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In general, BPS software can be classified into<ref name=":12">{{Cite journal|last=Østergård|first=Torben|last2=Jensen|first2=Rasmus L.|last3=Maagaard|first3=Steffen E.|date=2016-08-01|title=Building simulations supporting decision making in early design – A review|journal=Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews|volume=61|pages=187–201|doi=10.1016/j.rser.2016.03.045}}</ref>
* Applications with integrated simulation engine (e.g. EnergyPlus, ESP-r, TAS, IES-VE, IDA ICE)
* Software that docks to a certain engine (e.g. [[Designbuilder]]
* Plugins for other software enabling certain performance analysis (e.g. DIVA for Rhino, Honeybee, [[Autodesk]] Green Building Studio
Contrary to this presentation, there are some tools that in fact do not meet these sharp classification criteria, such as ESP-r which can also be used as a modeler application for EnergyPlus<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lists.strath.ac.uk/archives/esp-r/2015/003176.html|title=Exporting ESP-r models to E+ .idf files|last=|first=|date=|website=Answered question in the ESP-r support forum|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-07-04}}</ref> and there are also other applications using the IDA simulation environment,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.equa.se/de/tunnel|title=IDA Tunnel|last=|first=|date=|website=Software "Tunnel" uses IDA simulation environment|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-07-04}}</ref> which makes "IDA" the engine and "ICE" the modeler. Most modeler applications support the user with a graphical user interface to make data input easier. The modeler creates an input file for the simulation engine to solve. The engine returns output data to the modeler application or another visualization tool which in turn presents the results to the user. For some software packages, the calculation engine and the interface may be the same product. The table below gives an overview about commonly used simulation engines and modeler applications for BPS.<ref name=":12" /><ref>{{Cite book|title=Annex 43/Task 34 Final Task Management Report - Testing and Validation of Building Energy Simulation Tools|last=Judkoff|first=Ron|publisher=International Energy Agency (IEA)|year=2008|isbn=|___location=|pages=}}</ref>
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