SMOG

Part of an integrated simulation system for the building services design and facilities management purposes to be used in everyday design process. Programs cover thermal simulation needs of the whole building life cycle from the preliminary design to renovations. The main components of the simulation system are RIUSKA - the interface for simulation database, result module and calculation engine, and SMOG - the building geometry modeller.
 
With SMOG, which runs on top of AutoCad user can create a 3D-model of a building and perform steady-state heatloss calculations. In SMOG user can draw the building him/herself or import IFC 1.5.1 compatible building geometry data. RIUSKA & SMOG offer a number of different output reports for different needs during the design process.

Keywords

energy calculation, heat loss calculation, system comparison, dimensioning, 3D-modelling

Validation/Testing

N/A

Expertise Required

Engineering background needed to analyze calculation results. Programs offer efficient use of default data libraries to help the user to choose input values.

Users

Approximately 20 in Finland.

Audience

Design engineers in HVAC design projects and facility managers during operation and maintenance phase.

Input

User needs to input the building geometry data into SMOG either by modelling it or by importing IFC 1.5.1 compatible building data. SMOG offers efficient tools for the modelling work.

Output

Number of different spreadsheet-type reports can be produced, presenting inputs used and hourly/yearly values for cooling and heating energy consumptions, temperatures and cooling loads.

Computer Platform

PC-compatible, Windows 95/98/NT.

Programming Language

C++

Strengths

Simple interface structure and possibility to use default library values enables quick access to space or building simulations.

Weaknesses

Only the predefined HVAC-systems are available to be used.

Contact

Availability

Contact Olof Granlund for availability and pricing.

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