HLCP - Hourly Load Calculation Program

"The easy way to efficient HVAC Loads"

HLCP — An Indian Hourly Load Calculation Program interface for the EnergyPlus program.

HLCP has been developed by ISHRAE, The Indian Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers.

HLCP has been specifically designed to meet the needs of Indian HVAC engineers for calculation of design day loads, 288 hour yearly outputs and 8760 hour hourly outputs though a single simplified tabbed graphical interface. Users can select between SI and IP units. Latent loads for ventilation air and infiltration are calculated as a post-process, and include simplified ventilation and infiltration inputs. Weather data for 58 Indian cities are available. The program structure is such so as to enable easy migration from conventional manual and spreadsheet load calculations with a minimal learning curve, and to serve as an adjunct to whole building energy analysis programs based on EnergyPlus. Features include an innovative wall dimension input screen, and inputs of various internal loads, inputs for external shading of windows, floors, roofs and ceilings. U value calculators for layered opaque and fenestration constructions have been incorporated. Post-processed hourly loads are available in CSV format. HLCP generates the EnergyPlus input data file (IDF) and executes EnergyPlus, and provides post-processed outputs without any further input from the user. `

The current version is 1.0 and the interface is in English and has been released for sale. There is no demo or trial version available. The interface is in English.

The main characteristics of the program are:

• Numerical data entry.
• Tabbed wizard graphical user interface.
• Calls EnergyPlus directly from the interface.
• Seasonal Design Day 288 hour and 8760 hourly outputs.
• Bureau of Indian standards Design Day data base, WeDCo hourly weather database for 58 stations.
• Rotation of building.
• Project Masters and Schedule Masters.
• Transmission and solar U value calculators.
• Formatted PDF Design Day zone load output.
• Highly subsidised pricing by ISHRAE.
  
• Validated engine.
  
• BIS Seasonal weather data.
  
• CBRI material conductivities.
  
• Building self-shading.
  
• Windows shading.
  
• Building rotation.
  
• Schedules.
  
• Pdf seasonal load outputs.

ISHRAE proposes to release updated versions which would incorporate weather data for an additional 6 Indian cities, gable roofs, skylights, return air above plenum and use of any epw file for Design Day and hourly outputs to enable use of HLCP by a wider audience.

Email: hlcp.support[AT]gmail[DOT]com

Download HLCP Help (Zip, 7MB) - Click here Note: "Animations in the Downloadable compiled HLCP Help file will not work. HLCP Help file (zip) with working animations are provided on the HLCP CD."
HLCP Technical FAQ, Before Your First Simulation, Release Updates, Warning Messages, and FAQ: Click here
View/download the HLCP flyer:	View/Download HLCP Presentation (766 KB, ppt): Click here
Download the Order Form :	HLCP on EnergyPlus Interfaces webpage: Click here

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INPUTS:

Engineer-friendly numerical inputs through an easy tabbed Windows graphical user interface.
Help file with screenshots for step-by-step guidance for inputs available in both pdf and html formats.

OUTPUTS:

Output available in pdf format for Design Day loads.
Output available in Microsoft Excel or csv format for 288 hour and 8760 hourly loads.

Why HLCP*?

Features:

• Friendly graphical user interface.
• WeDCo and BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) design conditions.
• Uses the validated Energyplus simulation engine which is based on heat balance method.
• Self-shading of the building.
• Window external shading and reveal effects.
• Treated fresh air.
• Design Day cooling loads.
• 288 hour monthly cooling loads.
• 8760 hourly annual loads.
• Schedules for occupancy, lighting and equipment.

Weather Data:

• WeDCo Hourly weather data for 58 stations.
  
• WeDCo Design Day weather data, 2%,1% & 0.4% for 58 stations.
  
• ASHRAE Hourly and Design Day weather data for 8 stations.

Stations covered:

Ahmedabad, Akola, Allahabad, Amritsar, Aurangabad, Bengaluru, Barmer, Belgaum, Bhagalpur, Bhopal, Bhubneshwar, Bikaner, Chennai, Chirtadurg, Dehradun, Dibrugarh, Gorakhpur, Guwahati, Gwalior, Hissar, Hyderabad, Imphal, Indore, Jabalpur, Jagdelpur, Jaipur, Jaisalmer, Jamnagar, Jodhpur, Jorhat, Kolkata, Kota, Kurnool, Lucknow, Mangalore, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nellore, New Delhi, Panjim, Patna, Pune, Raipur, Rajkot, Ramagundam, Ranchi, Ratnagiri, Raxaul, Saharanpur, Shillong, Sholapur, Sundernagar, Surat, Tezpur, Thiruchchirapalli, Thiruvananthapuram, Veraval, Vishakhapatnam

Developed and promoted by ISHRAE, "The Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers".

* Product suitable for installation on a single machine.
* For educational purposes only

Pricing:

Refer the Order Form for pricing. You can download the order for in DOC (word) or PDF format by clicking the respective icons.

Trademarks:

• BIS© is a copyright of Bureau of Indian Standards
  
  
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• Intel© is a copyright of Intel Corporation.
  
  
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Contact:

• For Sales:
  ishrae_m@vsnl.net
  
  
• For Support:
  hlcp.support@gmail.com
  
  
• Group:
  http://groups.google.com/group/hlcp-support
  
  
• Webpage:
  http://ishrae.in/hlcp/