Simulate a whole house and local climate (SOLAR 5.7)

Written at UCLA, this sophisticated program allows you to model the energy performance of a house and its interaction with the local climate. Designed for architecture students, it is easy to use and comes with good documentation. You can add varying amounts of windows or thermal mass, for example, and see the result output as a stunning graphical "data landscape" that shows you how these factors will influence indoor temperature and energy consumption. An extremely valuable "what-if" tool for anyone designing a house and wondering about passive solar and thermal mass. Don't speculate - simulate!

Software: setup_57.exe