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ApacheLoads (fee-based) (UK)

Performs heat loss and heat gain design calculations

Performs heat loss and heat gain design calculations, using procedures laid down by American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers to determine building heating and cooling loads using the Heat Balance Method. ApacheLoads uses the Integrated Data Model (IDM) generated within the IES . You can make any number of design changes within the APACHE view, which is a series of facilities inside the enabling you to edit the thermal properties of your IDM. ApacheLoads uses the IDM to undertake two principal calculations: steady state heat loss calculations to predict the heating requirements for the building, and heat gain calculation, based on the ASHRAE Heat Balance Method, to predict the building cooling requirements. The heat gain calculations can be performed for a selected design day of the week, and for a range of design months. The results from these calculations can be interrogated. Several post-processing calculations can then be performed, such as calculation of room air supply rates.