This article is part of BD+C's special five-part Technology Report 2014: Top tech tools and trends for AEC professionals. For more than a decade, the U.S. Department of Energy has made its EnergyPlus ...
The U.S. Department of Energy, the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory have released the initial version of the Spawn of EnergyPlus software. The ...
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently released OpenStudio, a free energy design plug-in that works seamlessly within the Google SketchUp 3D drawing environment. The plug-in simplifies use of ...