Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
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In addition to SBEM and the OpenStudio implementation of the ISOmodel, another simple model/interface you might consider is ComCheck which is designed for use in checking compliance with prescriptive building energy code. I used to teach it to students as a great simple building envelope energy modeling tool. There are desktop and web versions.
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In addition to SBEM and the OpenStudio implementation of the ISOmodel, another simple model/interface you might consider is ComCheck which is designed for use in checking compliance with prescriptive building energy code. I used to teach it to students as a great simple building envelope energy modeling tool. There are desktop and web versions.
I don't think that comcheck does any real energy modeling though. As I recall (it's been a few years since I used it) it is an interface to a regression analysis of a pile of simulations done by Pacific Northwest National Lab. It may also no longer give an EUI but only the amount that the building "fails" or "passes" code by. I think the detailed reports may give the actual estimated EUI though.
