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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=428295000-25092003>Derrick,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=428295000-25092003>You
can find brief description of the major building simulation software at the
following link:</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><A
href="http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/">http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=428295000-25092003>Also I
have found the following book very useful for learning and understanding
the theory and concepts of the building
simulation.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=428295000-25092003> </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=428295000-25092003></SPAN></FONT><FONT
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Clarke J A (2001) <A
href="http://www.bh.com/construction">Energy Simulation in Building Design (2nd
Edn)</A>, Butterworth-Heinemann. </FONT></DIV>
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<P><SPAN class=428295000-25092003><FONT face=Arial>Mahabir</FONT></SPAN><SPAN
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Mahabir Bhandari<BR>University of
Massachusetts<BR>Mechanical and Industrial Engineering<BR>Engineering
Lab<BR>Amherst, MA-01003<BR>Tel: +1 413 5<SPAN class=428295000-25092003>77
4726</SPAN><BR>Fax: +1 413 545 1027<BR>email: bhandari@ecs.umass.edu
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> postman@gard.com
[mailto:postman@gard.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Derrick Giles<BR><B>Sent:</B>
Wednesday, September 24, 2003 7:05 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
bldg-sim@gard.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> [bldg-sim] Building simulation
materials<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>All,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am a new graduate student studying energy
management. What is the best way to learn what simulation software
is available? Are there any books or websites that you all can recommend
that will give a good introduction building simulation/heat load calculations
and descriptions of software that is commonly used?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Derrick.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE><PRE>
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