Greenspace, developers of Demeter release new products

[mocathe1st]

Greenspace, the developers of the Demeter SketchUp plugin and the LiveEPC SBEM front-end, are making available a new, integrated, suite of energy analysis tools as a free (time-limited) alpha release.

The Greenspace Live suite is made up of 4 tools:

• The latest version of the Demeter SketchUp plugin, now called LiveEnergy Modeller. LiveEnergy Modeller is an energy analysis plugin for Google SketchUp. Based on the gbXML standard for designing resource efficient buildings and specifying associated equipment, LiveEnergy Modeller enables the building designer to decorate 3D SketchUp building models with gbXML surfaces and openings, to identify and label gbXML spaces, and to import and export gbXML models. As a result of using LiveEnergy Modeller, Google SketchUp becomes an intelligent solution for low carbon building design. Models can be quickly exported to LiveEnergy EPC for energy analysis and certification.

• The latest version of LiveEPC, now called LiveEnergy EPC. This is a front-end to the SBEM energy simulation program (extensively used in the UK) and can produce (non-DSM) energy analysis as well as checking UK building regulations and producing an Energy Performance Certificate. LiveEnergy EPC is not a modeller -- it imports gbXML from LiveEnergy Modeller (or any other gbXML source). Whilst it is a desktop application, the energy analysis actually takes place on a server (which is where all files reside also). This means your files and reports are visible anywhere in the world where there is internet access.

• To better leverage this web-based approach, we've created a powerful browser-based viewing application called LiveEnergy Dashboard which incorporates sophisticated graphing tools.

• Finally, we'd like to introduce LiveEnergy Workspace, a web-based project management framework and filestore that lets you make the most of the collaboration the web is supposed to make easy.

All our tools are available for use on our website at: http://greenspacelive.com. We also provide access to training videos, documentation etc as well a support forum. All the tools are currently released on an Alpha basis (although some are more mature than others) and are available for free until the end of the Alpha testing period (31st October 2009). We would be grateful for any feedback, bug reports etc in order to help us improve the reliability and user experience of the tools.

Thanks,
Malcolm Murray