Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Date: September 16, 2009
Location: Kasian Office (Map + Address click here)
- Jody-Lee will be exploring the thermal module of Ecotect. The software will be used to investigate the climate responsiveness and overall thermal performance for a building, determining internal temperatures, spatial comfort and heating and cooling loads. The exercise will be broken down into four studies: Temperature Profile, Heating and Cooling Loads, Passive Solar, Thermal Mass.
- Francois will be following up on his last presentation about daylight analysis; “I will continue on this. I will explain how to customize material, how to arrive at accurate results with Radiance and Ecotect and what parameters we should use for LEED Canada daylight credit. It is all base on my experience with the latest project I am working on and the advice from our consultants”.
Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Date: June 10, 2009
Location: Kasian Office (Map + Address click here)
- Kerstin will tell us what she learned about Life Cycle Assessment during her Sustainable Building Advisor Program.
- With Revit 2010 being rolled out in the offices and having access to the new Ecotect 2010 we are going to be looking into exploring a Revit to Ecotect workflow for various design simulation scenarios: When does it make sense to go the gbXML path when are other formats appropriate? Depending on the type of simulation you want to undertake Revit offers a variety of export formats …
This time we will discuss and trial a workflow for early schematic design using Revit. A potential benefit of this workflow is using the design model that is done anyways and leveraging the inherent analysis model without rebuilding it again. This kind of workflow can help iterating an architectural design from early massing studies towards a more sustainable building by just optimizing site, orientation, shape, and aperture. Because: We want to go after the low hanging fruits very early on during the first projects phases where potential energy saving gains could be up to 60% as opposed to the somewhat 15% you are chasing in later phases of the project with your HVAC / climate engineers. Achieving these energy savings with low tech solutions early on also allows for cost effective implementation.
Kazusa will introduce IES Virtual Environment which is building performance analysis software that plugs in directly into Revit (and as well SketchUp). As well we want to try to import that analytical model into Ecotect using gbXML.
Understanding Climate + Place
These are the links Francois mentioned during his talk (+ some more); Jody Lee’s PowerPoint file will be posted via the file box to the right:
Climate Data
- http://apps1.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/cfm/weather_data.cfm (Weather data, EPW files)
- http://www.weatherbase.com (Weather data base used for temperature and relative humidity)
- http://www.theweathernetwork.com (Weather data base used for precipitation)
- http://www.meteonorm.com (commercial Global Meteorological Database for Engineers, Planners and Education
- http://gard.com/weather/index.htm (Building Simulation Weather Data Resources)
Ecozone Information
- http://www.epa.gov/wed/pages/ecoregions.htm (Ecoregion, big map)
- http://www.ec.gc.ca/soer-ree/English/Framework/Nardesc/canada_e.cfm (Ecozone in Canada with the text describing the region)
Tools
- http://susdesign.com/tools.php (Tool used calculate the sun angle)
- http://www2.aud.ucla.edu/energy-design-tools (Climate Consultant 4; amongst other tools)
Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Date: February 11, 2009
Location: Kasian Office
Time: 6:00pm-8:00pm
Date: January 14, 2009
Location: Kasian Office
New on bldgsim- Free Procedural Buildings Generator for 3ds Max
- Introducing Google Building Maker
- V-Ray 1.50 SP4 and V-Ray RT 1.50 SP1 for Autodesk 3ds Max are Out
- ArchiCAD 13 Introduces New Teamwork and Management Features
- Training Classes for Revit and Ecotect Integration Announced
- Connecting ArchiCAD and IES via gbXML
- IES VE Ware 6.0 Overview
- Popular GIS: Climate Change Information Tools for COP15
- LEED-ND Is Go
- Revit 2010 Subscription Advantage Pack Adds Functionality and Extensions
