eQuest Insights

What is eQuest?

eQuest (short for energy QuickESTimate) is a building energy simulation program developed by James J. Hirsch and Associates under contract to the U.S. Department of Energy. It's a simplified interface to the DOE-2 building energy simulation program. eQuest is commonly used by architects, engineers, and energy consultants to model a building's energy consumption and estimate the impact of different design options or energy efficiency measures. It allows users to evaluate potential energy savings and optimize building performance.

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What other technologies are related to eQuest?

eQuest Competitor Technologies

EnergyPlus

EnergyPlus is a whole-building energy simulation program that competes with eQuest in the building performance analysis space.

mentioned alongside eQuest in 44% (1.2k) of relevant job posts

Energy Plus

Energy Plus is a whole-building energy simulation program that competes with eQuest in the building performance analysis space. This is just a different spelling of EnergyPlus

mentioned alongside eQuest in 54% (379) of relevant job posts

DOE-2

DOE-2 is a whole-building energy simulation program that is the predecessor to eQuest. eQuest is a GUI front end for DOE-2.1E.

mentioned alongside eQuest in 78% (209) of relevant job posts

Trane Trace

Trane TRACE 3D Plus is a building energy and system design software that competes with eQuest.

mentioned alongside eQuest in 22% (694) of relevant job posts

Energy Pro

EnergyPro is a California Title 24 compliance software, placing it in the same category as eQuest for specific code compliance.

mentioned alongside eQuest in 50% (269) of relevant job posts

EnergyPro

EnergyPro is a California Title 24 compliance software, placing it in the same category as eQuest for specific code compliance.

mentioned alongside eQuest in 29% (221) of relevant job posts

IESVE

IES Virtual Environment (IESVE) is a suite of building performance analysis tools that competes with eQuest.

mentioned alongside eQuest in 26% (216) of relevant job posts

IES VE

IES Virtual Environment (IESVE) is a suite of building performance analysis tools that competes with eQuest. This is just a different spelling of IESVE

mentioned alongside eQuest in 18% (290) of relevant job posts

eQuest Complementary Technologies

Climate Consultant

Climate Consultant is a psychrometric analysis tool that can provide climate data and visualizations helpful for informing eQuest models.

mentioned alongside eQuest in 83% (58) of relevant job posts

Open Studio

OpenStudio is a software development kit (SDK) for EnergyPlus. While it does not directly compete with eQuest, it can be used to create custom workflows for EnergyPlus that accomplish similar goals. It could complement eQuest.

mentioned alongside eQuest in 47% (86) of relevant job posts

OpenStudio

OpenStudio is a software development kit (SDK) for EnergyPlus. While it does not directly compete with eQuest, it can be used to create custom workflows for EnergyPlus that accomplish similar goals. It could complement eQuest.

mentioned alongside eQuest in 24% (159) of relevant job posts