Building Analysis and Design Products

Building Performance: Energy Performance Series

Bentley Energy Analysis and Simulation: Tools for High-Performance Building Design

Rapidly growing worldwide demand for high-performance buildings means the ability to accurately predict energy consumption, CO2 emissions, operating costs, and occupant comfort is now critical to the success of projects ranging from the small and simple to the very large and highly complex. It also means architects, MEP and building services engineers, and energy assessors need the right tools to effectively and productively design, analyze, and simulate building energy systems.

Bentley’s energy performance software applications, including Hevacomp and Tas, provide the fastest, most powerful, and most accurate simulation and analysis available for building load, plant energy, passive design, and dynamic thermal simulations. Supporting ISO, CIBSE, and ASHRAE standards, these industry-leading tools can be used around the world to provide required compliance checking and documentation, such as that mandated by U.K. part L2, Australia part J, and the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED program (in Tas).

Bentley’s comprehensive suite of industry-leading energy performance products includes:

• Bentley Building Mechanical System V8i – Building Information Modeling (BIM) for the design and documentation of air-handling and plumbing systems.
• Hevacomp – Highly productive building energy design, simulation and energy performance certification tools using the emerging industry-standard EnergyPlus analysis engine.
• Bentley Tas Simulator V8i – Full-featured building energy design and simulation using an industry-proven custom analysis engine to provide fast and productive performance on even the largest and most complex building projects.