While BRE made Part L 2013 SBEM data available in December 2013, this was largely for testing purposes and for software developers of SBEM interfaces such as Hevacomp. As the actual switchover date to the 2013 regulations is not until April 2014 we do not have an estimated delivery date for the relevant updates to Hevacomp as of yet. At the moment we do not know how the changes to SBEM will affect the formatting of the relevant SBEM input files and the Hevacomp code will need to be updated to incorporate these changes.
Please refer to the following website for further information: http://www.2013ncm.bre.co.uk/
At this point if you are looking to assess the impact of the new regulations then you will need to use BRE's iSBEM tool. You can download this at: http://www.2013ncm.bre.co.uk/download.jsp
As has been stated previously, we are working diligently to provide an update to the software.
We appreciate your patience and understanding while we continue our efforts to provide software that meets industry regulations and our high quality release requirements. It should go without saying that neither of those things are trivial, so we are doing our best to make sure they are done right and do not cause any regression in other functionality that you rely on.
Rest assured - any new information about the update - particularly its availability - will be posted on this forum as soon as it is available.
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Duncan Brown
Less than 15 hours to go before the grace period ends and Bentley still cannot tell us when the software will be released! I have been lodging EPCs with the new version of SBEM using another software vendor's product since 21st May so it has nothing to do with the actual SBEM engine!
I do, however, have Hevacomp Part L projects waiting to be upgraded to Part L 2013 and some of my clients are getting understandably nervous about the uncertainty of what effect the changes will have on their designs. I have of course told them that there's nothing I can do until the software is released but they can't understand why Bentley have not provided a date. I have stated that it should be released by the latest Friday 6th June but now I'm not so sure.
Can anyone at Bentley confirm that the software will be available by tommorow?
Shane,
I'm sure you'll understand if I state I find your response commercially unacceptable.
As a business we pay substantial annual fee's for the use of design software, which we expect to be regularly updated to incorporate amendments made to the industry regulations.
With no update to part L 2013, the software is in effect not suitable for our use moving forward. We cannot be left in a position where compliance with the regulations cannot be achieved due to our software provider not implementing the required software update.
"We do not have a release date at this time" is not sufficient. We require a date when the update will be available. We would also require some form of redress against the fee's we are paying to enable us to produce the SBEM calculations via a 3rd party.
StuartO - We do not have a release date at this time. I appreciate your frustration in this regard and we at support will endeavour to communicate any information on this matter as soon as it is made available to us.
Shane Regan | Principle Building Performance Support Engineer
5th June 2014 is in 3 days. The sticky article for L2 has not been updated, so I assume the update will be released.