• Easy to use Parametric Simulation setup
• Auto-sequencing of actions:  solar/daylight/loads/sizing/simulation/reports
• Many Design Parameters Available
  •  Weather Files for Resilient future scenarios
  • Geometry:  shading, orientation, % glazing WWR
  • Renewables:  Solar PV, Wind
  • Envelope:  Glazing, Walls, Roof, Operable Controls, Infiltration
  • Internal Gains:  Lighting Power Density, Daylight Controls
  • HVAC:  Heating/Cooling Setpoints, HVAC System Types
• Results Analyses
  • Parallel Coordinate Charts
  • Stacked Bar Charts
  • Exports to CSV files
• ‘Promote’ a select Permutation back to the live model
  • Share or reuse exportable parametric studies
• Simulation Resolution optimizes for speed and disk space
  • Traditional 365-day simulation (8,760 hours)
  • 1 Week per Month – 4x speed up
  • 1 Week per Season – 13x speed up

Learn more about Parametric Simulation here.

Watch our on-demand webinar here. 

When configured correctly, the permutations for these systems are vast, and will allow the simulation of a multitude of modern decarbonisation strategies, designed to maximise the recycling of heat within a building, before needing to acquire or reject it to an external energy reservoir.
 
This provides significant new capability and opportunities for modelling of heat-recovery between different hydronic loops serving coincident heating & cooling loads.
 
It also enhances the ability to model geo-exchange systems more explicitly for either Ground-Water Geothermal (e.g., Darcy systems) or Underground Thermal Energy Networks.
 
This update similarly enhances the fidelity of HVAC models where the coupling of condenser heat recovery sources, combined heat & power, solar water heaters, and cooling towers or fluid coolers is included in the design.

• Central Plant Heat Pumps (CPHPs) serving a Hot Water Loop can be coupled to a Heat Transfer Loop (HTL) so that heat rejected to the HTL can be accessed by other equipment on that loop, including:
  • Water-to-Air Heat Pumps (WAHPs)
  • Water-Source VRF systems
  • Water cooled data centre air-conditioning systems
• CPHPs can now indirectly access space heating and DHW through the HTL
• CPHPs gain access to an explicit water-source heat exchanger model for heat acquisition/rejection.
• Any “pre-heating” of the HTL (e.g., via water-source HX, solar water heater, condenser heat recovery, etc.) is also available as a heat source for upgrade via CPHPs.
• CPHPs serving a Chilled Water Loop can reject heat to the HTL, making that heat available for use by WAHPs and/or water-source VRF systems.
• Coupling to cooling tower or fluid cooler for rejection of excess heat via the HTL allows CPHPs in cooling mode to run as water-cooled chillers.

The navigators now include:

• More appropriate default proposed constructions assignments
• Climate Zone filtering for constructions
• New ECB HVAC libraries
• New ECB reporting
• Budget model rotation
• 2019 only – Lighting updates for the budget minimum skylight area calculation and Lighting Power Density (LPD) changes
• 2019 only - Budget building refrigeration updates

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Four modelling methods are available:

• Construction – Fixed transmission values are brought through from the construction and accessed as per VE 2019
• Annual - A single transmission value is used for every month to emulate seasonal changes. This is used instead of the simple construction transmission value
• Monthly - The transmission values vary on a month-by-month basis. As above This is used instead of the construction transmission value 
• Profile Control (i.e. Hourly) - The transmission value can vary on an hour by hour basis, as it is determined by the selected Modulating profile. The angular dependence in this case is always constant

The properties can be set for individual shades, or set globally.