Plans and Design Options
When you first create a project, you will create a plan of the property as surveyed. This is called the Surveyed plan and is used to create design options, where you can place heat pumps, cylinders, and model radiator upgrades directly on the plan.
Heatpunk allows you to create multiple design options, so you can specify different systems on the same initial floor plan.
Surveyed plan
This is the building floor plan as surveyed in its current state. Note that design options do not yet support fabric or ventilation upgrades, so these upgrades must be included in the Surveyed plan.
As you create the plan, you can adjust the flow temperature and view the heat loss for each room to clearly see where emitter upgrades are needed.
After creating your surveyed plan, click Finish surveyed plan to create a design option.
Navigate between the Surveyed plan and design options at the top of the page.
Most changes made to the Surveyed plan apply to all design options. Read more about this below.
Design option plans
Design option plans allow you to model emitter upgrades and specify kit changes based on the Surveyed plan. Read more about this in Heat Sources, Hot Water and Emitters.
Most changes, excluding building fabric or layout changes, made while on a design option plan will only apply to that design option. Read more about this below.
In the corner of the right-hand sidebar, you can rename, duplicate and delete the selected design option:
The option to delete willdoes not appear if you only have one design option. You cannot rename the Surveyed plan.
After the Plan task, you can only proceed with one design option in forms and reports. Make sure you have the correct option selected before continuing onto the next task.
Editing plans
Some changes will apply to all plans and some will only apply to the selected plan. Below is a summary of how changes affect the Surveyed plan and each design options.option.
| Changes | Plan or design option |
| Emitters | Edits to existing emitters apply to all plans. To |
| ODT | Changes to ODT apply across the Surveyed plan and design options. |
| Building (walls, floors, windows, doors) fabric and room layout | Changes to room layout or building fabric apply across the Surveyed plan and design options. |
| Room temperature and ACH |
Changes to the Surveyed plan Changes to design options |
| Heat pump and hot water storage | Changes to the selected heat pump or hot water storage |
| Hot water settings | Changes to hot water settings |