Preliminary SAP and heat loss tool for SketchUp

[jack]

The architect who designed my house has just released an extension for Sketchup. 

 

As I understand it, you build a very simple model in SketchUp, select various values from drop-down lists, and it outputs a draft SAP report. You can use it for heatloss modelling, or to estimate what impact changing components etc. will have on SAP score. 

 

It's really designed for architects and designers, but there's a 14 day trial if you want to take it for a spin and see what it can do.

[SimonD]

Just to be aware. SAP calculates heat loss slightly differently to the industry heat load calculations as defined by BS EN 1283-1:2017 and CIBSE Domestic Heating Design Guide. SAP is interested more in energy consumption and energy efficiency whereas CIBSE is about sizing the heat source and system appropriately for peak loads. SAP is absolutely fine to use to gain an understanding of the thermal performance of the building, but just be aware of the differences and you might need an alternative calculation for final system sizing and design. 

 

For BH, please keep and eye on a free design tool coming soon that can do both, which is something I've been working on since the latest implemented changes to heat load calculations last summer, but I need to test it on a couple of real world projects first 😉 I might be able to make it available sooner if I can receive bug feedback as a beta test kind of thing.....?

[marshian]

33 minutes ago, SimonD said:

For BH, please keep and eye on a free design tool coming soon that can do both, which is something I've been working on since the latest implemented changes to heat load calculations last summer, but I need to test it on a couple of real world projects first 😉 I might be able to make it available sooner if I can receive bug feedback as a beta test kind of thing.....?

 

If I can help I will