Graphisoft EcoDesigner is a discontinued energy evaluation tool for architects. It is an add-on software for ArchiCAD,

Graphisoft Graphisoft SE is a Hungarian design software company headquartered in Budapest, Hungary. As a subsidiary of Nemetschek, Graphisoft develops Building Information Modeling software products for architects, interior designers and planners. Graphisof ...

Building Information Modeling Building information modeling (BIM) is a process supported by various tools, technologies and contracts involving the generation and management of digital representations of physical and functional characteristics of places. Building informatio ...

application which aims to provide information about a building's energy performance at the early design phases and give feedback to architects on the energy efficiency and sustainability of certain design alternatives.

Features

The tool can generate results about the energy consumption,

Carbon footprint A carbon footprint is the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by an individual, event, organization, service, place or product, expressed as carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e). Greenhouse gases, including the carbon-containing gases carb ...

and the monthly energy balance of a building. This is done by specifying physical properties of an already modeled building envelope using the default values set for different type of building parts or entering custom data, setting up location, weather data, building type and HVAC systems for the project. EcoDesigner then passes the data to StruSoft's VIP-Energy calculation engine, which performs a dynamic analysis to produce a final report.

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