In reference to
the RSPEC software, we received the following information from our state energy
office:
- Program is designed to run on Windows 95
and doesn’t operate on Windows 98 and above.
- US DOE also has been unsure of its accuracy and currently
doesn’t support the program.
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From: postman@xxxxxxxx
[mailto:postman@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marcus
Sheffer
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 9:41 AM
To: BLDG-SIM@xxxxxxxx
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Subject: [BLDG-SIM] Bulilding
Simulation Software for Pools
To my knowledge none of the typical energy simulation
software can adequately simulate natatorium energy use.
We have done energy simulation work for numerous natatoriums using custom
software we have crated for this purpose. Typically we have used it to
analyze various HVAC options. There is US DOE-funded software available
free to analyze the use of pool covers and solar water heating - http://www.eere.energy.gov/rspec/software.html
To simulate the whole building we combine the results from our software
with PowerDOE results for the remainder of the facility.
At 09:58 AM 06/13/2003 -0300, you wrote:
Dear Group:
I am looking at a 50.000 indoor pool and my question is this:
Would Visual DOE be the preferred tool to simulate the building. It will
have a dehumidifcation heat pump for the pool and a combination of distributed
heat pumps and radiant floor water to water heat pumps fed by an open loop
system.
Thanks
Dave Stewart