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Big List of FREE Software, Newsletters, User Groups, Etc.   --   Last Updated March 21, 2008
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Books and DVDs

2007 Buildings Energy Data Book Daylight in Buildings (book on CD) Residential Lighting Design Guide (California) "HVAC Changouts and COOL ROOF" DVD

http://buildingsdatabook.eere.energy.gov/ request via email to info@gundog.lbl.gov http://www.cltc.ucdavis.edu/ California, to request a free DVD, please phone the California Energy Commission at 800-772-3300 North America, to request a free DVD, please phone the California Energy Commission at (916) 654-5106 Outside North America, send request for DVD via email to info@gundog.lbl.gov (remember to include your full name and surface mailing address)

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Building Energy Software *

BDA 3.1 "Best Practices" Software from USDOE Climate Consultant COMIS Daylight 1-2-3   EnergyPlus 2.1     Online Documentation     Beginners' Tutorial GenOpt 2.0 Optics 5.2 HEED, SOLAR 5.7, OPAQUE, etc.   HOMER RADIANCE 3.5 RESFEN 3.1 Solar Shoe Box THERM 5.2 VisualSPARK 2.0   WINDOW 5.2 (window thermal analysis)

http://gaia.lbl.gov/BDA http://www1.eere.energy.gov/industry/bestpractices/ http://www.aud.ucla.edu/energy-design-tools/ http://www-epb.lbl.gov/comis/ http://www.daylight1-2-3.com   http://www.energyplus.gov     http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/documentation.html     http://energyplustutorial.googlepages.com/ http://SimulationResearch.lbl.gov http://windows.lbl.gov/software/default.htm http://www.aud.ucla.edu/energy-design-tools   http://www.nrel.gov/homer/ http://radsite.lbl.gov/radiance/ http://windows.lbl.gov/software/default.htm http://www.archiphysics.com http://windows.lbl.gov/software/default.htm http://SimulationResearch.lbl.gov/   http://windows.lbl.gov/software/default.htm

* See also the "big daddy" of building energy software lists, compiled by Dru Crawley of USDOE, located at
http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/   -- alas, some software on the USDOE list is not free

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Memberships

IBPSA-Australasia IBPSA-Canada IBPSA-China IBPSA-Czech Republic IBPSA-Germany IBPSA-Switzerland IBPSA-USA

http://www.ibpsa-australasia.org/ http://www.ibpsa.ca http://www.ibpsa.cn http://www.ibpsa.cz http://www.ibpsa-germany.org/ http://www.ibpsa.ch http://www.ibpsa.us/

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Blogs and Forums on the WWW

Buildings at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory WikiPedia for Building Simulation Building Information Models blog The Lighting Portal (CLTC, UC Davis)

http://bleer.lbl.gov http://www.ibpsa-germany.org/index.php/Hauptseite/en http://bimology.blogspot.com http://thelightingportal.ucdavis.edu/index.php

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Newsgroups (Mailing Lists)

EnergyPlus User Support Group   OneBuilding for these lists:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EnergyPlus_Support/   BLDG-SIM - Users of building energy simulation tools IBPSAUSA - USA Affiliate of the International Building Performance Simulation Association TC47-L - ASHRAE Committee 4.7 Energy Simulation TC28-L - ASHRAE Committee 2.8 Building Environmental Impacts and Sustainability SPC140-L - Standards Project Committee - Standard Method of Test for Building Energy Analysis Software 901mech - ASHRAE 90.1 Mechanical Subcommittee 901ecb - ASHRAE 90.1 Energy Cost Budget Subcommittee 901env - ASHRAE 90.1 Envelope Subcommittee

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Weather Data

Real-Time Weather Data from USDOE TMY2 Weather Data Data sets for NSRDB 1961-1990 Data sets for NSRDB 1991-2005 Update California Climate Zones on GoogleEarth     Download, install and launch GoogleEarth     then download and open the California     Climate Zones CA-CZ.kmz 120 kb file.

http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/cfm/weatherdata/weather_request.cfm http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsrdb/tmy2/ http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsrdb/1961-1990 http://rredc.nrel.gov/solar/old_data/nsrdb/1991-2005 http://earth.google.com/

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e-Newsletters

ACEEE Architecture Week ASHRAE BLUEPRINT (State of California) Buildings Research Post (FSEC) Conservation Update (by state) EERE Network News (USDOE) e-FFICIENCY NEWS (Alliance to Save Energy) Energy Chronicle (FSEC) eNews (Energy Design Resources) Green Energy News IBPSANews Lighting Link (Calif Lighting Technology Center) Ray Tracing News Rocky Mountain Institute SBSE (Society of Building Science Educators) Setting the Standard     (standards/guidelines USDOE)

http://www.aceee.org/about/newsletter.htm http://www.architectureweek.com/ http://www.ashrae.org/publications/page/542 http://www.energy.ca.gov/efficiency/blueprint/ http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/media/newsletters/brpost/index.htm http://www.eere.energy.gov/state_energy_program/update/ http://www.eere.energy.gov/news/newsletters.cfm http://www.ase.org/section/_audience/e_fficiency http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/media/newsletters/echron/index.htm http://www.energydesignresources.com/publication/en/ http://www.nrglink.com/index.html http://www.ibpsa.org/m_newsletter.asp http://169.237.101.18:8080/cltc/the-lighting-link http://tog.acm.org/resources/RTNews/html/ http://www.rmi.org http://www.sbse.org/newsletter/index.htm http://www.energycodes.gov/news/

From Steven Winter Associates     Buildings Inside and Out (SBIC)     CARB-News     Party Walls (multi-family buildings)     RUSH (HUD projects)     WinterGreen

http://www.swinter.com/Services/06Tech_Trans/co_sbic.html http://www.carb-swa.com/carbfax.html http://www.swinter.com/Services/06Tech_Trans/co_partywalls.html http://www.swinter.com/Services/06Tech_Trans/co_rush.html http://www.swinter.com/Services/06Tech_Trans/co_wintergreen.html

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Web Tools

Home Energy Saver (home energy use) Mechanical Engineering Virtual Library ORNL Building Envelope Calculators eCalc-- Texas Energy & Emissions Toolkit

http://hes.lbl.gov/ http://dart.stanford.edu/vlme/ http://www.ornl.gov/sci/roofs+walls/calculators/index.html http://ecalc.tamu.edu/

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"Energy + Buildings in the 20th Century"

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