Here are some of the features included in BEopt. You can click on the thumbnail images for larger screenshots.
See the Features document for a high-level description of new features in the latest release.
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Building Geometry: Rapid drawing of level-by-level floor plans, automatically converted to full 3D geometry. |
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Efficiency Measures: Easy selection of measures for envelope constructions, equipment, appliances, occupancy, etc. Measures are tailored for new construction and retrofit applications. Interface allows analyzing specified building designs or optimizing across a range of possible measures. |
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Library Manager: Custom measures and costs can be defined for use across analyses. |
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Site Details: User-specified location, utility rates, and economic properties. BEopt performs full life-cycle costing. |
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Output: Large sets of information for every building simulation, including financial calculations, end use breakouts, efficiency measure descriptions, and costs. Navigatable by the user. |
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Detailed Output: Visualization of detailed hourly output for any user-selected building design. Variables include energy use broken out by end use, space by space details, weather data, etc. Various graph types are available. |