HOT2000 is a series of computer programmes developed to assist builders, architects, and engineers in the design of energy-efficient, low-rise residential buildings.

Using up-to-date energy loss, gain, and mechanical system performance models, HOT2000 enables you to enter comprehensive building design data in order to analyse energy components such as thermal effectiveness, passive solar heating, and operation and performance of living-space heating, cooling, domestic hot water, and other systems. The programme can be used to revise and optimize the building design to meet specific energy efficiency requirements.

The following HOT2000 products have been developed at UNIES Ltd. in conjunction with Natural Resources Canada.

• HOT2000; interactive and graphical, energy-efficient small building design tool
• HOT2000 Batch; energy-efficient design sensitivity testing tool (input sequences can include multiple buildings and/or multiple features)
• HOT2XP; interactive and graphical, with simplified inputs, typically used for assessment of energy-efficient renovations

Please contact Natural Resources Canada for more information on, and access to downloadable versions of, these and other HOT2000-related products (See Software & Tools).

For additional HOT2000 weather data and other analysis tools, please visit Data Data for more information and downloads.