GBC on Construction UK Magazine Feb 2022 - Green Building Calculator

GBC on Construction UK

GBC V2 Launch May-June 2022

Green Building Calculator Version 2: BIM without a 3D Model

MS Excel-based, open-book, multi-functional design, decision tool and calculator:

Choose fuel to get: In-use energy, carbon and running costs
Embodied energy, embodied carbon, sequestered carbon

Choose or switch between U values and other targets:

Design Dictated: Form Factor
Legal minimum: UK or any national regulations
Design Standards: AECB, CL, CLR, PH, EnerPHit
Campaign Targets: LETI, ACAN, RIBA, TfL
Checks and confirms U values meet targets or warns if not

Choose:

From 39 readymade elemental assemblies, with all components in order
Which components or layers apply to your elements
Materials and it populates data cells for calculations

Summary sheet: (illustrated)

Component, Element and Whole building losses
Emphasises disproportionate heat losses to enable review of specification choices

Bill of quantities: without a QS

Allows cost planning, quotation collating, tendering, build costs
With cost and carbon data, intelligent value engineering is possible

Green Building Calculator

GBC V2 Advert — https://issuu.com/lapthornmedia/docs/cm2622

https://bit.ly/CM-June-22

GBC on Construction UK On-line Magazine February 2022

Link to On-line magazine go to page 16

Go to page 16

Green Building Calculator launches Version 2 at Futurebuild 2022 in Digital Impact Zone at stand L68.

GBC V2 is MS Excel-based, open-book, a multi-functional design tool and calculator, it adds whole building embodied energy, embodied carbon, sequestered carbon and costs to the existing in-use energy, carbon and costs of Version 1.

GBC V2 calculates Form Factor to help set U value targets, it engages user’s choice of regulated, design standards, or campaign targets, including: UK or any national regulations; AECB, CL, CLR, PH, EnerPHit; LETI, ACAN, RIBA, TfL, etc.

GBC V2’s elemental assemblies allow choice of components, materials or products, checks, confirms U values meet targets or warns if not.

Summary sheet emphasises which elements have disproportionate heat losses to enable review of specification choices.

GBC V2 includes a bill of quantities to allow cost planning, quotation collating, tendering; with cost and carbon data, intelligent value engineering is possible.

Green Building Calculator

GBC Jargon Buster

AECB: Association of Environment Conscious Building
CL: Carbon Lite (Programme)
CLR: Carbon Lite Retrofit
PH: Passivhaus
EnerPHit: Passivhaus Retrofit
LETI: London Energy Transformation Initiative
ACAN: Architects Climate Action Network
RIBA: Royal Institute for British Architects
TfL: Transport for London