Opinion of tools

Name of the tool
BEAT 2002 (Building Environmental Assessment Tool)

Positive comments about the tool
• Precise estimates due to comprehensive data
• Flexible, new databases (e.g. user-defined) can be added, language can be changed
• Graphical interface to illustrate and compare different environmental elements
• Substitutes knowledge which can only be obtained through life-long experience

Negative comments about the tool
• Does not include economic or social issues
• Not suited to estimate indoor climate
• Time-demanding
• Difficult to get data from foreign countries
• It takes a close knowledge of the program is necessary to add missing data