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Qualified Software for Calculating Commercial Building Tax Deductions

On this page you'll find a list of qualified computer software for calculating commercial building energy and power cost savings that meet federal tax incentive requirements.

Qualified Software per IRS Notice 2006-52 as amplified by IRS Notice 2008-40, Section 4

The following software satisfies the requirements under Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Code §179D (c)(1) and (d) Regulations, Notice 2006-52 Section 6, dated June 2, 2006 as amplified by Notice 2008-40, Section 4. See the IRS requirements document for each version of software for details. These are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

DOE-2.2

  • Version 47d IRS Requirements (PDF 36 KB) Received September 30, 2009

EnergyGauge

  • Version 3.21 IRS Requirements (PDF 42 KB) Received September 3, 2009
  • Version 3.2 IRS Requirements (PDF 34 KB) Received June 5, 2009

EnergyPlus

  • Version 4.0 IRS Requirements (PDF 36 KB) Received October 22, 2009
  • Version 3.1.0.027 IRS Requirements (PDF 52 KB) Received May 8, 2009
  • Version 3.0.0.028 IRS Requirements (PDF 68 KB) Received January 15, 2009
  • Version 2.2.0.023 IRS Requirements (PDF 64 KB) Received June 12, 2008

eQUEST

  • Version 3.63b IRS Requirements (PDF 36 KB) Received September 9, 2009

Green Building Studio

  • Version 3.4 IRS Requirements (PDF 72 KB) Received October 16, 2008

Hourly Analysis Program (HAP)

  • Version 4.41 IRS Requirements (PDF 52 KB) Received April 10, 2009
  • Version 4.40 IRS Requirements (PDF 44 KB) Received April 10, 2009

Qualified Software per IRS Notice 2006-52

The following software satisfies the requirements under Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Code §179D (c)(1) and (d) Regulations, Notice 2006-52, dated June 2, 2006. See the IRS requirements document for each version of software for details. These are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

DOE-2.1E

  • Version 119 IRS Requirements (PDF 74 KB) Received July 2, 2007

DOE-2.1E-JJH

  • Version 130 IRS Requirements (PDF 80 KB) Received Nov. 5, 2007

EnergyGauge Summit

  • Version 3.14 IRS Requirements (PDF 76 KB) Received Dec. 21, 2007
  • Version 3.13 IRS Requirements (PDF 76 KB) Received Nov. 23, 2007
  • Version 3.11 IRS Requirements (PDF 76 KB) Received Aug. 6, 2007
  • Version 3.1 IRS Requirements (PDF 79 KB) Received Jan. 31, 2007

EnergyPlus

  • Version 2.1.0.023 IRS Requirements (PDF 71 KB) Received Dec. 7, 2007
  • Version 2.0.0.025 IRS Requirements (PDF 70 KB) Received May 2, 2007
  • Version 1.4.0.025 IRS Requirements (PDF 79 KB) Received Nov. 1, 2006
  • Version 1.3.0.018 IRS Requirements (PDF 76 KB) Received June 23, 2006

EnerSim

  • Version 07.11.30 IRS Requirements (PDF 70 KB) Received Dec. 6, 2007

Green Building Studio

  • Version 3.1 IRS Requirements (PDF 71 KB) Received March 31, 2008
  • Version 3.0 IRS Requirements (PDF 61 KB) Received Sept. 19, 2007

Hourly Analysis Program (HAP)

  • Version 4.34 IRS Requirements (PDF 71 KB) Received Aug. 10, 2007
  • Version 4.31 IRS Requirements (PDF 71 KB) Received Aug. 17, 2006

Owens Corning Commercial Energy Calculator (OC-CEC)

  • Version 1.1 IRS Requirements (PDF 72 KB) Received Aug. 14, 2007

TRACE 700

  • Version 6.1.2.0 IRS Requirements (PDF 70 KB) Received Nov. 9, 2007
  • Version 6.1.1.0 IRS Requirements (PDF 71 KB) Received June 26, 2007
  • Version 6.1.0.0 IRS Requirements (PDF 70 KB) Received Dec. 18, 2006
  • Version 6.0.2.1 IRS Requirements (PDF 71 KB) Received June 16, 2006

VisualDOE

  • Version 4.1 build 0002 IRS Requirements (PDF 70 KB) Received Sept. 11, 2006