Archive for July, 2009
jEPlus is a EnergyPlus shell for parametric runs. It is written in Java therefore supports multiple platforms. The first release of the program is available for download from this page: http://www.iesd.dmu.ac.uk/~yzhang/wiki/doku.php?id=software:java:jeplus Some novelties of the program include: a simple syntax to specify alternative values; a parameter tree; multi-threading; as well as properly labelled result tables [...]
Ideate, a leading Autodesk reseller in the Pacific Northwest has started an Ecotect Channel on YouTube. So far there are these two tutorials on weather files and artificial lighting. Stay tuned for more … If you are new to Ecotect I recomend seeing the Ecotect overview presentation done by Ideate or check out Practical Sustainable [...]
“You are invited to participate in an online survey on the use of building energy simulation during design, construction and operation. A special emphasis of the survey is to better understand who on the design team owns and gets access to the energy model of a building, what role the model currently plays during building [...]
This is an exciting though expected development that the technology behind Ecotect will eventually be integrated right into Autdesk’s core BIM application Revit. Let’s hope this is the first of many integrated building performance tools. Use this Solar Radiation Technology Preview to analyze the effects of solar radiation on various surfaces of your conceptual building [...]
You may have used carbon footprint calculators or ecological footprint calculators; now there is one for calculating your water footprint, too. The Calculator gives you an estimate of the total amount of water you use, what is called your water footprint. The Calculator takes into account not only the water used in your home, but [...]
This is a neat study tool that I came accross lately: “LeedVisual synthesizes difficult information about LEED NC credit into easy to understand and memorizable pictoral format.” See www.leedvisual.com for more ..
