IDA ICE 4.0 - a preview

Our innovative tool for dynamic simulation of indoor climate and energy gets even better. The release of version 4.0 is planned for the summer 2009.

IDA Indoor Climate and Energy (IDA ICE) is a dynamic multizone simulation application for accurate study of thermal indoor climate of individual zones as well as the energy consumption of the entire building. The user interface has been designed to make it easy to build and simulate simple cases, but also to offer the advanced user the full flexibility of IDA.

What is new in IDA ICE 4.0?

The main focus of this release has been to simplify things for the less experienced user and to speed up the process of calculating and reporting cooling, heating and energy for large buildings

At the core of the new release is a detailed real time 3D environment. Now it is possible to illustrate input parameters and get animated results including solar and shading graphics. Also the 3D environment adds overview during all steps of a project and provides impressive presentation graphics.

New overview tables, allow the user to get a complete overview of individual parameters of complex models. You can view and edit all important input data in tables and see, for instance, useful totals for floor area, u-values, external walls areas, etc.

IDA ICE 4.0 will be released during the summer 2009.

However, existing IDA ICE 3.0 users, can join the beta test group today. Many large projects have already been done using IDA ICE 4.0.

For more information on the release please register here