Analysis Software

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Site Analysis

  • Sustainable By Design offers design tools for architects including sun angle calculators, sun path diagrams and window heat gain calculators
  • The Energy Star Target Finder can help you set “realistic” energy performance goals and receive a rating for the intended energy use in design projects.
  • The Solar Path Finder is an easy to use solar site analysis tool that takes only minutes to record and extrapolate year-long solar path data

Energy Modeling

  • EcoTect is a 3D building design and environmental analysis tool designed by architects

Life Cycle Assessment

  • The Athena Sustainable Materials Institute is a Canadian resource for life cycle assessment. They offer software, databases and consulting services
  • BEES (Building for Environmental and Economic Sustainability) measures the environmental performance of building products by using the life-cycle assessment approach specified in the ISO 14040 series of standards


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