LIGHT STEEL FRAME ASSOCIATION MEMBER EVOLUSION INNOVATION PROVIDES EXPERT DYNAMIC SIMULATION MODELLING SERVICES TO THE SECTOR, DELIVERED BY THEIR HIGHLY QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED BUILDING PHYSICS TEAM.
What is Dynamic Simulation Modelling? Dynamic Simulation Modelling (DSM) is an exceptionally accurate and powerful computer-based software simulation engine for assessing the environmental performance of a building. Using DSM, building performance can be simulated for every hour in a year. Therefore, results for 8,760 hours can be viewed and analysed for critical design decisions. It allows for a very detailed thermal model of a proposed building to be created for a more accurate assessment of prospective heating, cooling and ventilation issues that may arise.
By modelling a building using DSM engines, a deeper and more effective analysis can be performed, enabling users to better respond to and comply with planning and regulatory demands, while simultaneously addressing economic drivers. The modelling helps to optimise the performance at early stages of the design, which in turn leads to achieving environmentally friendly buildings and cost-effective solutions.
The Process
Architects’ basic building geometry is used to carry out a detailed analysis, and through iterations of simulations this geometry is optimised by implementing passive strategies for high building performance. A range of highly developed software tools are then used to calculate and assess a building’s environmental performance.
A wide range of factors are taken into consideration including (but not limited to) a building’s location, shape and orientation, fabric insulation, glazing, heating and cooling systems and controls, thermal mass, airtightness, ventilation strategies and renewable energy technologies.
The skill is in the expertise with which the 3D model is developed and in how the various data fields are analysed. Innovative and imaginative design of complex details allows for trade-offs between specific requirements to be experimented with to ensure that the most cost-effective overall design solution is delivered to the client.
Applications
DSM has up until recently been more commonly used for buildings other than housing such as hotels, office buildings and mixed-use developments for example, but with the increasing complexity of building regulations and the need to optimise costs by managing materials and methodologies, it is becoming the practice to use DSM for the analysis of residential developments.
By more appropriately taking account of factors such as solar gain, and accurately analysing occupancy and behavioural factors, DSM provides a more detailed, accurate, comprehensive and integrated analysis than is possible with calculation tools such as DEAP, SAP and SBEM.
DSM enables Evolusion to provide their clients with demonstrations of necessary regulatory compliance. The power of the software tools also allows for strategic and beneficial bespoke designs to be developed, including for example, overheating risk assessments and CIBSE Heating and Cooling Load Calculations.
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