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HOT3000 SOFTWARE

CanmetENERGY developed the HOT3000 energy analysis software tool to advance the design of energy efficient and net-zero energy homes in Canada. The latest version is due to be released in October at the ENERGY RETROFITS FOR HOUSES: Affordable Comfort for Canadians, October 28-29 in Toronto.
HOT3000 replaces HOT2000, with new capabilities that will support:

  1. the upcoming new energy code (MNECH)
  2. the evolving R-2000 standard
  3. the evolving ERS (used in the ecoENERGY Retrofit program and several energy codes)

This energy analysis tool provides Canada’s residential construction industry with the necessary means to evaluate the energy consumption and energy savings potential at the early design stages of new houses or renovating existing ones. For example, it evaluates hourly energy demands and fuel consumption which are necessary for optimizing energy savings,emission reductions and economic costs associated with advanced passive-solar design, cogeneration, solar-heating and time-of-use rates.
Applications:

  • multi-zone house models
  • passive and active solar house design analysis
  • small time-step analysis

The ESP-r/HOT3000 simulator evolved out of the HOT2000 software in answer to increased simulation engine requirements. Because the engine is based on a small time-step approach, the software is able to model more complex physical house systems and heat transfer processes.
This allows both a broader and finer resolution to the simulation. The software has been developed by Canada’sCanmetENERGY in collaboration with the University of Strathclyde and other leading research centres around the world using the state-of-the-art ESP-r energy analysis core. HOT3000 Version 1.0 features include:

  • new house wizard for simple creation of house models
  • comprehensive simulation engine
  • 3-D graphical view of house model
  • ease of HOT2000 inputs with an advanced engine (ESP-r)
  • hourly or sub-hourly analysis
  • hourly scheduling of heating/cooling
  • set-back thermostat simulation
  • ground heat losses by frequency-domain model (BASESIMP)
  • infiltration modelling
  • solar domestic hot water systems
  • photovoltaic systems
  • thermal mass and passive-solar design
  • conventional HVAC systems, including furnace, baseboards, A/C and DHW
  • weather data for Canadian and International locations
  • customizable HTML reports
  • detailed outputs available
  • simulation run-time - approximately 1 minute for typical house

For further information, contact Rob Calla at robert.calla@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca