Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
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EDSL's Tas is great at simulating passive strategies, particularly NV. Tas is also free for academic use, training material on the website freely available. (There is also a tool for adding wind catchers too.) Tas can also import/export IDF files so you can translate model data back and forth between Tas and EnergyPlus/EnergyPlus based tools. Regarding the training material, you would use the Tas 3D modeler, Tas Building Simulator, and Tas Results viewer to complete the analysis you've mentioned (without going into HVAC design/simulation in Tas Systems). www.edsltas.com
