Climate analysis tools for architects
Nine climate analysis tools for architects, from free browser apps and Rhino plugins to cloud platforms, compared on data, workflow and price.
EPW weather file tools
Free EPW repositories, generators that work for any coordinates, and viewers, with the data and years behind each.
Future weather file tools
Tools that turn a present-day EPW into a future-climate file, compared on climate data, scenarios, periods, outputs and cost.
Wind rose tools
Wind rose generators and software compared, from airport records and model data to EPW-based climate tools.
Sun path diagram tools
Free sun path generators, sun position calculators and 3D shadow tools for any location, and what each adds.
Psychrometric chart tools
Online and desktop psychrometric and bioclimatic chart tools, compared for climate analysis and thermal comfort.
UTCI and outdoor comfort tools
UTCI calculators, climate tools and microclimate simulators for outdoor thermal comfort, compared by method, inputs and scale.
Early-stage energy analysis tools
Tools for concept-stage energy analysis, from browser estimates to EnergyPlus-based plugins, compared by inputs, engine, platform and price.
Solar radiation and PV tools
Free and paid sources of solar irradiance data and PV yield estimates by location, from PVGIS and PVWatts to Solargis and Meteonorm.
Köppen climate map tools
Where to look up the Köppen-Geiger climate zone of a location, from quick city lookups to high-resolution maps with future projections.
Historical weather data sources
Free and paid sources of historical and hourly weather data by location, including ERA5, NOAA station records, Open-Meteo and meteoblue.
Grid carbon intensity data sources
Sources of electricity carbon intensity and emission factors by country, region and hour, from Ember and Our World in Data to Electricity Maps and the IEA.
Site analysis tools for architects
Ten tools for imagery, context models, GIS, massing analysis and climate in an architectural site analysis, with prices and limits.
Rooftop PV yield and layout tools
Tools that lay out solar modules on a roof and estimate what they produce in a year, from SAM and Google's Solar API to PVsyst, PV*SOL and HelioScope.
Small wind turbine yield tools
Tools to estimate the annual energy of small and building-mounted wind turbines, from the Global Wind Atlas and SAM to WAsP, windPRO and urban CFD.
Façade BIPV potential tools
Tools to estimate how much electricity PV integrated in the façades could produce, by façade and by level, from Ladybug Tools and BIMsolar to DesignBuilder and C4B.
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