IDA Indoor Climate and Energy
2030 visits
Posting Date | 18 June 2009
Type of tool | Simulation Tool
Countries where the tool has been developed | Finland , Sweden
Country where the tool is in use | Albania , Czech Republic , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , Germany , Italy , Norway , Spain , Sweden , United Kingdom , North America , Oceania
Geographic Coverage | International
Theme | Very low energy buildings, Controls, energy management systems, Thermal comfort, indoor air quality, acoustics, Environmental issues related to buildings, Lighting, Energy policies, On-site renewable energy sources, Energy sources, district heating / cooling, cogeneration, General, Energy efficiency technologies and materials, Building envelope (walls, windows,...), Legislation, regulations, standards, Socio-economics and finances related to energy conservation and renewable energy in buildings, Building operation, monitoring, energy management, Heating, domestic hot water, Air conditioning, cooling, ventilation, air infiltration, Calculation, simulation, Training and education, Energy performance certification
Conditions of availability | Sale
Validation/testing information | * CIBSE TM33
* CEN 13791
* IEA RADTEST
* IEA ETNA
* IEA BESTEST
Expertise required | Basic HVAC knowledge preferable
Number of users | 1000
Input of the tool | * Building components
* Air spaces and zones
* Internal loads
* External conditions
* Control
* Simulation data
Output of the tool | * Air, surface and body temperatures
* Humidity
* Air pollution
* Liquid and air Flows
* Air pressure
* Heat flows
* Energies (heating, cooling, fans, lights, pumps etc)
* Solar radiation
* Control signals
* Comfort values (Operative temperature, PPD, PMV)
* Illumination
Strengths | * Possibility to write user defined models
* Support of either NMF or Modelica models
* Adaptive time step
* Very flexibel data input possibilities
* Easy data export (to Excel, Matlab, etc)
* Unique 3D visualization and animation of inputs and results for quality control and presentation capabilities
* A model version handling system for easy comparison between different runs
* Table based input control for quality check
* Plenty of result presentation possibilities
* Location and climate downloads
Additional documents |
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Computer platform | Windows
Publisher | Equa Simulation AB
Publisher URL | http://www.buildup.eu/info%40equa.se
Source of funding | Commercial
Tool Languages | English , Finnish , German , Swedish
Widely used and verified building energy performance simulation programme developed in cooperation with Royal Swedish Technical University and Helsinki University of Technology, and widely used in consulting and research purposes.
Illustrations | 
Description | IDA ICE is a dynamic multi-zone simulation application for accurate study of thermal indoor climate of individual zones as well as the energy consumption of entire buildings.Version 4 will bereleased in August 2009
Tool website URL(s) | http://www.equa.se
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