How to incorporate external fins and shading in a calculation
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Hevacomp Mechanical Designer
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External Fins and external shading (which can be added through the Shading program…
Defining lighting control and daylight factors for Design Simulation calculations
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Hevacomp Mechanical Designer
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In the Room Data dialog of CAD Input there are now options to control lighting…
How to place rooms within rooms
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Hevacomp Mechanical Designer
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In some instances it may be desirable to embed rooms within other rooms.
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Calculations - Occupancy and heat gains
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Hevacomp Mechanical Designer
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The number of occupants and activity with which they are employed will have an…
Calculations - Using Fresh air loads in Design Database
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Hevacomp Mechanical Designer
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V8i (N/A)
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The Design Database package contains a number of calculation modules that allow…
How to import a gbXML file
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Hevacomp Mechanical Designer
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gbXML (Green Building XML) is a very useful format for transferring building…
Heat Loss Calculation - Showing Preheat Times
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Hevacomp Mechanical Design
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V8i (N/A)
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You can view the effect of plant margins on pre-heat times within the Heat Loss…
How to fix a vertical pipe or duct
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Bentley Hevacomp
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You may wish to fix the size of a riser pipe or duct section.
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Consider this simple…
CIBSE Gain Calculation - Load types
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Hevacomp Design Database
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V8i (N/A)
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The following is a breakdown of components that make up the gains in the CIBSE Heat…
CAD Model Design - Adding atrium style spaces to a project
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Hevacomp Design Database
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V8i (N/A)
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This document provides guidance on modeling Atrium type spaces in Design Database…
CAD Model Design - Adding different roof section types
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Hevacomp Design Database
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The roof construction fabric can be changed as you are adding roof sections.
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Duct Sizing - Pressure drop considerations on outlets
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Hevacomp Netsys
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V8i (N/A)
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While the Netsys program does not consider any additional drop pressure for grilles, etc,…
Floor Locations
Good Afternoon All,
Using Hevacomp design database (and CAD input) I have built a large 4 storey 'complex' building from the 1700's containing around 200 rooms, to get some idea of heat losses throughout the building. However, now the model has been…
Why is Hevacomp not producing a .xml file for EPC?
So I am using Bentley Hevacomp to create EPC's and then lodge them on the CIBSE lodgement portal. However, the Hevacomp on my PC is not producing a .xml file so I am having to jump onto my colleague's PC and get the .xml from there. Obviously this is…
Hertz - Sound Pressure results incorrect?
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Hevacomp Mechanical Designer
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V8i (N/A)
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The results table for Sound Pressure at receiver don't add up correctly.
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Daylight Calculations in Design Database
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Hevacomp Mechanical Design
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V8i (N/A)
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Daylight factors can be calculated for Design Database projects.
Method
An…
CAD mode and Room data mode
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Hevacomp Design Database
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V8i (N/A)
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Describing the difference between CAD and Room Data mode.
Method
There are two…
Energy Calculation - HWS demand
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Hevacomp Mechanical Designer
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V8i (N/A)
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The Daily HWS demand for the Energy Calculation is based on litres/per person…
Heating and Chilled water - Excessive pressure drop
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Hevacomp Mechanical Designer
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V8i
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Netsys
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Excessive pressure drops can occasionally be seen on Heating and Chilled Water networks…
U-value check in Compliance Report
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Hevacomp Mechanical Designer
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V8i (N/A)
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The BRUKL compliance report contains Criterion 2 which considers the operation…
Occupancy gains may appear different
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Hevacomp Mechanical Designer
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V8i (N/A)
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Occupancy levels that are defined within CAD input are overwridden by the NCM…
XML document is not produced
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Hevacomp Mechanical Designer
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V8i (N/A)
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After a successful EPC calculation, an XML document is normally produced within…
Thermal Bridging/PSI values
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Hevacomp Mechanical Designer
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V8i (N/A)
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PSI values for thermal bridging can be adjusted by SBEM if they are not accredited…
Internal Surfaces appearing in PartL U-Value checks
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Hevacomp Mechanical Designer
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V8i (N/A)
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The SBEM calculation engine performs a comprehensive check on U-Values for external…
Considering ground floor U-values
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Hevacomp Mechanical Designer
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V8i (N/A)
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The SBEM calculation engine requires confirmation that U-values for ground floors…