A smart computer software, ENERGY-10, was reviewed and reported on the ground of its novel concept as compared with past studies. ENERGY-10 is regarded as a real computer aided design tool, which is composed of not only two parts of simulator, CNE for thermal systems including room, HVAC and controlling systems and another calculation code for daylighting estimation, but also powerful preprocessor and postprocessor supported by various graphical interfaces to guarantee its easy manipulability. One of the most significant and inventive features is that a using way of ENERGY-10 or its methodology is absolutely well organized by the definite strategy in order to allow interactive design process between energy evaluation and architectural aspect. In other words, an obvious scenario to apply is prepared in advance by ENERGY-10 itself to maximize its efficiency for convenience of low-energy building design. That means, there are some possibilities to restrict the inherent abilities of simulation engine in a sense. However, that might be one of the best solutions in narrow alternatives to be compromised between research-oriented viewpoint and genuine design tool. WeatherMaker, a meteorological data utility for use with ENERGY-10, was also reviewed.
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