1st, 2009 | 21 Comments | Posted in Electrical softwareTags: design software, electrical installation, Electrical software
I have found a new electrical software on Internet: Simaris Design Basic. It is a software for electrical installation calculation: short-circuit calculations, cables sizing and protection devices choice and settings. This is a new version. I knew the old version of this software – 1.5, which is not available any more.
