The building envelope is one of the major factors that affect building performance. Spending time optimizing the building's skin with regards to various factors like permeability, amount of glazing, conductivity etc, will definitely pay off later during the operations phase of the life-cycle with increased comfort and efficiency levels.
On the above basis, it's not difficult to grasp the value of performing analyses early in the design process that will assist informed decision making, not only about design but also about systems, construction etc. Traditional CAD workflows though, make this "analyses injection" time consuming and (often) expensive to perform during design stage.
The BIM process mitigates the above obstacles by allowing the integration of energy analysis early in the design phase - even as early as the conceptual design stage. There are BIM tools out there that "inform" conceptual design, by allowing users to perform fast and whole (usually) energy analysis. One of the most interesting and user friendly technologies I've got my hands on is the Sefaira Concept.
Sefaira offers a plugin for SketchUp that runs energy analysis of a building without leaving the design environment so that architects and design professionals can immediately assess the impact of design decisions proactively in the design process. It also contains several cool features that further assist architects to methodically design more efficient buildings (i.e. Response Curves that depict how far you are from your target and help you optimize green and energy factors like orientation, R-Values etc)
Read more: Sefaira New Energy Analysis Software
On the above basis, it's not difficult to grasp the value of performing analyses early in the design process that will assist informed decision making, not only about design but also about systems, construction etc. Traditional CAD workflows though, make this "analyses injection" time consuming and (often) expensive to perform during design stage.
The BIM process mitigates the above obstacles by allowing the integration of energy analysis early in the design phase - even as early as the conceptual design stage. There are BIM tools out there that "inform" conceptual design, by allowing users to perform fast and whole (usually) energy analysis. One of the most interesting and user friendly technologies I've got my hands on is the Sefaira Concept.
Sefaira offers a plugin for SketchUp that runs energy analysis of a building without leaving the design environment so that architects and design professionals can immediately assess the impact of design decisions proactively in the design process. It also contains several cool features that further assist architects to methodically design more efficient buildings (i.e. Response Curves that depict how far you are from your target and help you optimize green and energy factors like orientation, R-Values etc)
Read more: Sefaira New Energy Analysis Software
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