Building demand forecasting
Building heating and cooling demand forecasting
Every network design rests on the demand behind it. Our software builds hourly heating, cooling and hot-water profiles for every building in your district from geodata and building physics, no survey campaign required.
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Swiss Made
A demand model for a whole district in minutes
Building age, envelope, use, volume and footprint are read from national datasets and turned into hourly load profiles per address. Whole countries are pre-processed, so the data-collection phase that normally eats the first month of a study simply does not happen.
Cooling is not an afterthought
Cooling demand is forecast alongside heating and domestic hot water, so heating-and-cooling and 5ᵗʰ-generation networks can be sized on both loads, and on the recovery potential between a data centre and the flats next door.
Renovation and climate scenarios
Apply renovation rates, envelope upgrades and future climate files to see how demand moves out to 2050. Whether the network you are sizing today is still the right one when half the district has been retrofitted.
Calibrate against measured consumption
Drop in metered consumption or billing data and the model calibrates to it, building by building. The forecast then starts from what the district actually uses, the difference between a defensible study and an estimate.
We needed a solution that could support our design decisions and optimize projects from the ground up. We're finally able to do just that—saving time, improving accuracy, and ensuring we make the best possible impact with each project.
Loic QuiquerezExpert Advisor in Geothermal Energy and District Heating & CoolingSIG
Frequently asked questions
Which countries are covered?
Switzerland is fully pre-processed, with worldwide coverage expanding. In any case, you can upload your own data.
Do I need consumption data to start?
No. The model produces a full forecast from geodata alone; metered data improves it when you have it.
What resolution are the profiles?
Hourly per building, over a full year — the resolution needed to size sources, storage and pipes rather than just estimate an annual total.
Get inspired by other district thermal network design projects designed on Planeto.
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Haute-Sorne - Switzerland
Schaffhausen - Switzerland
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