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Err and err and err but less and less and less

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“Ecobilans” software presentation

IBPSA-CH, the newly created regional affiliate of IBPSA for Switzerland, hosted on 19 October 2006 in Geneva a software presentation of so-called “Ecobilans” programs. These are programs that generally help an organisation assess its social and environmental impact. The programs that were presented were Ecoentreprise, Green-E and Eco-Bat. They all try to solve the same […]

IBPSA Swiss regional affiliate created

The first General Assembly of IBPSA-CH took place on 1 September 2006 in Lucerne, Switzerland, at the University of Applied Sciences. International Building Performance Simulation Association, the biggest international society of building performance simulation professionals, has now affiliates in sixteen countries or regions. This first General Assembly focused on presenting the goals and projects of […]

Tools that anyone can use

I heard once a senior researcher criticize a doctoral student for having chosen a particular software tool to do his data analysis. I was sitting on an International Energy Agency task meeting and the student (let’s call him Sam) was showing results from his analysis. Someone from the audience asked him what tool he had […]

Building Energy Software Tools Directory

The U.S. Department of Energy maintains on their website a fairly comprehensive directory of building energy software tools. From their website: “The energy tools listed in this directory include databases, spreadsheets, component and systems analyses, and whole-building energy performance simulation programs. A short description is provided for each tool along with other information including expertise […]

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