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Comparison of Green Building Energy Modeling Tools

There are a number of tools that can be used to help model building energy use. Use the chart below to compare features of VisualDOE, EQuest, EnergyPlus and EnergyGauge Summit Premier.

*Feature*	EnergyGauge Summit Premier	VisualDOE	eQuest	EnergyPlus
Annual hourly building energy simulation
Commercial building code compliance specific menu options		X	X	X
Automated features for ASHRAE 90.1 2004 code compliance ¹		X	X	X
Automated features for LEED 2.2 (NC) simulation capabilities ¹		X	X	X
Automatically creates ASHRAE reference building		X	X	X
Automatically create and submit USGBC mandated PDF template to claim LEED 2.2 (NC) energy modeling points (EA Credit 1)		X	X	X
Qualified software for Federal Tax Deductions			X
Approved software for Florida energy code compliance		X	X	X
Approved software for California Title 24 non-residential code compliance	X	X		X
Free technical support		X	²	²

¹ EnergyGauge Summit Premier has specific menu options to automatically run these simulations without requiring the user to create the baseline building manually. All other listed software products require the user to manually create the baseline and as-built (design) building input files and then run them individually to compare results.

² Limited in nature


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