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EnergyGauge USA: A Residential Building Energy Simulation Design Tool
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Date
2002
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Energy Systems Laboratory (http://esl.tamu.edu)
Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu)
Texas A&M University (http://www.tamu.edu)
Abstract
The Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) has
developed new software (EnergyGauge USA) which
allows simple calculation and rating of energy use of
residential buildings around the United States. In the
past, most residential analysis and rating software
have used simplified methods for calculation of
residential building energy performance due to
limitations on computing speed. However,
EnergyGauge USA, takes advantage of current
generation personal computers that perform an hourly
annual computer simulation in less than 20 seconds.
A simplified user interface allows buildings to be
quickly defined while bringing the computing power
and accuracy of an hourly computer simulation to
builders, designers and raters.