Question-and-Answer Resource for the Building Energy Modeling Community
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I would recommend you to take a look at the US National Insitute of Science and Technology Handbook 135. It explains in detail the methodology to do a Life Cycle Cost Analysis.
It looks like you want to only compare the Operational cost of the two different systems. In that regard, it does not matter which software you use to estimate your energy consumption; you should use the one where you feel the most confident you are doing a correct simulation.
Nevertheless, I will recommend EnergyPlus because it has a baked-in routine to Life-Cycle Cost Analysis.
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I would recommend you to take a look at the US National Insitute of Science Standards and Technology Handbook 135. It explains in detail the methodology to do a Life Cycle Cost Analysis.
It looks like you want to only compare the Operational cost of the two different systems. In that regard, it does not matter which software you use to estimate your energy consumption; you should use the one where you feel the most confident you are doing a correct simulation.
Nevertheless, I will recommend EnergyPlus because it has a baked-in routine to Life-Cycle Cost Analysis.
