Forecasts 

To ensure high operational reliability, reduce energy consumption, and comply with regulations, systems must be periodically inspected and maintained. Climapulse Service calculates the required intervention for each system, taking into account European, national, and, in Belgium, regional regulations.

You can find the forecast for an individual system at the bottom of the system's details screen. For a complete overview, go to Forecasts in the left-hand menu.

How is the forecast date calculated?

The forecast date is calculated based on mandatory and additional parameters that must be completed at the system level. The mandatory fields vary between cooling and heating systems.

The above fields are required. The program also considers other parameters to calculate the date, namely:

• The region, which is determined by the location of the system.
• Whether the system is hermetically sealed.
• Whether an adequate leak detection system is installed.
• The CO2 equivalent (this is automatically calculated based on the refrigerant and volume).
• The date of the last periodic inspection (e.g., leak test).
• If there were no last periodic inspections: the installation's completion date.
• If omitted: the forecast start date.
• If omitted: the date the system was added to Climapulse.

You can use the “Start Date Forecasts” field to manually set a start date for the calculation.

When you add or modify an installation, you can set the frequency of periodic checks. By default, the automatic calculation is suggested, in accordance with legal regulations.

You can also choose to specify your own timeframe or to disable Forecasts for the installation. You use a custom timeframe when a different maintenance schedule has been agreed upon with the customer. Disabling this prevents you from seeing Forecasts for installations that you have installed but do not maintain.

You can also choose to include maintenance in the Forecast. Here too, you have the option to have the timeframe calculated automatically in accordance with legislation, choose your own timeframe, or disable the Forecast for maintenance.

For heating installations, you can choose from exactly the same parameters. The only difference is that here you can also choose whether or not to include the audits in the Forecast.

Forecast properties

The forecast is organized into four tabs. The actions to be performed are divided into four types.

Tabs

• Future: Here you'll find upcoming deadlines for systems you need to maintain; plan these in advance.
• Unknown: Systems for which not all required parameters have been entered and therefore no correct calculation is possible, or systems that are not legally regulated and for which no specific deadline has been specified.
• Overdue: Systems for which deadlines have been exceeded. The goal is to keep the "Overdue" tab as clear as possible. This demonstrates that your company is meeting legal deadlines on time.
• All: A combination of Future, Unknown, and Overdue; the complete overview.

Actions

The forecast overview shows you at a glance which actions are required for each installation.

• Periodic inspection: Refers to the periodic leak test that must be registered in Climapulse.
• Maintenance: This action appears when "Forecast maintenance" is enabled at the installation level. This means that the forecast date is only moved when an action of type “Maintenance” is recorded.
• Repair: Activated after a negative leak test; the repair must be registered and is only considered completed after a confirmatory leak test has been performed.
• Repair inspection: This inspection is part of a repair; by law, it must be performed within 24 hours and one month of the repair. If this inspection is not performed, the process must be restarted (without the previously registered repair).
• Energy inspection: This concerns energy inspections of buildings; select an installation in the relevant building and register the "Energy inspection" action. After registration, the next legal date will be automatically updated.

Scheduling

You can schedule interventions directly from the forecast overview. Click on Schedule to the right of the relevant installation. If you have the scheduling module, you will be redirected; if you don't, the screen for a new work order will open.

Scheduling via a work order:

Enter a future date, set the status to "To Be Completed," and save the work order. If the installation is still in the forecast as Overdue, it will only disappear from the Overdue list once the job is marked as Completed.