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New LEED® Modeling Software Saves Time, Money for Sustainable Commercial Construction

Sherri Shields Energy News, Press Release October 24, 2014buildings, energy modeling, EnergyGauge, software 2 Comments

October 24, 2014

Newly updated software offers construction-industry professionals substantial time-savings while completing required energy modeling calculations for LEED^® and energy code projects. A limited-time discount is available.

A fully-functional trial version of EnergyGauge is available at EnergyGauge.com. A $100 discount per user license is available until 12/20/2014.

Commercial construction companies have a new tool to help their clients build LEED^® certified buildings faster and more efficiently thanks to the University of Central Florida’s Florida Solar Energy Center^® (FSEC^®).

FSEC^® released the EnergyGauge^® Summit Premier 5.00 software at this year’s Greenbuild conference in New Orleans. The conference is the premier event for sustainable building in the United States and draws thousands to learn about the latest technology and techniques. FSEC’s state-of-the-art software provides construction-industry professionals with the opportunity to substantially reduce the time required to complete energy modeling for the commercial construction LEED^® rating system and code compliance using ASHRAE 90.1 or IECC.

EnergyGauge Calculates New ENERGY STAR® HERS Index Target Automatically

Sherri Shields Energy News February 28, 2011EnergyGauge, HERS, raters, rating, software 2 Comments

We are pleased to announce the release of our newest software version, EnergyGauge USA 2.8.05. Incorporated in this release are several software enhancements designed specifically for energy raters. In our effort to provide a complete energy rating and registration tool for HERS raters and providers, we have included a new HERS registration system, and automated the calculations required for the ENERGY STAR Version 3 (Revision 1) National Program.

ENERGY STAR Homes has announced version 2.5 of their program will go in effect April 1, 2011 and version 3 will go in effect January 1, 2012. The version 3 process, and version 2.5 in most locations, requires that each home have a unique ENERGY STAR HERS Index Target calculated. This target requires the creation of an ENERGY STAR Reference Design Home and a size adjustment factor. EnergyGauge automates the multiple step process and handles all of the logic required to determine if an entered home passes versions 2.5 and 3.

To make an energy rater’s job even easier, we have taken the ENERGY STAR Version 3 Program one step further by not only incorporating newly required checklists for quality control, but also performing the logic associated with ensuring checklist input conforms to the program requirements for v2.5 and v3.0. The rater also has the ability to print the blank checklists from the software.

In addition, this release supports a new system designed to simplify the registration process for raters and create secure downloadable PDF documents. The process of creating and uploading the PDF documents to the HERS Registration Web site is performed automatically at the time the provider performs the registration. Reports will include a digital signature embedded into the PDF document at the time of creation to ensure security and authenticity.

To learn more about EnergyGauge go to www.EnergyGauge.com

EnergyGauge® Summit Premier 3.22 Features LEED® (Version 3) 2009 Energy Optimization Calculation

Sherri Shields Energy News, Press Release November 9, 2009ASHRAE, commercial construction, energy calculation, Energy Optimization Credit, EnergyGauge Summit, federal tax deduction, GreenBuild Expo, HVAC, LEED, Phoenix, PR-09-11, Premier, software, USBGC 0 Comment

EnergyGauge Summit Premier Version 3.22 Live at GreenBuild Expo.

EnergyGauge Summit is easy-to-use, state-of-the-art software that offers construction-industry professionals substantial time savings while completing required energy modeling calculations for LEED^® projects.

The Florida Solar Energy Center^® (FSEC^®), a research institute of the University of Central Florida, just released EnergyGauge Summit Premier 3.22. FSEC will be exhibiting the software at the GreenBuild Expo in Phoenix November 10 – 12, 2009. This state-of-the-art software provides construction-industry professionals with the opportunity to substantially reduce the time required to complete energy modeling for the commercial construction LEED^® rating system. It also offers a time-saving federal tax deduction qualification feature.

The new version of Summit Premier contains several improvements and additional features that make it more functional in its use for LEED and other calculations. They include:

Addition of the LEED (version 3) 2009 calculation feature for Energy Optimization Credit
Updated federal tax deduction calculation as per IRS Notice 2008-40 (amplification to IRS Notice 2006-52)
New input fields for various building envelope and system components to allow for more accurate modeling
Additional schedules for HVAC system control
DOE-2 based system sizing feature (beta version)

EnergyGauge® Summit Premier 3.15 Saves Energy Modelers Time

Sherri Shields Energy News, Press Release November 7, 2008ASHRAE, building analysis, building code, calculations, commercial, construction, DOE, energy, EnergyGauge, Florida, GreenBuild, LEED, modeling, professionals, software, Summit, tax deduction, University of Central Florida, USGBC 9 Comments

This easy-to-use, state-of-the-art software offers construction-industry professionals substantial time savings while completing required energy modeling calculations for LEED® projects.

The Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), a research institute of the University of Central Florida, today released EnergyGauge Summit Premier 3.15. FSEC will be exhibiting the software at the Greenbuild conference in Boston Nov. 19 – 21. This state-of-the-art software provides construction-industry professionals with the opportunity to substantially reduce the time required to complete energy modeling for the commercial construction LEED® rating system. It also offers a time-saving automatic federal tax deduction qualification feature.

FSEC Tax Credit Compliance Software First to be Accredited by National Energy Services Network

Sherri Shields Press Release April 10, 2006EnergyGauge, software, tax credit

“We’re Number One!” is a cheer usually heard at sports events, but they’re saying it a lot these days in the research labs and offices at the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC).

That’s because FSEC’s widely acclaimed new software that allows homebuilders around the country to easily and accurately take advantage of the new $2,000 federal tax credits for energy-efficient homes has been selected the first – and so far, the only – software listed in the National Registry of accredited Tax Credit Compliance Software. The listing, maintained by the Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET), provides information to builders, energy raters, mortgage brokers, tax analysts and others on RESNET accredited software programs for the new tax rules. It is online at http://www.resnet.us/programs/taxcredit_software/directory.htm . Read more