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CYPETHERM LOADS

As of the 2015.e version, CYPETHERM ASHRAE LOADS has broadened its immediate result output to offer a better understanding of the calculations that have been carried out and provide the analysis of the effects each component of the job has on the final result of the thermal loads.

To do so, the program provides tables, graphs and charts for each element of the job and are updated when components are added or properties are modified, without having to print out the report of the results, allowing user to carry out a direct and immediate analysis.

The tables, graphs and charst that are visible for each job element are grouped in a drop-down menu called “Results analysis”. This menu also contains the “Overview calculation” option, which, when selected, provides the detailed calculations for each component and the parameters that have been considered. This way, a justification report of the heating and cooling thermal load calculation process is obtained.

The reports have been improved and different graphs have been included to offer a global view of the results.

The 2015.d version of the program includes a helpful tool to configure the results report, which allows, amongst other things, to include the different sections that are available as well as select the type of load of each precinct to be included, even the specific moment for the cooling thermal loads.

In the 2015.b version, the program, CYPETHERM LOADS was implemented. This application was conceived to analyse the thermal loads of buildings in accordance with the Radiant Time Series Method (RTSM) proposed by ASHRAE.

The first version of CYPETHERM LOADS was only available in Spanish and in English. Now, with the 2015.d version, the program is also available in Catalan, French, Italian and Portuguese. Furthermore, the name of the program has changed to CYPETHERM ASHRAE LOADS for all languages.

As of the 2015.d version, the program is called CYPETHERM ASHRAE LOADS, becoming a part of the CYPETHERM program group of CYPE.

CYPETHERM LOADS is an application conceived to analyse the thermal loads in buildings, and incorporates the Radiant Time Series Method (RTSM), proposed and recommended by the “American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers” (ASHRAE) to calculate the cooling thermal loads, and the procedure to calculate the heating loads; both described in the “Load Calculation Applications Manual (2010)” (Jeffrey D. Spitler. Load Calculation Applications Manual. ASHRAE.ISBN 978-1-933742-72-4, 2010).

CYPETHERM LOADS (located in the Building Services group of the main CYPE program menu) is an easy-to-use, reliable and robust application, which calculates the thermal loads thanks to the different diagrams and its real-time response.

The main features of this application include:

  • Calculation in accordance with the “ANSI/ASHRAE/ACCA Standard 183-2007 (RA 2011), Peak Cooling and Heating Load Calculations in Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings”, which establishes the minimum requirements for any method or procedure used to carry out the peak cooling and heating load calculations.
  • “ASHRAE’s Weather Data Viewer 4.0” with 5,564 stations around the world to import the climate data required for the calculations.
  • Solar radiation data based on ASHRAE’s “Clear-sky Solar Radiation” model.
  • User profile definition, shadows and shadow elements.
  • 24 hour cooling thermal load calculation results for the design day of each month (day 21) and heating load calculation results for each precinct and zone.
  • Real time results graphs, so the results can be seen immediately as well as the repercussions of any changes in the job.

Users must have the “cooling thermal loads” module permits in their licence to be able to work with CYPETHERM LOADS.

CYPETHERM LOADS, for this version, is only available in Spanish and English. When the CYPE program is installed in Catalan, Spanish, Spanish for Argentina or Spanish for Mexico, CYPETHERM Loads is available in Spanish. When it is installed in English, French, Italian or Portuguese, CYPETHERM LOADS is available in English. CYPETHERM Loads will shortly be available in Catalan, French, Portuguese and Italian.

More information can be found on the webpage.