These tutorials cover the key areas needed to get started, including how to quickly create and edit building geometry, automated adjacency assignment, importing/exporting models from/to other tools, …

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DesignBuilder Version 1.2 is the first comprehensive user interface for EnergyPlus.

This document provides a tutorial on using DesignBuilder software to simulate whole building energy performance. It begins with an introduction to EnergyPlus and DesignBuilder.

You can find a link to our tutorials page, covering key topics across the wide range of DesignBuilder's market-leading functionality, in the comments below.

The site offers several free online tutorials, webinars and additional learning resources (including course material from MIT), explaining the software in more detail.

Getting started tutorials plus a structured series of tutorials covering use of DesignBuilder for creating building geometry, entering basic model data, setting up and running simulations and analysing results.