Acoustics

• IBANA  (Insulating Buildings Against Noise from Aircraft) is a Windows-based software that will be more accurate and easier to use than previous design procedures. Sound insulation calculations are based on the characteristics of the aircraft noise, the sound insulation ratings and the areas of the various facade elements.
• COPE-Calc (9.67mb .exe) is an acoustics design program that can model the propagation of speech from one cubicle to another. It accounts for cubicle geometry, acoustical properties of materials and sound levels of background noise and speech. You can compare alternative workstation designs. The results can be displayed graphically; you can also listen to the results.
• SOCRATES estimates sound transmission class, impact insulation class, and some related ISO ratings FOR gypsum board floors and floors constructed with resilient metal channels and insulating material.
• SPMSoft The SPMSoft computer program makes it possible to conveniently measure speech privacy between locations in open-plan offices.

Lighting

• Daysim Description and source code for various validated and easy-to-use daylight simulation tools to predict the annual daylight availability and artificial lighting demand in a building. The tools are based on the RADIANCE raytracing engine, the concept of daylight coefficients and the Perez sky model.
• Daylight 1-2-3 Daylight 1-2-3 (former Lightswitch Wizard) is a non-expert design analysis tool that supports daylighting-related design decisions in commercial buildings during the initial design and design development stages. The tool predicts the daylighting and energy performance of sidelit and/or toplit private offices, open plan offices, and classrooms. The tool's main objective is to help design professionals with interest in - but no expert knowledge of - daylighting to develop climate-responsive daylighting design concepts; to optimize façade/ roof layout and orientation with respect to daylight and energy use; and to quantify energy savings from occupancy sensors and/or photocell controlled dimming.
• SkyVision is a new WINDOWS TM-based software tool to calculate the optical and daylighting performance of various shapes and types of conventional and tubular skylights. Currently available for beta testing, the software is a useful tool whether you are a building designer or architect, skylight manufacturer or educator.
• Lighting Quality Task Performance Software is a set of 4 software packages that were developed for the Lighting Quality Project. It includes three modules which simulate standard work-related tasks (typing, proofreading and a quality control task for objects on a conveyor belt) as well as a scheduler and a package to create and administer on-screen questionnaires.

Office design

• COPE-ODE accounts for cubicle geometry, light reflectivity and acoustical properties of materials and sound levels of background noise and speech. It also allows input of cost data which allows you to do cost-benefit comparison of alternative workstation designs. Outputs include physical measures of lighting and acoustic performance and indicators of satisfaction with lighting, privacy, and ventilation.

Ventilation and IAQ

• Indoor Air Quality Emission Simulation Tool (IA-QUEST) – Version 1.0: National Research Council Canada (NRC/IRC) launched a series of projects called "Consortium of Material Emissions and Indoor Air Quality Modeling (CMEIAQ)" with the overall goal of developing guidelines for indoor material selection and ventilation strategies to meet specific indoor air quality requirements. One of the major outcomes of the project was an Indoor Air Quality Emission Simulation Tool (IA-QUEST).