Planning For The Future

As it dawns on installers that planning for the Future Homes Standard cannot be ignored, they will be looking for solutions. Kömmerling has an advanced new Planning Software platform designed to help.

It is aimed at and applicable to both Kömmerling installers and fabricators.

The web-based platform allows users to assess windows and doors on an individual basis, reflecting the requirement for products to be evaluated by exact specification rather than through standard model calculations.

For those operating across the commercial sector in particular, where compliance requirements are becoming more detailed and project-specific, the software offers a significant step forward.

Free to architects too

The system is available also free to architects and specifiers. The platform enables users to configure and assess a wide range of Kömmerling systems, including casement, flush and tilt and turn windows across the Kömmerling 70, Kömmerling Flush and Kömmerling 76 ranges.

Garden doors

A range of doors including patio, lift and slide, balcony and residential options are also included from systems such as the PremiLine and PremiDoor lines.

The planning software is available through the dedicated Planning Software portal (see link below), where users can register by completing a short form.

Always compliant

Users can configure products in detail, making their selection from a broad selection of profiles and ancillaries, including frame, sash, mullion and bead options, as well as multiple glazing specifications, opening combinations, colours and spacer bar types. Reinforcement sections can also be added or removed independently for each side of the frame. As changes are made, the software dynamically recalculates U-values in real time, while an intuitive traffic light system highlights whether the chosen specification sits within Kömmerling design parameters.

Working with confidence

Explaining more, Gareth Parton, sales & marketing director at Kömmerling UK said: “The Future Homes Standard is fundamentally changing the way windows and doors are assessed and specified, particularly within commercial and large-scale residential developments. This software has been developed to make that process significantly easier and more accessible for our customers.

“It gives manufacturers, installers and specifiers the ability to configure products in precise detail, instantly understand the performance implications of those changes, and work with confidence that systems remain within Kömmerling design parameters.

“As the platform is web-based and continually updated, it will evolve alongside both regulations and our product portfolio, ensuring customers always have access to the latest systems and functionality.

“Our manufacturing partners can also operate the system with their own branding and full administrative control.”

Building Information Modelling

Alongside configuration and compliance functionality, the platform also offers a range of export capabilities including BIM models, STEP files for animation and X and Y section CAD drawings in both PDF and DXF formats.

Further developments are in the pipeline, including the integration of the WarmCore platform and Kömmerling VS.

Wind loading calculations by postcode will also be available.

Picture: To get started, access the Planning Software portal click the link below to complete your registration.

www.koemmerling.com/en/service/planning-software/