ESP-r capabilities (as of May 2005)

ESP-r supports a range of assessments, from simple models constructed by novice users, to models that capture the complexities observed in real scale designs. The applicability of ESP-r to a particular problem is normally assisted by an insight into the program's capability against a range of topics.

• Building zones and the building thermophysical processes within thermal zones.
• Exemplars in support of training are provided and browsing of current projects is supported.
• Occupants, lights and small power casual gains within zones.
• Treatment of artificial lighting and daylighting power within zones.
• Surface heat transfer regimes within rooms and with outside surfaces.
• 2D and 3D conduction within and between surfaces.
• Long wave radiation exchange between surfaces in rooms and with the outside environment.
• Short wave radiation exchange between surfaces in rooms and with the outside environment.
• The prediction of shading and insolation patterns and the climatic data that models use.
• Moisture exchange between rooms and within surfaces.
• Treatment of air flows between rooms based on network air flow modelling.
• Treatment of detailed air flow within rooms based on computational fluid dynamics approaches.
• Use of zone, flow & systems controls to approximate interactions within buidlings.
• Support for databases for commonly referenced entities within buidlings and systems as well as a parallel set of generic databases which will provide information on data sources.
• Handling uncertainty within models.
• Embedding validation tests with the program.

Currently supported computers and compilers.