For manufacturers

Do potential customers always understand the benefits of your products? If they do, then you can stop reading here!

Show the real benefits of your products

Providing trustworthy evidence on the benefits of your products can be tricky. Numbers quoted in traditional sales material are often surrounded by drastic assumptions and simplifications. Customers may doubt that the dynamic reality of their building will match these numbers — and they may in fact be right. Showing how your product would actually perform in your customer’s building is much more effective and opens up completely new sales and marketing opportunities. This is where building performance simulation comes in.

A free tool for your customers

ESBO (Early Stage Building Optimization) is a new drag-and-drop tool for importing complex building products into a simulation model. It has an easy-to-use and intuitive interface while still using the sophisticated simulation engine found in IDA ICE. This allows you to demonstrate your products in a completely new way – making it the perfect tool for both your customers and your sales force.

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ESBO is a simulation tool for building design optimization based on EQUA’s building performance software IDA Indoor Climate and Energy (IDA ICE).

ESBO allows you to experiment with different building designs and equipment in order to predict the consequences on energy use and comfort. Room-level and central HVAC systems may be evaluated, as well as glazing, shading and construction materials - all without the need of creating a complete geometric model of the building.

Types of studies possible with ESBO

Energy | Whole year energy use.

Cooling | Cooling design (or summer overheating) according to the ASHRAE heat balance method.

Heating | Heating design (winter heat load) according to the ASHRAE heat balance method.

ESBO key facts

Energy and comfort studies |

Study one room or a whole building |

Compare different heating, cooling and ventilation systems |

Compare different glazing, shading and construction materials |

Easy to use

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ESBO vs. ESBO Light

Below are the main benefits with the full ESBO compared to ESBO Light.

For more details – check out the comparison table!

More complex geometry

Models can be adapted to suit the geometry of a real project. Several rooms may be studied simultaneously and rooms may have any geometry, also (by CAD import) including complex roof shapes and non-vertical walls. A 3D view of all studied rooms together is available.

Whole-building energy

Full ESBO has a number of features that are needed for a whole-building study, such as thermal bridges, shading elements around the building, ground heat losses, losses in pipe and duct systems etc.

Case comparing reports

Multiple cases can be simulated with a single click and results are compared side by side in the same report.

Renewable energy

Solar thermal, photovoltaic panels, wind mills and borehole heat exchangers are available.

IDA ICE outputs

The full range of IDA ICE outputs are available, including PPD-index, CO₂, humidity and daylight. More user-controllable settings are available.

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Comparison table

Features	ESBO Light	ESBO
Single room
Multiple rooms
Rectangular zone geometry
Arbitrary zone geometry
Zone multiplier
Whole-year simulation
Batch simulations
Case comparing reports
Surrounding shading objects
3D building visualization
Input thermal bridges
Input ground heat transfer
Input system losses
Borehole models
Solar thermal collectors
PV collectors
Wind generator

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