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The DOE-2software was developed by JamesJ. Hirsch Associates (JJH) in collaboration with Lawrence Berkeley NationalLaboratory (LBNL), with LBNLDOE-2 work performed mostly under funding from the United States Department ofEnergy (USDOE) and other work performed mostly under fundingfrom a wide range of industry organizations and ourselves.This site, however, is not sponsored or endorsed by either USDOE orLBNL, and use of DOE in names in this sitedoes not imply any endorsement or recommendation of any listed productsor services by the United States Government, LBNL, or anyone else.Followthis links to reviewa brief comparison of DOE-2.1E,DOE-2.2, eQUEST and PowerDOE. eQUESTis our mostup-to-date complete building energy use simulation tool; it is free and contains acomplete version DOE-2.2 and itsdocumentation. Note: Most documentsposted on this website are published using Adobe's Portable DocumentFormat (PDF) with most using PDF version 1.5 (created using Acrobatversion 9) and may not be readable with versions prior to 6; to updateyour Acrobat Reader go to the Adobe sitefor a free download.sophisticated, yet easy to use, freeware buildingenergy use analysis tool that provides professional-level results withan affordable level of effort. eQUEST was designed to allowyou to perform detailed comparative analysis of building designs andtechnologies by applying sophisticated building energy use simulationtechniques but without requiring extensive experience in the "art" ofbuilding performance modeling. This is accomplished bycombining schematic and design development building creation wizards,an energy efficiency measure (EEM) wizard and a graphical resultsdisplay module with a complete up-to-date DOE-2 (version 2.2) buildingenergy use simulation program. Youcan read the eQUESTOverview to get a more complete summary of the features andcapabilities of this excellent program. eQUEST 3.65is the most recent release. Fordescriptionsof thenew features read thisdocument. eQ_WthProccan convert EnergyPlus (epw)files into eQUEST/DOE-2 (bin) files, see weather data area below.used and accepted freewarebuilding energy analysis program that can predict the energy use andcost for all types of buildings. DOE-2 uses a description of thebuilding layout, constructions,operating schedules,conditioning systems (lighting, HVAC, etc.) and utility rates providedby the user, along with weather data, to perform an hourly simulationof the building and to estimate utility bills. The plain DOE-2 program is a Command Prompt program which requiressubstantial experience to learn to use effectively while offeringresearchers and experts significant flexibility;eQUEST is a complete interactive Windows implementation of the DOE-2program with added wizards and graphic displays to aid in the use ofDOE-2. You canreview moreinformation about DOE-2 including download of program and documentation. We currently offer youour latest and greatest version as well as legacy version. DOE-2.2 is the newest DOE-2 building energy simulation and costcalculation engine. DOE-2.2 is the simulationengine contained within eQUEST; we stronglyrecommend you consider eQUEST before trying to use plain DOE-2. DOE-2.2 can run in windows versions from XP to 10. DOE-2.1E is the legacy version of DOE-2.SoftwareforCalculating CommercialBuilding Tax Deductions first enacted under the Energy PolicyAct of 2005(EPACT), later extended by the Emergency Economic Stabilization Actof 2008 and most recently extended and modified by the PATH Act of 2015. DOE-2.2-48y is qualified, effective19 October 2016, for buildings placed into service on or after to January 1, 2016; DOE-2.2-047d is qualified, effective9 September 2009, for buildings placed into service prior to January 1, 2016. The requirements for software to be qualified for use in thesedeductions werefirst covered by IRSNotice 2006-52and then amplified by IRSIRB 2008-14 and again clarified by IRSIRB 2012-17 with further guidelinesprovided by DOE and added DOE guidelines for buildings placed in service in 2016 and later.The submission packages,including ASHRAEStandard 140 testing, can be found here. The Weather Data Utilities page provides a description of and accessto weather data processing utilities which provide avarietyof pre-processed weather data compatible with eQUEST, DOE-2.x andPowerDOE. The available utilities include eQ_WthProcwhich can process EnergyPlus (epw)and DOEWth which canprocess NOAA/NCDC (TRY, TMY, etc.) files into eQUEST/DOE-2(bin) files. Utilitiesare also available to process eQUEST/DOE-2 (bin) files,including the capability to list, convert to/from text format, createstatistical summaries, and other functions. PowerDOE is not available as it has been discontinued in favor of eQUEST. PowerDOE isour previous generation (1990's legacy )application;use eQUEST for the most up-to-date user interface and DOE-2 simulationcapabilities. PowerDOE included an earlier version DOE-2.2 assimulation "engine" for all energy and cost calculations.that PowerDOE was designed for previous generations of Windows and will not operate properly when installed in more recent versions such asWindows 7. For this reasonPowerDOEhas been discontinued.Life-Cycle Costing (LCC) analysis method is recognized to reliablyidentify cost optimal building design solutions yet it is not widelyused with confidence. The National Institute of Standards andTechnology (NIST) and ANSI have suggested standardized LCC nomenclatureand conventions so that the entire buildings industry can speak one"language" when performing LCC analysis. NIST's LCCprocedures are embodied in the Building Life-Cycle Cost (BLCC) Program;the NIST BLCC program and related utilities can be downloaded here.Although the LCC procedures used in BLCC have long been published (NIST Handbook 135 1995 Edition)some users express concern that BLCC does not display the intermediatedetails of its calculations.For this reason we have developeda spreadsheet version of BLCC procedures. Users of our spreadsheetversion report greater confidence with its user-friendly "glass box"implementation of BLCC. Our BLCC spreadsheet includes year 2015 USDOEenergy price escalation rates and is available FREE in Excel OfficeXP format (April2016 version posted 4/22/2016.) Viewa detailed description of this spreadsheet tool (samplescreens, advantages, limitations) or a summaryof recent (2015 version) enhancements.toJeff.Hirsch@DOE2.comwith questions or comments about this web site.a registered trademark of James J. Hirsch.PowerDOE is a registered trademark of the Electric PowerResearchInstitute.

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