No obvious indication that the project is still in development anymore, thus labelling it as "discontinued"; Reword and cleanup promotional sounding text
'''Graphisoft EcoDesigner''' is ana discontinued energy evaluation tool for architects. –It is 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 givingand fastgive feedback forto architects on the energy efficiency and sustainability of certain design alternatives.
==Features==
*The Datatool input:can generate results about the energy consumption, [[Carbon footprint]] and the monthly energy balance of a building. This is done by specifying physical properties of thean 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. EcoDesigner then passes the data to [[StruSoft]]'s [[VIP-Energy]] calculation engine, which performs a dynamic analysis to produce a final report.▼
With EcoDesigner, architects can get results about the energy consumption, [[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 consumption and cost values, the carbon footprint and the monthly energy balance.
