Release notes
- SFP for the ventilation units is presented as an indicator
- The pie charts presenting the Emitted and Supplied energy can be shown in percent instead of kWh
- If the language in the application is changed, the name of the items in the BIM Energy default catalog will automatically be translated
Updates in the Report-step:
- The U-value for building components with any of the types slab on grade, basement wall or basement floor, is presented including the ground’s heat resistance
- The energy post Heat losses from pipes is presented in the table Specification of energy supply
- The building’s location placed on the map can be included
- The user can manually select which indicators to present in the Compare step
- The indicator Primary energy number can be presented in the Compare step
- The climate files for the time period 1991-2020 can be selected for 310 cities in Sweden
- Calculation of Energy saving cost for the scenarios have been added to the Compare-step
- Usage can be inserted as yearly energy (kWh/m2/year) instead of hourly (W/m2)
- Geographical adjustment factor in the Standard-step can be selected from a list of Swedish municipalities instead of inserted manually
- Comments about the calculation can be added to the report by the user
- In Edit glazing, the facade which currently is being edited is highlighted in the 3D-model
- Properties of the construction can be edited from the Proxy-step
- VIP-Export has been removed
- New functionality for sharing project between users
- Calculation of pay off for the scenarios has been added to the compare step
- Company logo can be added to the printed report
- Emitted and supplied energy are new categories in ‘Add report content’ in the report step
- Pie charts with representation of indicators can be added to the printed report
- Possibility to copy catalog items from an existing catalog to an active project
- Swedish climate files for 2020 and 2021 are available
- The grid in ’Edit floor plan’ is adjusted depending on the selected snap interval
- Text descriptions have been added to the application to help the user
- New instructional film about the Proxy function is available among the other instructional films
Proxy
- The user gets full flexibility to define the building components by activating Proxy-data for the building to manually define the input
- Define area/length/volume as a matematical expression
- Possibility to automatically subtract the window area from exterior wall area to ease the input when defining the building components
Standard
- New step in the workflow, Standard, to compare the calculation result to the permitted levels in the Swedish Boverket’s building resultations (BBR) (primary energy number EP_pet, average U_value, installed electric input for heating)
- Primary energy number as indicator
- ‘Energy performance’ as new key value and presentation in the report
- Possible to include heat recovery from waste water to pre-heat tap water
- Average value of the schedule for ‘Usage’ and ‘Ventilation’ is presented to give a quick overview of the indata
- New functionality for ‘Interior walls’ to include the heat capacity of interior walls in the calculation
- New functionality ‘Compound material’ for calculating the material properties for a material with both thermal insulation and studs
- Add ‘Solar panels’ in the calculation and use the solar power for electricity supply
- Possibility to add ‘Outdoor air intakes’ on the fasades to provide the building with outdoor air and keep the underpressure at a reasonably low level in buildings with exhaust air ventilation
- New keyword ‘Internal air pressure’
- Activated result indicators are saved on the user
- Added report content for material properties, constructions and building components
- New step in the workflow ‘Compare’ – A comparison of the heat and electricity supply between building altertntives in a project is generated
- Peak power heating and electricity is added as Key values
- Use air-tight interior floors in the modeling of the building
- The module Catalog with the possibility to define new catalogs to use in projects
- To examine the result in Excel, it is now possible to export the result to text file
- Schedule for usage and ventilation flows are included in the report seption
- Possibility to adjust the value for heated floor area generated from the 3D model
- Impact from thermal bridges are added to the calculation when including basement in the building
- New heat pumps from Bosch, IVT and Nibe are added to the default catalog
- Windows with constant solar shading are added to the default catalog
- Windows can be added to the calculation both as share of facade (%) and area (m2)
- Possible to use ‘Default time’ instead of weekday when generating schemes for usage and Ventilation
- Generating schemes for usage and ventilation are greatly improved with respect to speed and ease of use
- Choose from one day to another when generating schemes, and ‘Hour to/from’ is replaced with ‘Start time/End time’ (time)
- How the schemes are varying over the year is shown under ‘Details’. Possible to view a certain week.
- Tutorials of the workflow are accessible within the application
- Snap interval 0.5m in ‘Edit floor plan’
- Possibility to change the construction of separate building parts with ‘Change building parts’
- Copy the scheme from supply air to exhaust air and vice versa
- English version available
- Add several air handling units with different properties and air flow schemes
- Function ‘’Export to VIP-Energy’. The area of the buildings parts and their constructions are exported and can be opened in VIP-Energy
- Climate files for 2018 and 2019 from Sveby/SMHI are available
- ’Copy’ is added in the name of a construction when a copy is created in the catalog
- Possible to create an alternative of a typology, usage template and ventilation system by using ‘Create alternative’- ‘Alternative’ will be added in the name of the new created building
- Possibility to add a lowest exhaust air temperature for exhaust air heat pumps
- Air flow unit l/s is added
- Exhaust air temperature and room temperature are added as indicators and can now be included in diagrammes in the report
- Include basement in the building
- Connect a geothermal rock heat pump to heat recovery from the exhaust air instead of to a ground source collector
- Share building with access to write with another user
- How many hours the heat pump has been out of order due to high/low temperature is printed out
- New section in the report: ‘Surrounding conditions’, ‘Building’, ‘Heat supply’, ‘Cooling’ and ‘Specification of energy supply’
- New indicators in the categories ‘Electricity’ and ‘Process energy’