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  • Hevacomp Energy Assessor course and exam - London, May 2018

    Hevacomp Energy Assessor (Non-dwelling) Level 3 & 4 (SBEM) Allows Hevacomp users - via an accredited Energy Assessor scheme provider - to work towards Energy Assessor status to show competency in production of EPC's using an approved SBEM interface…

  • Hevacomp Part L Energy Assessor course and exam - September 2017

    Hevacomp Energy Assessor (Non-dwelling) Level 3 & 4 (SBEM) Allows Hevacomp users - via an accredited Energy Assessor scheme provider - to work towards Energy Assessor status to show competency in production of EPC's using an approved SBEM interface…

  • "Construction between this and the corresponding adjacent surface do not have their layers mirrored" Error

    Product(s): OpenBuildings Energy Simulator Version(s): All Environment: N/A Area: Troubleshooting and Errors Subarea: Materials Manager Problem If the material types of constructions are not…

  • Incorporating more than one wall type in a section of external wall using DDB

    On typical single storey warehouse buildings where blockwork cavity walls are often used for the lower section of external wall, and either single-skin or double-skin metal sheeting is used above the blockwork walls up to the roof line, how can this be…

  • Troubleshooting

    Solutions to common issues

  • Hevacomp Dynamic Simulation

    Building simulation and load calculations

  • RE: Uncontrolled heat gains

    Hello, Please post your second question regarding CIBSE Heat Gain to a separate thread and I will try to answer it there. With regard your question on Summer - The Summer calc uses Operative Temp as defined in CIBSE Guide A5 Section 1.2.2. This equates…

  • Inserting new floors, FFL incorrect within project!

    I am currently building a multiple storey warehouse style building with offices internal. The main space is mostly ground floor, with 1No First Floor office to one side, 1No Storage space to the other side and then 1st/2nd/3rd floors in offices in the…

  • Frequency Simulation - Fresh Air Ventilation / Multi Zone Air Flow Model

    Hi All, I am carrying out a frequency simulation calculation and want to add in an amount of fresh air to see the effect this has on overheating - either via air change rate or fresh air for occupants. I know that the methodology for this is either…

  • RE: Floor Level Correction -

    The workflow for correcting a finished floor level can be found in our Support Solutions here: http://communities.bentley.com/products/building/performance/w/building_performance__wiki/11959.changing-floor-heights
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    Design Simulation - AM11 Document 2017

    Building service design is now frequently carried out using building energy and environmental modelling (BEEM) - or design simulation - software. BEEM software can produce very different results depending on how the modelling software is used. The…

  • Pipe sizing - heating and cooling methods

    Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i Environment: N/A Area: Netsys Subarea: Results Overview While using Netsys Heating or Chilled water it may be noted that the pressure…

  • Version 26 is here!

    The Bentley Hevacomp team are very pleased to announce the new release of Bentley Hevacomp. For the record, this officially goes by the name of Bentley Hevacomp V8i (v26) but we're more than happy to call it v26. There have been a number of changes…

  • PARTL 2013 - Now Available

    Bentley are pleased to announce that Hevacomp V8i (v26) has now been released which includes updates to the PartL 2013 regulations. This release has a brand new unified install and will install alongside Hevacomp v25 if required. The unified install…

  • RE: Save custom fabric data for all projects?

    Hi, the following document from our Wiki page explains how to do this: communities.bentley.com/.../creating-a-template-project.aspx Please let us know if you have any further questions.

  • DDB Favourites Zip

    DDB Favourites Zip
    • DDBFAV.zip

  • CAD Model Design - Changing Floor Heights

    Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview This document provides guidance on how to change Floor heights in Design Database…

  • Energy Calculation - HWS demand

    Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview The Daily HWS demand for the Energy Calculation is based on litres/per person…

  • CAD Model Design - optimising the model

    Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview This document provides some best practices for creating Design Database projects…

  • Part L 2013 Regulations

    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…

  • Windows 8 and .Net 3.5

    With the redaction of Win XP and the partial withdrawel of Win 7 (still supported but not supplied on new computers anymore) you will likely have spotted that any new computers come with a pre-installation of Windows 8. This new operating system - mostly…

  • Re: ISScript.msi & Resize32.ocx Errors when installing from a server license.

    Adrian - I'm afraid you cannot just copy files. There is a complete installation process that is required. I suspect by the information provided that you haven't installed the prerequisite components - these are vital to enable the software to function…

  • ISScript.msi & Resize32.ocx Errors when installing from a server license.

    Hi, I'm trying to install Hevacomp onto my laptop (Win7 64bit) from our companies server license. I have copied all of the files locally so that I can run the install and setup sequence, but I'm getting errors when trying to run HevaBanner.exe The…
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