1.1 Green Mark® Navigator Introduction
Step-by-step analysis workflows – GM-Pro’s complete workflow environment is driven by “step-by-step” smart navigation that opens wide the power of IES analysis. A series of Navigator steps guide users through a range of tasks; from modelling the building, to energy analysis, to individual credit interrogation and report creation.
The GM-Pro Navigator establishes a ‘workflow concept’ to guide the user through the Green Mark® assessment process. It particularly targets the BCA Green Mark® Energy credits in the BCA Green Mark Certification Standard v.4 for New Non-Residential Buildings.
Detailed reports and modelling outputs are aimed at providing insight into building performance above and beyond the credit calculation requirements.
A range of individual software modules and features are available within the VE-Pro suite, which are used to construct a detailed model for Green Mark® assessment usage. The navigator allows switching between modules and provides guidance on which module is appropriate to use for the required functionality. It is beneficial to familiarize yourself with the specific capabilities of each module and their corresponding User Interface (UI) elements.
The GM-Pro Navigator is a tool which brings all of the individual VE-Pro modules and features together in a single area and presents the user with step-by-step smart navigation and management of the compliance workflow and analysis process. The Navigator is driven through the successful execution of specific actions and commands which are activated by the user in a defined sequence. Some of the actions in the navigator will trigger functionality within VE-Pro, whilst other steps are for guidance or to remind the user to check a number of assumptions and pre-requisites.
This smart navigation leads the user through the process of basic geometry creation, to constructions/thermal data assignment, and ultimately to the automatic generation of a full set of simulation results and credit analysis reports.
The Navigator also provides the user with predefined prototypical Singapore data which can be used to populate the model with default baseline information, location-appropriate constructions, and prototype HVAC networks.
The main structure of the GM-Pro Navigator workflow includes the following steps:
1. Preliminary Data setup
2. Model Geometry / Zone Creation
3. Envelope Thermo/Physical Properties
4. DHW / Ventilation strategy
5. Zone Configuration
6. Ventilation Setup / HVAC systems
7. Energy Saving Measures
8. Generate Proposed / Baseline models
9. Simulations
10. Analysis / Results
