A comprehensive capability for the design and management of district heating and cooling networks
Today’s environmentally conscious society is constantly searching for more sustainable solutions for the provision of heat and cooling services. When compared to other heating and cooling technologies, district heating and district cooling are more energy efficient and contribute to a more sustainable future. District heating and cooling is already quite widely available in some countries, and it is set to become more widespread as pressures mount for more efficient heating and cooling services to be more widely deployed.
The Bentley solution for district heating and district cooling covers the whole lifecycle of network design, management and operation, as well as in-depth modeling and analysis of the network’s behavior. Easily adaptable to industry standards, it offers tools to cover all aspects of managing a district heating or district cooling network.
This solution delivers:
- A fully configurable geospatial data model
- Network documentation, facility mapping, and facility management
- A collaboration and engineering content management environment
- Powerful reporting capabilities
- Thermo-hydraulic calculations for any type of high-pressure gas and liquid network
- Extensive planning calculations, such as automatic pipe diameter sizing
- Calculation of investment and operational costs
- Integration with work management and asset management systems
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