<div>Will,</div>
<div>I'd suggest looking into tools like Energy-10 (<a href="http://www.sbicouncil.org/">www.sbicouncil.org</a>) which allow rapid initial modeling to assess envelope, fenestration and mechanical tradeoffs. Energy simulation tools of this type may be limited in directly modeling many thermal zones or particular HVAC configurations, but do allow the evaluation of a wide variety of options early in pre-design.</div>
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<div>Norm Weaver</div>
<div>InterWeaver Consulting<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Will Mak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:wmak@epsteinglobal.com">wmak@epsteinglobal.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Is there a tool out there that allows you to quickly analyze the effect different mechanical systems will have on energy cost savings? It seems that a lot of project teams during the design stages want to know the influence on energy models and ultimately how big of a drop or gain in LEED points certain system changes will have. Ironically, the current process of LEED is analyzing the energy a building consumes based on systems that are already designed…</span></p>
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