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What to use to model solar hot water?
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
        
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I do a lot of federal projects and they require a life cycle cost of solar hot water.  In the past I have used Watsun, but it appears that NRCan no longer supports the software.  Does anyone have any recommendations on what software I should use to simulate solar hot water systems?  
 
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There are a lot of software tools that can model solar hot water, but you might start by looking at NREL's System Advisor Model (SAM) to see if that's a good fit. It can model solar water heating for residential and commercial buildings.
 
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That's exactly what I was looking for.  Thanks!
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