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Contrasting the capabilities of building energy performance simulation programs
This paper is an overview of a report that compares the features and capabilities of twenty major building energy simulation programs, including BLAST, BSim, DeST, DOE-2.1E, EnergyPlus, and TRNSYS. The comparison covers 14 categories, from zone loads and HVAC systems to renewable energy, validation, and user interface. The excerpt itself does not state the report's detailed findings, and it does not address solar thermal heating systems specifically.
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