The Sustainable Design Toolbox

Rapid Energy Modelling Videos

I have put together a series of videos outlining the process of Rapid Energy Modelling, from developing an outline in 123D Catch to modelling and analysis in Autodesk Revit or Vasari. These give a taster to what is possible for analysing existing building portfolios, additional analysis can be carried out in Autodesk Green Building Studio or third party applications.

Part 1 - Creating reference points in 123D Catch

Part 2 - Tracing an outline plan in 123D Catch

Part 3 - Exporting from 123D Catch to DWG

Part 4 - Accuracy of 123D Catch

Part 5 - Importing to Revit

Part 6 - Setting site location in Revit

Part 7 - Creating the building envelope in Revit

Part 8 - Configuring energy settings in Revit

Part 9 - Configuring custom zones in Revit

Part 10 - Creating custom glazing in Revit

Part 11 - Creating custom shading in Revit

Part 12 - Analysing the model in Revit

New Autodesk Green Building Studio Release

A new release of Autodesk Green Building Studio has gone live with some great new features, some in particular aimed at existing portfolio analysis:

Utility Building History Upload. Now you can upload the utility history of existing buildings to compare to your simulation results. In the Run List you can now view and edit utility data that is currently assigned to a project.

Historical Weather Data. Over 10 years of historical data is automatically selected for your project location. Now when you upload the billing history of your existing building, the weather data is automatically synchronised to that billing period.

Run Results Charts. New Monthly and Annual results charts allow you to quickly sort and review a large number of runs in your project.

gbXML file Upload. Now you can upload gbXML files without a desktop client.

There has also been some tidying up of the interface and one nice enhancement I noticed is your currency is automatically selected for your project location, no more need for me to trawl through a long list looking for GB Pounds :-)