Carbon Simulator and Floor Configurator, two new digital tools from Rector

Carbon simulator: precise and transparent results 

Initially developed for Rector's teams to determine the carbon weight per m2 of a specific prefabricated floor assembly (beam floors, precast slab floors) or precast wall, the carbon simulator is now accessible to all building professionals on the manufacturer's website in the "tools" section or via the URL: www.simulateurcarbone.fr

Reliable, the calculations performed by this simulator are based on the information contained in the FDES of the products available in the INIES database. The concrete data is provided by the BETie tool for calculating the environmental impacts of concrete.

After entering the postal code and project name to determine the seismic zone, the simulator allows users to create configurations of Rector prefabricated systems to obtain their carbon weight. Based on the results, the user can easily compare the impact of solutions, including those using cast-in-place concrete.

Since the configuration of a system depends on several parameters, Rector has enriched its carbon simulator with business rules to support it in its task.

After the configuration step, the user obtains the result of the carbon footprint simulation in which all the calculation hypotheses are recalled, such as the name of the chosen system, the floor level, the carbon weight per m2 of the components, the concrete, the steel in the compression slab, the thickness of the floor and the seismic zone.

With this new carbon simulator, which allows for an objective and detailed analysis of the carbon weight of different solutions, Rector provides a result calculated precisely and transparently, indicating the origin of the data and the calculation assumptions used. 

Floor joist configurator 

Designed for professionals in the individual home sector, this new configurator helps them easily model the Rector interjoist flooring that meets their needs.

In just a few clicks, it offers, taking into account business rules, the solution best suited to the project criteria: floor level, type of joists, passage of networks in the compression slab, integration of underfloor heating, loads, span with or without continuity, fire break.

For each criterion to be entered, information bubbles provide short explanations to the user to help them make their choices.

The configurator provides a presentation of the floor with a visual but also precise technical information on the thickness and dead weight of the floor, the maximum span, the concrete volume per m2, the thicknesses of the compression slab, the tongue, the formwork height of the interjoist as well as the assessment of the carbon impact according to the compatible concrete options.

At this stage, the description and technical data sheets of the various components of the system are available.

For optimized design, the Rector beam and block floor configurator is available directly within Revit software via a plugin, allowing for the modeling of the Rector floor directly in the model. This simplifies data integration. Like the carbon simulator, the Rector beam and block floor configurator is available on the manufacturer's website, in the "Tools" section, and at the following URL: www.configurateurplancher.fr

A user account common to all Rector services

To simplify access to all the digital services offered by Rector, a single user account allows you to connect to the carbon simulator, floor configurator, and the Need for a psi for calculating thermal bridges. The user then has a personal space where they can find the history of configurations and carbon simulations carried out and download them.

With these new digital tools made available free of charge to all construction professionals, Rector, a specialist in concrete prefabrication, confirms its desire to place customer service at the heart of its strategy for sustainable construction sites.