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Glazing Light Transmittance in Part L Results
Shane Regan
Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview The Light Transmittance figures used in a Part L calculation come from two separate…
over 3 years ago
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Glazing area differences
Shane Regan
Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview The SBEM engine can adjust glazing areas in Notional buildings so they may not…
over 3 years ago
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Fuel Heating Type
Shane Regan
Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview The SBEM calculation engine can consider the HWS system as the main fuel heating…
over 3 years ago
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External doors missing from BRUKL report
Shane Regan
Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview In certain circumstances, external doors will not appear on the BRUKL document…
over 3 years ago
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Excessive thermal bridging
Shane Regan
Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview PSI date for thermal bridging is decided by the construction type. Selecting…
over 3 years ago
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EPCgen.net Activation Code
Shane Regan
Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview The Energy Assessor section within the Hevacomp Part L Project tab contains a…
over 3 years ago
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Calculating hot water demand
Shane Regan
Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview Hot water demand in your PartL project is calculated through the NCM databsase…
over 3 years ago
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Energy Consumption on BRUKL report
Shane Regan
Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview The BRUKL Compliance and Energy reports from the Hevacomp Part L program contain…
over 3 years ago
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EPBD Recast - Specifying alternative forms of energy
Shane Regan
Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview The Part L Compliance Report (BRUKL report) contains a section to indicate whether…
over 3 years ago
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Keyword out of range: Heat SSEFF error
Shane Regan
Product(s): Bentley Hevacomp Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview The SBEM calculation has generated a "Keyword out of range: Heat SSEFF" error Method …
over 3 years ago
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Cannot select Display Lighting
Shane Regan
Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview In some instances, efficient display lighting cannot be selected. Method …
over 3 years ago
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The BRUKL document is listing an unexpected building type
Shane Regan
Product(s): Bentley Hevacomp Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview You may see an unexpected building type listed in your BRUKL document Method Building…
over 3 years ago
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CHP will not connect to an HWS sysytem
Shane Regan
Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview CHP cannot be directly and solely connected to HWS. Method At this time,…
over 3 years ago
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Auxiliary Energy - an explanation
Shane Regan
Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview The 'Energy Consumption by End Use' section of a Compliance Report can be a useful…
over 3 years ago
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Why is the Hevacomp BRUKL Document not showing Solar Thermal Systems?
Jasmin D
Hi, Please would someone be able to help me. I have been trying to complete an SBEM for a client and this one part of the BRUKL document won't show up when I run the compliance section of the Part L in Hevacomp. On the roof of the building in question…
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over 7 years ago
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Level 5 - DSM - Hot Water Service within 'Plant Data'
Kevin Hayward
Hello, I am trying to model an Indirect Water Cylinder within 'plant data' for a Level 5 EPC. One of the variables that the software asks for is 'heat losses from unit' with the units being W/degree C. Within SBEM, the heat loss is stated…
over 7 years ago
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The NCM modelling guide
Shane Regan
Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview The NCM modelling guide provides a great deal of information regarding the methods…
over 3 years ago
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XML document is not produced
Shane Regan
Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview After a successful EPC calculation, an XML document is normally produced within…
over 1 year ago
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Defining air permeability
Shane Regan
Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview If Criterion 2 of the Compliance report is showing a different overall air permeability…
over 3 years ago
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Consideration of shading factors
Shane Regan
Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview The PartL 2013 calculation utilises a number of methods for considering shading…
over 3 years ago
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General Lighting output in compliance report
Shane Regan
Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview When producing the compliance report, the SBEM calculation engine employs banding…
over 3 years ago
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Lighting results do not match input data
Shane Regan
Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview When entering lighting calculation information in PartL, the results sometimes…
over 3 years ago
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Entering non-standard HVAC systems
Shane Regan
Product(s): Hevacomp Mechanical Designer Version(s): V8i (N/A) Environment: N/A Area: N/A Subarea: N/A Overview It may be necessary when using the PartL program to enter 'non-standard' HVAC…
over 3 years ago
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