building software
About Websites referencing Energy Efficiency tools, I have identified 3 websites that reference Energy efficiency tools for Buildings. These tools are software applications, excel sheets and others…most of them are free or shareware.
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BIM and IFC: an opportunity for new innovative players (open source type) to enter the Building design software environment market OR a strengthening of the major players position? (closed source type?)
BIM, Building Information Modeling: the concept
IFC, Industry Foundation Classes: the standard
High Performance Buildings
above picture from US National Institute of Building Science
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Reducing power losses by optimizing equipment locations
Do you realize that power losses in a electrical installation could represent up to 7 % of the electrical consumption ?
LV cables and transformers are the most contributors to these operating losses, around 95 % as shown here below
example of design in CAD
Design Master Electrical is an electrical building design software that runs in CAD software. It integrates the drafting and calculations necessary for an electrical design.
I have found a new electrical software on Internet: Simaris Design Basic. It is a software for electrical installation calculation: short-circuit calculations, cables sizing and protection devices choice and settings. This is a new version. I knew the old version of this software – 1.5, which is not available any more.
BIM concept (Building Information Modelling) is also promoted out of the US through building SMART International (formerly International alliance for Interoperability, IAI) which recommends a data standard for BIM: IFC (Industry Foundation Classes). I heard about projects requiring BIM design in Northern Europe…
I recently spent one week in the US and I had the opportunity to meet several design engineers dealing with large governmental buildings. It seems that they invest a lot in new design software based on the BIM concept…
I find the existing software for the calculation of Electrical Installation difficult and long to use. Sometimes, I need to make a simple calculation or verification and I do not need to create a complete network to do it
Recently I have discovered some small calculators, some of them are too much simplified, but I find the idea good. There is for example… (more…)
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