In order to guarantee high operational reliability, reduce the energy consumption of climate installations and comply with regulations, installations must be taken care of at regular intervals. Climapulse Service uses the characteristics of the installations, buildings and activities to determine when action is required. This takes into account the applicable regulations at European, national and, for Belgium, regional level.
The forecast for each installation is displayed at the bottom of the detail screen. For a complete overview, you can navigate to Forecasts in the left menu. This screen displays all installations together with the deadlines by which actions must be carried out. It is divided into four tabs
- Future
- All
- Unknown
- Overdue
From this screen you can schedule interventions directly. Click on “Schedule” to the right of the installation in question. If you have the scheduling module, you will be automatically redirected there. If you do not have this module, you will be taken to the screen for a new work order for that installation.
To schedule via a work order, proceed as follows:
Enter the work order by selecting a future date, setting the status to “Still to be executed” and saving the work order. If this concerns a forecast that is marked as “late”, it will only disappear from the “late” list when the job is marked as “Executed”.
Once the necessary data has been entered for an installation, the program can start predicting when you need to perform a new periodic check. These details are:
- The region, which is determined by the location of the installation.
- The type of refrigerant.
- The nominal content.
- The CO2 equivalent (this is automatically calculated based on the refrigerant and content).
- Whether the installation is hermetically sealed is.
- Whether an adequate leak detection system has been installed.
- The delivery date or, if not available, a start date for forecasts.
How is the forecast date calculated?
- The date of the last periodic inspection (cf. leak test).
- If no last periodic checks: the delivery date of the installation.
- If not filled in: the start date forecasts.
- If not filled in: the date the installation was added to Climapulse.
The field “Start date forecasts” can be used to set a new date from which the calculation should start.
Setting up forecasts for periodic leak checks
When you add or modify an installation, you have the option to set the frequency of periodic checks. By default, the automatic calculation is proposed that follows the frequency as set by law.
However, you can also choose to specify your own term or to disable forecasts for the installation. The first is useful when you have agreed on a specific maintenance schedule with the customer. Disabling it is there to avoid seeing forecasts of installations that you have installed but not further maintains.
If you are not responsible for leak checks at all, choose the option None. You will not find the installation in the Forecasts.
For heating installations, the forecast view looks slightly different than for cooling installations. At the bottom of the installation, you will see the same data as for a forecast of a cooling installation, but the adjustment is done differently. Click on “Change” under the heading Schema. Here you can choose between an automatic calculation, a fixed term or no calculation of the forecast.
