Achieve operational efficiencies and cost reductions with building services automation solutions

 Building services software helps construction engineers, HVAC professionals, contractors and building maintenance staff to achieve operational efficiency and cost reductions with centralized solutions that provide all the required functionalities for a particular building project.

Here, we will described some of the highly useful building services software including automatic sprinkler systems, heatload calculation programs, and automaticfire sprinkler design software that can be used to overcome the challenges of building services management, maintenance, and efficient project management.

SPRINK2000: The automatic sprinkler system by ACADS-BSG can be used to analyse automatic fire sprinkler systems with simple, complicated, looped,  and gridded systems. The computer program is designed specifically for use in North America. It can be used to analyse fire hydrant and hose reel installations and other systems where discharges can be represented by a K-factor and minimum flow.

Key features of SPRINK2000 automatic fire sprinkler design software include:

The piping system can have up to 10 input points that can be modelled as a fixed pressure, a town mains water supply or a pump.

All nodes that are not nominated as discharges or input points are automatically assigned as reference nodes to save input effort.

When pipe sizes are entered as nominal sizes, the program determines the actual I.D. for the stored data for different pipe materials.

There is a provision in the program for easily entering a gridded layout in the program.

Graphical display of the grid is provided where the user can display pipe numbers, node numbers, lengths, and pipe diameters.

The results of SPRINK2000 automatic sprinkler system include a summary of the flows and pressure for all discharges and all input points.

CAMEL: The heat load calculation software CAMEL calculates the design heating and cooling loads and associate psychometrics for air conditioning plants in buildings. It models a range of system types including constant volume heating and cooling, VAV with and without reheat, evaporative coolers, and reverse cycle heat pumps.

Other important features of CAMEL heat load calculation software include:

The program caters to overhangs complete with drop panels and reveals both on both windows and walls.

Drop panels, light wells, balconies, and other shading schemes can be modelled by the program.

Specific monthly 3 pm design dry and wet bulb temperatures are available in the heat load calculation program for over 600 locations in Australia and many other offshore locations.

It calculates psychometric analysis of each AHU with the coil performance expressed as a bypass factor, leaving coil temperature bypass and dump back systems.

Fresh air quantities can be entered in the CAMEL heat load calculation program at room or zone level as I/s/person with the plant fresh air quantity determined using the Compartment Formula.

Wall orientation can be at any direction and the entire building can be readily rotated.

HYENA: The automatic fire sprinkler design software can work on a wide range of units including Metric, British and US.

It operates under Windows and all input data is via a series of screens with drop-down lists, selection lists, and selection lists.

Piping material for a wide range of codes are catered into the program including steel, iron, and copper to Australian and New Zealand standards.

Booster pumps can be located anywhere in the network with backflow preventers and check valves.

The calculations by HYENA automatic fire sprinkler design software use a process of matrix inversion to solve the differential equations for each loop in the system.

ACADS-BSG offers many other building services software that engineers, designers and contractors can use to save costs and minimise effort for advanced engineering calculations. There is DONKEY which provides acoustical analysis and costing of ductwork systems, LLAMA for providing lift design for commercial buildings, PYTHON for designing of water piping system for air conditioners, and many more. Get in touch with ACADS-BSG for more options in building services design software.