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SOCIETY OF BUILDING SCIENCE EDUCATORS

CLIMATE CONSULTANT
By milne

JAN
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2021

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Climate Consultant is a simple to use, graphic-based computer program

that helps architects, builders, contractor, homeowners, and students
understand their local climate.

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Chart Example: Wind Wheel

Resource File(s):

ATTACHMENT SIZE
Windows (64-bit) - Climate Consultant 6.0 (Build 17) Oct 18, 2021 61.42 MB

MacOS (64-bit) - Climate Consultant 6.0 (Build 16) Jan 23, 2020 93.9 MB

Windows (32-bit) - Climate Consultant 6.0 (Build 12) Sep 22, 2017 54.24 MB

Climate Consultant uses annual 8760 hour EPW format climate data that is made available at no cost by
the Department of Energy for thousands of weather stations around the world. Climate Consultant
translates this raw climate data into dozens of meaningful graphic displays.

The purpose is not simply to plot climate data, but rather to organize and represent this information in
easy-to-understand ways that show the subtle attributes of climate, and its impact on built form. The
goal is to help users create more energy efficient, more sustainable buildings, each of which is uniquely
suited to its particular spot on this planet.

The Psychrometric Chart is one of the more advanced features available in Climate Consultant. Each dot
on the chart represents the temperature and humidity of each of the 8760 hours per year. Different
Design Strategies are represented by specific zones on this chart. The percentage of hours that fall into
each of the 16 different Design Strategy Zones gives a relative idea of the most effective passive heating
or passive cooling strategies. Climate Consultant analyzes the distribution of this psychrometric data in
each Design Strategy zone in order to create a unique list of Design Guidelines for a particular location.

External Links:
 Energy Design Tools Home Page

Topic Areas:
Heating & Cooling Day-/Lighting Energy Sustainability Ecology Other

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Submitted by Pedro.Reyna on Sun, 2022-03-06 08:01

I am not able to install the mac version on my mac. I get a message saying the file is incomplete
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Submitted by SBSE Admin on Sun, 2022-03-06 11:26

You can e-mail the software development team of climate consultant as listed on the bottom of
their support page: https://energy-design-tools.sbse.org/
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Submitted by Hosny dewer on Mon, 2022-05-23 18:13

I install the windows 7 64bit version on my lab. but the program don't work
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Submitted by SBSE Admin on Mon, 2022-05-23 18:58

For support questions, please contact the developers: energy.design.tools@ucla.edu

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Submitted by jpc-JE-22 on Sat, 2022-09-17 05:14

I downloaded 64 bit windows version but It hangs before loading!

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Submitted by SBSE Admin on Sun, 2022-09-18 11:19

Could be that your download didn't complete or was interrupted. I'd recommend to download
it again and try that file. We have countless downloads and installations without any issues. It

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also could be that your computer has restrictions of what your IT manager allows to install.
Nothing we can help troubleshoot I'm afraid.
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