BEDES is a dictionary of terms and definitions designed to facilitate the sharing of building characteristics and energy data among data collection and analysis tools more easily, consistently, and at lower cost.
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COMFEN is a tool designed to support the systematic evaluation of alternative fenestration systems for project-specific commercial building applications. COMFEN provides a simplified user interface that focuses attention on key variables in fenestration design. Under the hood is Energy Plus, a sophisticated analysis engine that dynamically simulates the effects of these key fenestration variables on energy consumption, peak energy demand, and thermal and visual comfort.COMFEN is a tool designed to support the systematic evaluation of alternative fenestration systems for project-specific commercial building applications. COMFEN provides a simplified user interface that focuses attention on key variables in fenestration design. Under the hood is Energy Plus, a sophisticated analysis engine that dynamically simulates the effects of these key fenestration variables on energy consumption, peak energy demand, and thermal and visual comfort.
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The Building Performance Database (BPD) is the largest publicly-available source of measured energy performance data for buildings in the United States. It contains information about the building’s energy use, location, and physical and operational characteristics. The BPD can be used by building owners, operators, architects and engineers to compare a building’s energy efficiency against customized peer groups, identify energy efficiency opportunities, and set energy efficiency targets. It can also be used by
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The International Energy Analysis – Berkeley Lab Tools – is a great resource for finding tools that help with businesses, cross-sectors and industry in the building science realm.
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The Home Energy Saver™ (HES) empowers homeowners and renters to save money, live better, and help the earth by reducing energy use in their homes. HES recommends energy-saving upgrades that are appropriate to the home and make sense for the home’s climate and local energy prices. The money invested in these upgrades commonly earns “interest” in the form of energy bill savings, at an annual rate of 20% or more. HES also estimates the home’s carbon footprint and shows how much it can be reduced. For professional users, we also offer HESpro and teachers and students can check out Energized Learning.
A free, open-source library for modeling of building energy and control systems using the equation-based, object-oriented Modelica language. The library enables rapid prototyping of new building systems, development and performance assessment of control algorithms, and analysis of the operation of existing buildings.
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Standard Energy Efficiency Data Platform (SEED) provides a standard software platform for building energy benchmarking data management, thus lowering the administrative burden for tracking, while also easing data comparison across jurisdictions. provides a standard software platform for building energy benchmarking data management, thus lowering the administrative burden for tracking, while also easing data comparison across jurisdictions.
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The 50001 Ready Navigator is an online application that provides step-by-step guidance for implementing and maintaining an energy management system in conformance with the ISO 50001 Energy Management System Standard.
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RM&V is an open-source application for performing advanced measurement and verification (M&V 2.0) using free R software. RM&V’s modeling approach is fully transparent and follows methods published by LBNL. The intent of this package is to help M&V practitioners to perform with a high level of automation for commercial building projects.RM&V is an open-source application for performing advanced measurement and verification (M&V 2.0) using free R software. RM&V’s modeling approach is fully transparent and follows methods published by LBNL. The intent of this package is to help M&V practitioners to perform with a high level of automation for commercial building projects.
