Building services software with interactive graphics and 3-D simulations for cost-effective operations

 Building services automation software offers enhanced and speedier control of a building’s various systems such as HVAC and air conditioning, heat load calculation, sprinkler systems, lift design, sound transmission, sizing and pressure drop calculations of duct runs, etc. Building services software help run various building systems more efficiently and reduce utility bills. The software provides realistic 3-D simulations with interactive graphics for the benefit of HVAC professionals and facility managers to speed up the facilities’ integration and implementation while reducing their cost of operations.

ACADS-BSG is the leading provider of best-in-class building services software that are cost-effective, easy to install and easy to use in buildings in Australia, New Zealand and other regions of the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Some of the popular building services software by ACADS-BSG are described below in brief. All of these solutions offer value through every implementation while providing scalable building automation solutions.

HYENA: The automatic sprinkler system HYENA provides the hydraulic analysis of fire sprinkler and hydrant systems. The computer program is capable of analyzing looped and gridded systems and also the conventional tree configurations. Piping materials complying with a wide range of codes are catered for including HYENA automatic sprinkler system including steel, iron, and copper, designed to Australian and New Zealand standards.

Other key features of HYENA include:

A wide range of fittings is provided with equivalent lengths stored in the program.

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

The program can be used to determine the design point, given the K-factor and minimum discharge of each sprinkler head or hose reel.

The grid can contain up to three main pipes with range pipes and branches as required.

The calculations use a process of matrix inversion to solve the differential equations for each loop.

The results of HYENA include a sSummary of the flows and pressures for all discharges and all input points.

CAMEL: The heat load calculation software CAMEL is one of the leading air conditioning load estimation programs available. It calculates the design heating and cooling loads and associated psychometrics for air conditioning plants in buildings. The program operates both in the Southern and Northern hemispheres.

Other key features of the CAMEL heat load calculation program include:

It caters for overhangs complete with drop panels and reveals on both windows and walls.

Shadow pattern of the shading devices can be viewed as they traverse any selected wall or roof as the time and month vary.

The computer program calculates chiller, AHU, zone, and room loads and air quantities, reheat quantities and zone and room heating loads.

It carries out a psychometric analysis for each AHU with the coil performance expressed as a key bypass factor.

Recalculated U values and surface densities for a wide range of standard wall and roof constructions are available in CAMEL heat load calculation software. 

The comprehensive set of results provided by CAMEL heat load calculation software include summary tables of loads and air quantities, load charts and tables of check figures.

ACADS-BSG offers many other building services software such as WOMBAT for sound transmission in and around buildings, and DOLPHIN for sizing and pressure drop calculations, just to name a few.