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BCHP Screening Tool Program InstallationORNL developed the BCHP Screening Tool for evaluations of combined cooling, heating, and power systems in commercial buildings. BCHP Screening Tool development was originally sponsored by the US Department of Energy's Distributed Energy Program. The program website can currently be found at: http://www.eere.energy.gov/de/ Version 1.2 of the BCHP Screening Tool was developed based on the DoeRayMe program of GARD Analytics in Park Ridge, IL, and was an extensive enhancement of DoeRayMe. The underlying DoeRayMe technology is distributed by ORNL free of charge under license from GARD Analytics. Version 2 of The BCHP Screening Tool is a significant ehnagcement of Version 1.2, and consists of the executable program, databases for HVAC equipment, electric generators, thermal storage systems, prototypical commercial buildings, climate data, and electric and gas utility rates. The program runs DOE2.1e in the background to calculate heating, cooling, and electrical loads and the Rate Script Editor to calculate monthly and annual utility costs. The tool is structured to perform parametric analyses between a baseline building and up to 25 alternative scenarios. |
