Part of the industry, not just software for it
Heat Engineer Software works alongside recognised industry organisations and develops its software around established standards used across heating and plumbing.
From professional memberships to technical calculation standards and cyber security, these relationships help us build software businesses can rely on.
Working with the industry
CIPHE
Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering
Heat Engineer Software is a member of CIPHE, supporting its focus on professional standards, technical competence and continued development across the plumbing and heating industry.
SNIPEF
Scottish and Northern Ireland Plumbing Employers' Federation
Our relationship with SNIPEF connects Heat Engineer Software with an organisation focused on skills, competence and high professional standards across the plumbing and heating sector.
BSI
British Standards Institution
Recognised standards play an important part in how Heat Engineer Software is developed. Our relationship with BSI helps us stay close to the standards that influence heating design and the wider industry.
Security you can trust
Cyber Essentials
Keeping customer and business information secure matters just as much as getting the calculations right.
Heat Engineer Software holds Cyber Essentials certification, demonstrating that recognised cyber-security controls are in place to help protect our systems against common online threats.
Technical standards
Built around the standards engineers already work with
The Forge doesn’t use its own version of heating design. Its calculations and workflows are built around established industry guidance and standards.
CIBSE
Domestic Heating Design Guide
Heat-loss calculations are informed by recognised CIBSE guidance used across UK heating design.
BS EN 12831
Heat-load calculations
The Forge supports room-by-room heat-loss calculations based around the methodology set out in BS EN 12831.
MCS
MIS 3005 & MIS 3004
Relevant calculations and design workflows support the methodologies used within MCS standards for heat-pump and biomass installations.
DIN / EN 12831
European calculation standards
For projects outside the UK, Heat Engineer Software can also work with relevant DIN and EN methodologies, including national design-temperature data where applicable.
Standards matter because the work does
Heating and plumbing businesses make decisions every day that affect comfort, efficiency, cost and compliance.
Our job is to give them software built on sound technical foundations, while continuing to work with the organisations helping shape the industry.