EnergyPlus Insights

What is EnergyPlus?

EnergyPlus is a whole building energy simulation program that engineers, architects, and researchers use to model energy consumption for buildings. It simulates heating, cooling, lighting, ventilation, and other energy flows. It's often used for building design, retrofit analysis, and compliance with energy codes.

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What other technologies are related to EnergyPlus?

EnergyPlus Competitor Technologies

eQuest

eQuest is a building energy simulation program that can be used to model the energy performance of buildings. While it can export to DOE-2, it has its own simulation engine and therefore competes with EnergyPlus in the building energy simulation market.

mentioned alongside EnergyPlus in 37% (1.2k) of relevant job posts

IES VE

IES VE is a suite of building performance simulation tools that includes energy modeling capabilities. It competes with EnergyPlus as a comprehensive building simulation platform.

mentioned alongside EnergyPlus in 33% (531) of relevant job posts

DesignBuilder

DesignBuilder is a graphical user interface for EnergyPlus. It competes as it provides its own interface and workflow rather than using EnergyPlus directly.

mentioned alongside EnergyPlus in 43% (212) of relevant job posts

TRNSYS

TRNSYS is a transient systems simulation program often used for detailed HVAC system modeling and renewable energy systems. It competes with EnergyPlus in terms of comprehensive building and system simulation capabilities.

mentioned alongside EnergyPlus in 36% (224) of relevant job posts

CBECC-com

CBECC-Com is a California energy compliance software for commercial buildings. It uses the DOE-2 engine and therefore competes with EnergyPlus and similar simulation tools for compliance purposes in California.

mentioned alongside EnergyPlus in 80% (72) of relevant job posts

COMFEN

COMFEN is software for analyzing the energy performance of manufactured homes. While the underlying engine may be DOE-2 based, it competes with EnergyPlus as a tool for building energy analysis.

mentioned alongside EnergyPlus in 83% (67) of relevant job posts

CBECC

CBECC is a suite of California energy compliance software that can include both residential and commercial tools. It is a competitor for compliance in California.

mentioned alongside EnergyPlus in 79% (67) of relevant job posts

DOE-2

DOE-2 is another whole-building energy simulation program. It is a competitor because it offers the same functionality.

mentioned alongside EnergyPlus in 43% (117) of relevant job posts

EnergyPlus Complementary Technologies

OpenStudio

OpenStudio is a software development kit (SDK) and a cross-platform collection of software tools to support whole building energy modeling using EnergyPlus and Radiance. It is a graphical interface for EnergyPlus and provides tools for model creation, simulation, and results visualization.

mentioned alongside EnergyPlus in 87% (580) of relevant job posts

Radiance

Radiance is a suite of tools for lighting simulation and rendering. It is often used in conjunction with EnergyPlus for detailed analysis of lighting and daylighting performance, and OpenStudio can use Radiance.

mentioned alongside EnergyPlus in 36% (147) of relevant job posts

Open Studio

OpenStudio is a software development kit (SDK) and a cross-platform collection of software tools to support whole building energy modeling using EnergyPlus and Radiance. It is a graphical interface for EnergyPlus and provides tools for model creation, simulation, and results visualization.

mentioned alongside EnergyPlus in 40% (74) of relevant job posts