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| logo = [[Image:Graphisoft-EcoDesigner-logo.jpg|75px]]
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| name = Graphisoft EcoDesigner
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| owner = [[Graphisoft]]
| released = {{Start date|2009|apr}}
| latest release version = 3 (Windows) / 3 (Mac OS X)
| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2010|05|01}}
| operating system = [[Windows XP]]{{-}}[[Windows Vista]]{{-}}[[Windows 7]]{{-}}[[Mac OS X Leopard]]{{-}}[[Mac OS X Snow Leopard]]<ref name="sysreq">{{cite web| url=http://www.graphisoft.com/support/archicad/system_requirements/| title=ArchiCAD Hardware and software requirements| publisher=Graphisoft| date=June 15, 2010| accessdate=2010-09-07}}</ref>
| genre = [[3D computer graphics]], [[CAD]], [[Building Information Modeling]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]] [[commercial software]]
| website = [http://www.graphisoft.com/products/ecodesigner/ graphisoft.com]
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Graphisoft EcoDesigner is an energy evaluation tool for architects — an add-on software for [[ArchiCAD]],[[Graphisoft]]'s [[Building Information Modeling|BIM]] application — which aims to provide information about a building's energy performance at the early design phases giving fast feedback for architects on the energy efficiency and sustainability of certain design alternatives.
== Features ==
With EcoDesigner, architects can get results about the enery consumption the [[Carbon footprint]] and the monthly energy balance in three steps:
* Data input: specifying physical properties of the already modeled building envelope using the default values set for different type of building parts or entering custom data, setting up ___location, weather data, building type and HVAC systems for the project.
* Evaluation: EcoDesigner passes the data to [[StruSoft]]'s [[VIP-Energy]] calculation engine, which performs a dynamic analysis.
* Results: report sheets available also in PDF format shows the results of the evaluation of the building shell, the energy consumtion and cost values, the carbon footprint and the monthly energy balance.
== References ==
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==External links==
[http://www.graphisoft.com/products/ecodesigner/ Graphisoft EcoDesigner home page]
[http://www.strusoft.com/?pageId=70&subId=1700 StruSoft's VIP-Energy home page]
[[Category:Computer-aided design]]
[[Category:Building information modeling]]
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