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…
XML document is not produced
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After a successful EPC calculation, an XML document is normally produced within…
Renewable fuel sources
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There appears to be some confusion as to what is considered to be renewables…
Internal Surfaces appearing in PartL U-Value checks
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The SBEM calculation engine performs a comprehensive check on U-Values for external…
Fuel Heating Type
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The SBEM calculation engine can consider the HWS system as the main fuel heating…
Usage of Biofuels
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PartL/SBEM has a limited amount of available fuel types. The attached document…
Defining air permeability
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Hevacomp Mechanical Designer
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If Criterion 2 of the Compliance report is showing a different overall air permeability…
Consideration of shading factors
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The PartL 2013 calculation utilises a number of methods for considering shading…
Result changes between 2006, 2010 and 2013 regulations
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Hevacomp Mechanical Designer
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A number of changes were introduced to the SBEM calculation between versions…
General Lighting output in compliance report
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Hevacomp Mechanical Designer
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When producing the compliance report, the SBEM calculation engine employs banding…
Lighting results do not match input data
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Hevacomp Mechanical Designer
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When entering lighting calculation information in PartL, the results sometimes…
Entering non-standard HVAC systems
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It may be necessary when using the PartL program to enter 'non-standard' HVAC…