A new software that predicts the energy consumption that a building will have as the project is conceived and designed.
The program was developed by engineers from the state-owned company Eletrobras, Brazil's largest electric company, in partnership with a research group from the Pontifical Catholic University of Paraná.
One of the fundamental objectives of this new tool is to allow building projects to guarantee the maximum possible energy efficiency when the property is in operation.
The application analyzes data on the construction site, height, color, location of windows and walls, exposure to the sun or shade and humidity, among others. "It is a hydro-thermo-energy simulation software. In addition to analyzing the heat exchanges in the buildings, it also simulates the exchange of humidity, "said Joao Krause, architect of the Energy Efficiency Division of the state.
The program has been called Domus-Procel Edifica comes to swell the portfolio of tools that exist for this purpose but with an additional advantage and that is that it takes into account the construction conditions of Brazil.
Domus-Procel Edifica can perform simulations applying variables of energy consumption and demand, it is enabled to identify solutions that lead a building to be as effective as possible with the use of energy and the use of natural conditions to reduce consumption and waste of other resources.
For the development of this software, US$875,000 was invested and it was supported by the Ministry of Mines and Energy, the National Institute of Metrology, Quality and Technology, and the Ministry of Science and Technology. It is expected that this new advance can be commercialized and implemented in private real estate projects, since for now it is already being used in public projects.
