NECADA

NECADA is a hybrid infrastructure that supports running a simulation model in the cloud. NECADA takes care of environmental directives and international standards in the design process (CEN TC 350), optimizing the behavior of buildings or cities. To arrive at the best solution, the system introduces environmental, social and economic variables into the model.

Based on the shape and design of the building, which is modeled in three dimensions (BIM Building Information Modeling format), the system proposes different construction solutions depending on the materials that can be used, the orientation of the building and the climatology of the place. The software takes into account the price of materials, transport, assembly and disassembly, so the construction company can calculate the comprehensive cost of the building. The tool can optimize the entire life cycle of a building or an urban area, taking care of comfort to achieve a NZEB building design (nearly Zero Energy Building)

The model that governs the simulation engine is defined using Specification and Description Language (SDL), a formal language of the same family as UML, with great graphic capabilities, expressiveness and ease of combination with other engineering languages. SDLPS, our software that understands SDL, performs an automatic simulation of the graphical representation of the model. No application is needed, simplifying model verification, modification, and expansion.