Features

Whilst developing our tool, we have conducted a benchmark analysis with our competitors and determined all the features that should be included in GHEtool. This combined with our open-source strategy allows us to be the most performant and richful software for borefield in the market.

GHEtool Pro offers all the features you need and has an elaborate documentation where all the specific functionalities of the tool are explained. Go and check out our user manual!

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What's included

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	GHEtool PRO
Easily compare different scenarios
Calculate borehole thermal resistance in real time
Long term simulation (>100 years)
Both active and passive cooling supported
Borefields up to 2500 boreholes
Sizing with an hourly resolution
Optimize load profile
Hybrid system sizing
Glycol percentage selector (new in v2.2.0!)
Location temperature database (new in v2.2.0!)
Variable borefield configurations (new in v2.2.0!)
Automated report generation (download example)
Written user manual
Combined active-passive cooling
Variable COP
Thermal interactions between boreholes
Determine geothermal potential
Total-cost-of-ownership (TCO) analysis
Regeneration analysis
Thermal response test analysis

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SOFTWARE PRICING

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Where the open-source codebase of GHEtool is targeted towards universities and research centers, working on the methodologies itself, GHEtool Pro is specifically developed for the professional users. With GHEtool Pro, you get everything you ever wanted from a geothermal borefield sizing software.

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€ 600

Yearly

+ €200/extra user
Easy-to-use user interface
One-click automated reporting
14 days free trial without limitations

One integrated network

A network of tools

The open-source community behaves like a web, where all different tools and pieces of code are interconnected into one vast network of intercompatible code. GHEtool is no different. For all its ground temperature responses of the borefield, it uses pygfunction. For everything related to the graphical user interface, scenarioGUI is used. Since GHEtool is built using these code bases, it can easily be extended to include other features of these two previous packages.

API via Python's PIP install

Being part of that open-source community, we also have an API available so our software itself is easily accessible via Python’s Pip install and easy to integrate within existing systems. This API contains all community features. This is a very conscious choice since an API can facilitate for academia the development of new methods and therefore expand the knowledge within the field.

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Testimonials

Some reviews of our loyal users

The GHEtool is very user-friendly. I use it for a quick screening but also for sizing complex borefields.
It is really easy to compare different scenarios which leads to quick decision making.

GHEtool is a useful and reliable tool to quickly design and optimize borefields.
I like that I can compare different configurations. It’s very intuitive and has lot’s of options.

"Useful tool to look for optimizations of borefields.
Compare different configurations easily and quickly with each other."

“I like to use GHEtool because it is intuitive end easy to use.
Furthermore, I like its extendability thanks to the
open-source nature of GHEtool.”

Designing the ground heat exchanger properly is crucial for our analysis, but there is a lack of commercial software that meets our standards for accuracy and conformity to ASHRAE guidelines. Fortunately, I found GHEtool, an excellent open-source tool with user-friendly features. It is accurate and fast and helped me design the ground heat exchanger for my target facility's HVAC system. The best part is its well-written Python code and GUI, making it easy to use. I am excited for future improvements in GHEtool.

"GHEtool is reliable and fast. The Python setup is easy to integrate for your own use.
The code is well written and can be well understood.
The tool is our favourite for configuring a borefield for the purpose of sector-coupled district planning."