Simulation data managment in the design process

An  integrated  simulation  system  for  the  building services design and facilities management purposes is being developed by Olof Granlund Oy. The system covers the thermal  simulation needs of the whole building life cycle from the preliminary design to renovations. The main components of the simulation system are simulation database, result module, calculation engine, which are all built in to a user interface RIUSKA, and building geometry modeller, SMOG. The building geometry modeller generates a 3-D surface model of the building and has IFC 1.5 import/export capabilities. The calculation engine of the first version is DOE 2.1E. The simulation database is linked to other design databases and design  programs  so  that  redundant  input  data  is avoided.