ApacheSim
Enables you to assess every aspect of thermal performance, from annual energy consumption and carbon emissions down to individual surface temperatures.
ApacheSim is at the core of the IES ApacheSim also enables you to perform carbon emissions calculations for compliance with UK Building Regs Part L and Part J. ApacheSim is based on first-principles models of heat transfer processes and is driven by real weather data.
thermal simulation, energy consumption APACHEsim has been tested with ASHRAE Standard 140. N/A Many throughout the UK, Europe, Australia, & USA. Mechanical building services engineers. Input of building shape and form is through a CAD geometrical representation of the building in the IDM. Building constructions, building usage patterns, worldwide climatic weather data, building HVAC systems and natural ventilation openings data can all be input via pre-built databases or created by the user through an intuitive graphical user interface. Output of the simulations is shown in tabular and graphical form within a self contained results viewer. All reportage can be copied into word processing and spreadsheet packages for further analysis/reporting. CPU: Intel Pentium 4 1.4 GHz+, or AMD Athlon 1400+ CPU Faster processors strongly recommended for frequent use of detailed simulation modules such as Radiance and APACHE-sim.
Memory: 512 Mb fast RAM (266Mhz+)
Hard Drive: 500 Mb free for installation, 1Gb free for Project data. Annual thermal simulation results for large models can produce large data files e.g. >50MB.
Optical Drive: CDRW, enabling large projects to be securely backed up.
Video Card: OpenGL compatible video card with 128 Mb RAM. Suggest GEForce or Radeon based cards.
Operating System: Windows 2000/XP.
Minimum screen resolution - 1024 x 768 pixels. C++, Visual Basic, Fortran Results of the dynamic thermal simulations are linked to further modules in the IES ApacheSim only simulates water-side at a parametric level. Company: IES Ltd Address:
Helix Building, West of Scotland Science Park Telephone: +44 (141) 945 8500 Facsimile: +44 (141) 945 8501 E-mail: Website: Contact IES at the above address or visit the web site.Keywords
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Kelvin Campus
Glasgow G20 0SP
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