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Software Tools
CanmetENERGY's engineering experts have developed innovative clean energy project analysis, modelling and simulation software tools. These tools are key enablers to assess various types of renewable energy and energy efficient technologies to meet Canada's clean air and greenhouse gas emissions objectives. They increase industry's ability to optimize integrated energy efficient design in domestic and international markets, reduce operating costs, comply with code requirements, and qualify for funding and incentive programs.
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To download our software tools free-of-charge, click on the icons in the following table. You can also obtain additional information about each software tool by clicking the appropriate hyperlink.
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HOT2000 Conduct energy analysis & design for low-rise buildings ... <more> |
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HOT2XP A quick and easy tool for analyzing energy use . . . <more> |
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HOT3000 Obtain a flexible and expandable energy analysis based on the ESP-r core . . . <more> |
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HOUSTRAD Assess Energy Code Trade-offs and Compliance . . . <more> |
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HOT2EC Determine energy performance compliance to codes of building designs that can’t utilize Prescriptive or Trade-offs methods . . . <more> |
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EE4 Assess the energy performance of your design and verify design compliance against the MNECB requirements... <more> |
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RETScreen International Evaluate the energy production and savings, costs, emission reductions, financial viability and risk for various types of Renewable-energy & Energy-efficient Technologies . . . <more> |
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EE4 Code Compare your proposed building design against a building of similar design but built strictly to MNECB leve . . . <more> |
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Bildtrad Analyze building envelope energy efficiency. An easy way to compare efficiencies of wall and window combinations .. . <more> |
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DAYLIGHT 1-2-3 Predict the daylighting & energy performance of side-lit and/or top-lit private or open plan offices & classrooms... <more> |
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SKYVISION Easily determine the cost/benefit of installing or improving a skylight’s manufacturing design... <more> |
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GS2000 Used to size ground heat exchangers for ground-source heat pumps, such as earth energy systems, geothermal heat pumps... <more> |
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WATSUN 2009 Model the performance of commercial & residential solar water heating systems... <more> |
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ENERPOOL Model the performance of a solar collector for a swimming pool... <more> |
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SWIFT Model the contribution of a solarwall to heat a home... <more> |
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HYDROHELP HydroHelp offers a free turbine selection software to help promoters and designers choose the most appropriate turbine for a given site and market conditions . . . <more  > |
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| Canadian Wind Atlas Environment Canada's Wind Energy Atlas Website aims at developing new meteorological tools to be used by Canada's wind energy industry. <more > |
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Hydro Atlas This database facilitates the development of new small hydro projects of more than 50 kW and less than 10MW installed capacity. <more > |
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Intergrated Renewable Energy on Farms (IREF) Here you can access various tools related to renewable energy in agriculture. <more > |
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| Photovoltaic potential and solar resource maps of Canada The maps give estimates of the electricity that can be generated by grid-connected photovoltaic arrays without batteries (in kWh/kW) and of the mean daily global insolation (in MJ/m2 and in kWh/m2) for any location in Canada on a 10 km grid. <more> |
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Recommissioning (RCx) Pre-Screening Tool This tool has been developed to help select the best building candidate(s) for recommissioning. Prioritizing a portfolio of buildings and selecting those with the greatest likelihood for success can assist with long-term planning and enable to capitalize on short term paybacks. This pre-screening tool is designed to be used at the planning phase of the standardized RCx process. <more> |
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EE4-OBC The EE4-OBC software is a variation of Natural Resources Canada’s (NRCan’s) EE4 software which allows the comparison of a proposed building design's energy performance relative to a reference building meeting the 2006 Ontario Building Code's Supplementary Bulletin SB-10 requirements. <more> |
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