IESVE 2021 Feature Pack 1 Updates
NECB 2017 Navigator for Canadian Code Compliance
- New Navigator for New Buildings and Additions
- Workflow and automation (data, grouping, rulesets, reference creation, systems, reportage) make NECB readily accessible and quick to use (including reaching an optimum solution)
- Partially funded by NRCan
- Full details of webinars and training available here
Enhanced HVAC systems data can now be imported in gbXML from Autodesk
- Imports HVAC system(s) from Revit including the HVAC Zoning(s)
- Revit System choices mapping to VE Prototype HVAC Systems
- Sets primary system and room based systems
- Sets both air and waterside systems
- Sets the temperature setpoints and setbacks at room level
- Sets the OA ventilation requirements both at system and room level
- Sets the Master Room
- Sets both conditioned and unconditioned rooms
- Script available from IES content store
Additional Updates
Speed up to Climate Based Daylight Modelling (CBDM)
- UDI, ASE, sDA now available via faster rtrace-dc Radiance module
- The rtrace-dc route means a detailed glazed space will simulate on the fast settings option.
- UDI 10-20x faster
- ASE 60-80x faster
- sDA 10-15x faster
- Fully compliant with LM 83:2012
- The rtrace-dc route means a detailed glazed space will simulate on the fast settings option.
IESVE 2021 Updates
Florida Building Code 7th edition 2020
As part of IES’ ongoing commitment to providing energy code-compliance solutions in North America, IESVE Software is now certified by the Florida Building Commission for the 2020 Florida Energy Code.
- Certified by the Florida Building Commission.
- Compliance achieved through the ASHRAE 90.1-2016 Navigator.
- Florida-specific budget building is automatically created, per FBC requirements.
- Florida specific compliance reports are generated.
- IES training courses certified for continued education (CEU/PDH’s) by Florida Board of Professional Engineers.
ASHRAE 90.1-2016
A number of new productivity features have been added to the latest 2016 version of the ASHRAE 90.1 Navigators:
- Proposed building can be automatically pre-populated in two ways:
- Prescriptive – using 90.1 standard data or
- Performance – using Appendix G baseline
- Constructions can now be applied automatically based simply on the choice of building type and climate zone
- New calculation methodologies for the following energy end uses
- Elevators / escalators
- Refrigeration
- New end uses enhanced to include
- Interior lighting (unregulated) / Transformers / Motors
- Unregulated energy use types expanded to include
- Lighting / Process / Receptacle / Cooking
- New approaches to controls
- Lighting – new baseline control (based on fraction 90% only)
- Receptacles – user choice (manual / automated)
ASHRAE 55 2013 & 2017
New methods and a new flexible approach to setting up and analysing thermal comfort
- Room level comfort settings accounting for occupant’s response to their perceived comfort
- 18 new room variables in VistaPro provides more insight into occupant discomfort and make decisions to enhance comfort with low energy use
- Three methods can be used for adaptive comfort:
- Software automates how occupants would adapt to find their optimum comfort level
- Users can set adaption limits based on modulating occupancy profiles
- Users can set adaption values based on absolute or formulae based occupancy profiles
- Elevated air speed –fan cooling effect (& associated energy usage) can be assessed room by room
- The impact of direct solar radiation on the occupant is now accounted for in the comfort assessment:
- Accounts for the posture of the occupants within the room
- Accounts for mitigation effects such as the control of blinds/louvres
Air to Air Heat Pumps
- Enhanced heat pump method that includes the following updates:
- Capacity and compressor power vary by:
- Wet-bulb and Dry-bulb temperatures
- Part-Load Ratio
- EIR for fan on outdoor coil (heat rejection/acquisition)
- Back-up heat source with multiple control schemes
- Crankcase heater for compressors
- Defrost: resistive or reverse-cycle; timed or demand control
- Capacity and compressor power vary by:
- Interrelated efficiency parameters are now calculated and displayed by the software
- COP, EERnf (EER with no fan), & IEER per entered EER value
- Performance curves as required by the California Title 24 ACM Manual DX Cooling and HP Heating sections
- Available for use outside of California Title 24
Free Convection: Cooling Towers/Fluid Coolers
- Free convection can now be assessed for both Cooling Towers and Fluid Coolers, allowing for associated reductions in electrical energy.
- Controlling parameter is the ‘Free convection airflow fraction’, based upon the assumption that a moderate initial fraction (e.g., 10%) of cooling-tower or fluid-cooler airflow will be driven by thermal stack effect.
- Fluid Cooler – new control option:
- Applicable only to Wet/Dry Fluid Coolers
- Two options available:
- Maximise dry operation (dry whenever it can meet the load)
- Maximise wet operation (always wet at or above set temperature)
Fan Control Updates
- Added capability for zone-level recirculation fans to operate only when associated compressor operates (as in heat pumps, zone-level AC, etc.) via new “Cycle on with terminal unit compressor” control option in the system parameters UI.
- For AAHP, WAHP, and DX Cooling, a new “Single compressor with fixed speed/output” checkbox determines if the compressor is modeled (via curve data) as cycling on/off below 100% load, or as cycling on/off only below min PLR setting (via simulation run-time fraction). This also influences the fan cycling, when that is linked to the compressor operation.
Daylighting Enhancements
- Multi-Room Dynamic Daylighting Visualization
- Multiple rooms showing Dynamic Daylighting results can now be visualized at the same time
- RadianceIES collates all rooms with same outputs for selection and visualization, saving you time
- Window Labelling
- Improved labelling of windows and window groups for VSC and sDA calculations now available
Release Notes
For further supporting information please take a look at the IESVE 2021 release notes.
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