Comments on: EnergyGauge Calculates New ENERGY STAR® HERS Index Target Automatically http://blog.floridaenergycenter.org/echronicle/2011/02/energygauge-calculates-new-energystar-hers-automatically/ A Newsletter of the Florida Solar Energy Center Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:00:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff Sonne http://blog.floridaenergycenter.org/echronicle/2011/02/energygauge-calculates-new-energystar-hers-automatically/comment-page-1/#comment-2987 Jeff Sonne Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:42:20 +0000 http://blog.floridaenergycenter.org/echronicle/?p=1297#comment-2987 EnergyGauge software is provided by FSEC via a no-cost contract with the Florida Department of Community Affairs, so the cost of developing, maintaining and updating the software and providing technical support to users is paid for through software sales. Note that the new 2010 Florida Building Code (projected to go into effect March 15, 2012) opens the performance method of compliance to additional software tools that are certified for Florida Energy Code compliance use. EnergyGauge software is provided by FSEC via a no-cost contract with the Florida Department of Community Affairs, so the cost of developing, maintaining and updating the software and providing technical support to users is paid for through software sales.

Note that the new 2010 Florida Building Code (projected to go into effect March 15, 2012) opens the performance method of compliance to additional software tools that are certified for Florida Energy Code compliance use.

]]> By: Guy Van Meulebrouck PE http://blog.floridaenergycenter.org/echronicle/2011/02/energygauge-calculates-new-energystar-hers-automatically/comment-page-1/#comment-2982 Guy Van Meulebrouck PE Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:17:09 +0000 http://blog.floridaenergycenter.org/echronicle/?p=1297#comment-2982 can someone explain to me why this software isn't free? it is created (directly or indirectly) by the government and required by the government. having to buy this software every year X2 (once for residential, once for commercial) seems like there might be a conflict of interest there? can someone explain to me why this software isn’t free? it is created (directly or indirectly) by the government and required by the government. having to buy this software every year X2 (once for residential, once for commercial) seems like there might be a conflict of interest there?

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