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Compliant with LEED Energy and Atmosphere Credit 1 (Option 1) using ASHRAE Standard 90.1

• Whole building simulation
• LEED EAc1 (ASHRAE 90.1 compliance)
• Annual energy, annual cost, carbon emissions
• Every hour of every day, every month, for an entire year

Mechanical Design and Energy Simulation using Bentley Hevacomp V8i
Hevacomp Mechanical Designer V8i is the perfect everyday design and analysis program for MEP professionals. A robust set of design capabilities makes it easy to quickly create accurate 3D building models, layout systems, calculate building loads, select equipment, and size systems. This same building information can then be moved forward into Hevacomp Simulator V8i for dynamic energy modeling with EnergyPlus, providing MEP engineers a seamless workflow for design, energy simulation, and LEED® certification.

Maximizing LEED Credits with Bentley's Energy Performance Series 
Bentley's Energy Performance Series can help squeeze every LEED point out of your designs. Learn how Bentley Hevacomp V8i and Bentley Tas Simulator V8i can help maximize Energy and Atmosphere (EA), Indoor Environmental Quality (EQ) and Innovation & Design Process (ID) points - getting you 17 of the 26 points required for certification.

Mechanical Design and Analysis Simplified with Bentley Hevacomp Mechanical Designer V8i
For the first time, North American engineers and designers can now access the world’s leading building mechanical design and analysis program. Graphically lay out your energy model or import a building information model (BIM) via gbXML to verify and visualize the design. Calculate peak loads, automatically generate schedules and material lists, size pipe and duct systems and properly select equipment from a single building energy model. It’s an indispensable program that should be in every mechanical designer’s software toolkit.

This eSeminar will address the following topics:

• Single interface and workflow (audit trail)
• Why use two or three products?
• Peak load calculations
• Duct/pipe sizing
• Equipment selection

• Solar PV, solar thermal, wind
• What are your renewable contributions to overall energy usage?
• How much electricity can you sell back to the grid?

Calculating the ROI of "Greening" Your Building: Accurately Predict Energy Savings
Chilled beans or fan coil? Solar PV or wind? Shading devices or high efficiency glazing? Today’s green buildings must not only perform, they must also demonstrate real returns to their owners. Learn how Bentley’s Energy Performance Series can help quantify your green design ideas by calculating the real ROI for the building owner.

This eSeminar will address the following topics:

• Calculate different scenarios
• Whether changing to more efficient HVAC systems, glazing options, external shading strategies, and others
• New and existing building

Sustainable Design Techniques for Cold Climates
As an architect or engineer designing buildings in more temperate climates, you have many considerations in choosing a design strategy: glazing types; roof, wall and floor insulation; HVAC systems and fresh air requirements. However, much of the “green building” spotlight has been focused on exotic cooling systems used in hot climates -- what about successful approaches for your region?

Join Bentley's team of LEED APs and experienced building services engineers to learn specific tools and techniques for minimizing building energy consumption in cold-weather climates. We will explore tradeoffs between higher construction costs vs. lower operating costs, renewable energy systems, and natural ventilation and plant schedules.

• Export from BIM tool
• Import and validate the BIM data
• Further define the energy model for analysis