The Building Energy Modeling (BEM) sub-program is an important part of BTO and its Emerging Technologies Program. BEM is a versatile, multipurpose tool that is used in new building and retrofit design, code compliance, qualification for tax credits and utility incentives, and even real-time building control. BEM is also used in large-scale analyses to develop building energy-efficiency codes and inform policy decisions. So what exactly is BEM? And what roles does the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) play in the BEM industry and community? Learn more about BEM, its uses, and BTO’s BEM portfolio ►
Software and Project Portfolio
End-Use Breakdown: The BEM Blog
- Collaboration + Automation = Pollination
- Cove.Tool Officiates Perfect Marriage Between Reduced Order Modeling and OpenStudio
- It's Alive! After Five Years in the Lab, Spawn (of EnergyPlus) is Finally Here
- EnergyPlus Turns 20!
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Resources for Modelers and Stakeholders
Unmet Hours – A peer-to-peer help and support forum for BEM with search, voting, and notification tools.
Building Energy Software Tools Directory – A directory hosted by IBPSA-USA with vendor-driven content that supports images, video, ratings, reviews, and search/sort/filter functions.
BEM Guide for Owners and Managers – A guide created by Rocky Mountain Institute that provides information needed to engage with and contract BEM services.
