The DIAL+ software suite is developped by Estia SA.
DIAL+ is the result of a close partnership with the Swiss Federal Institute for Technology in Lausanne (LAURE and LESO-PB Labs).
Is has been funded by the Commission for Technolgy and Innovation (CTI) on behalf of the Swiss Confederation (Project : "Advanced Fenestration Design Tool").
DIAL+ is an extension of the DIAL-Europe software realised in 2003 with fundings from the European Commision in partnership with the following partners:
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LESO-PB / EPFL: Laboratoire d'Energie Solaire et de Physique du Bâtiment
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University of Cambridge: The Martin Centre for Architecture and Urban Studies,
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FhG IBP: Fraunhofer Institute für Bauphysik Stuttgart,
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TNO Eindhoven
This product includes Radiance software (http://radsite.lbl.gov/) developed by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (http://www.lbl.gov/).
The meteo files for thermal simulation are generated with METEONORM 6.1 (www.meteonorm.com)