EnEff: Stadt - Energiekonzept-Berater für Stadtquartiere

Within the framework of the German research initiative EnEff:Stadt (launched by the German Federal Ministry for Economy and Technology), Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP has developed a computer programme to support actors in the field of urban planning during the first stages of planning energy-efficient district concepts. This programme was developed in collaboration with international partners from IEA ECBCS Annex 51 "Energy Efficient Communities" and comprises a set of individual supporting tools. The very heart of the programme is a tool for the energy assessment of districts, which uses archetypes and other pre-set configurations to allow for a simple and quick data input mapping all the buildings in the district. Thus it takes the user just a few steps to identify the energy saving potential of various strategies in the areas of building construction, technical building systems, and centralized supply systems