New software in US and Canada for building design

Bentley Systems has come out with its Energy Performance Series for the US and Canada markets, which, according to the company’s annunciation, is the first strong software for building energy design, analysis, and simulation. It is to be noted the Energy Performance Series that takes account of Bentley Tas Simulator V8i, Hevacomp Simulator V8i, and Hevacomp Mechanical Designer V8i has already been in service in the U.K. market for the design and construction of high-performance green buildings, including the iconic 30 St Mary Axe, Heron Tower, Terminal 5 Heathrow, 122 Leadenhall Street, and CityPoint, London.

What has been the response of the market? Well, it is satisfactory and this has emboldened the company to introduce Energy Performance Series in these two markets. It is hoped that the professionals in the United States and Canada will be able to exploit the software in the best manner.

Bear in mind that Bentley Systems, Incorporated, excels in providing software for the “Design, construction and operation of the world’s infrastructure”. The company’s software serves the building, plant, civil, and geospatial vertical markets in the areas of architecture, engineering, construction (AEC) and operations. Their software solutions are used to design, engineer, build and operate large constructed assets such as roadways, railways, bridges, buildings, industrial and power plants and utility networks.

Speaking on this, Noah Eckhouse, Vice-President of Bentley’s Building Performance Group, said, “Bentley’s Energy Performance Series fills the void left by existing tools in this arena, which typically are incomplete, siloed, imprecise, and slow. It provides the fastest, most powerful, and most accurate dynamic simulation and analysis available for building load, plant energy, passive design, and thermal simulations. And, because all of the products interoperate, the Energy Performance Series ensures a collaborative process that increases reuse of information.”

“In addition, its support of industry standards, including ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2004, ASHRAE Standard 140-2004 (BESTEST Models), LEED Energy and Atmosphere Credit 1, U.K. Building Regulations Part L2, ISO, ANSI/ASME, CIBSE, and others, facilitates required compliance checking and documentation.”