[Greenbuilding] RETScreen Energy Analyzing Software

[Eli Talking]

Are there designers on this list that are using Retscreen Energy Analyzing 
software.

Free download is available at this site. 
http://www.retscreen.net/ang/home.php

I just attended a presentation by the developers of Retscreen software in 
Washington DC.  This is an energy analyzing program developed by the 
Canadian government to encourage energy conservation world wide and 
therefore reduce greenhouse emissions.  They offer this program for free 
because they recognize the reducing greenhouse gas emissions requires 
everybody to succeed.  Therefore, distributing knowledge is a motivation, 
over holding proprietary knowledge.

This looks like a very impressive program.  I downloaded it for free. 
However, it depends on running through Excel.  My Excel Copy is ordered.

This program includes many areas of energy conservation and production. 
There is much more here than I will ever get into in my work.  However, they 
are trying to make the data accessible.  Our own USA is contributing to this 
project through NASA data that is embedded into the program to make it 
applicable world wide.  They are also embedding ground data from sources 
such as airports where it is accessible to them.

All and all, very impressive.  I am wondering are there users out there 
using this program.  What is your opinion.  I was looking at their user 
group discussion. It is still very light at this point.

Eli Fishpaw
Architect