Building energy analysis tool

A building energy analysis method, comprising:

• receiving, by a computing system, first user input indicating, for a building under analysis, one or more building components to be included in a building energy model of the building under analysis;
• receiving, by the computing system, second user input indicating a respective location of each of the one or more building components relative to building spatial data that corresponds to the building under analysis;
• generating, by the computing system and based on the first user input, the second user input, and the building spatial data, the building energy model of the building under analysis;
• generating, by the computing system, and using the building energy model of the building under analysis, baseline energy usage information for the building under analysis;
• automatically applying, by the computing system, one or more energy conservation measures to the building energy model to generate one or more optimized building energy models;
• generating, by the computing system and based on the one or more optimized building energy models, one or more corresponding sets of optimized energy usage information;
• comparing, by the computing system, the one or more sets of optimized energy usage information to the baseline energy usage information;
• and
• outputting, by the computing system, one or more recommendations for substitute building components or building modifications, the one or more recommendations being based on the comparing.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to:

• receive first user input indicating, for a building under analysis, one or more building components to be included in a building energy model of the building under analysis;
• receive second user input indicating a respective location of each of the one or more building components relative to building spatial data that corresponds to the building under analysis;
• generate, based on the first user input, the second user input, and the building spatial data, the building energy model of the building under analysis;
• generate, using the building energy model of the building under analysis, baseline energy usage information for the building under analysis;
• automatically apply one or more energy conservation measures to the building energy model to generate one or more optimized building energy models;
• generate, based on the one or more optimized building energy models, one or more corresponding sets of optimized energy usage information;
• compare the one or more sets of optimized energy usage information to the baseline energy usage information;
• and
• output one or more recommendations for substitute building components or building modifications, the one or more recommendations being based on the comparing.