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Today kicks off Autodesk University, our annual post-turkey trip to Las Vegas. While there are a lot of exciting announcements this week, we want to provide you with the top three highlights from the building performance analysis side of things.

Also be sure to check out our Greenbuild 2014 announcements, as a lot of what we are releasing at AU builds on those.

1. Energy Cost Range (ECR), available here on Autodesk Labs, is a single, simple indicator of a project’s overall potential energy use range, including comparison to the Architecture 2030 benchmark, and the key factors that influence it. We introduced ECR last month, and this week will be announcing new widgets, such as the model viewer. More information about the ECR updates will be posted on Wednesday.

2. EnergyPlus Cloud Service, which based on initial Autodesk internal testing, can analyze EnergyPlus models 5x-10x faster than desktop simulations. For AU, we are making the service available to developers through a public API. We already have a number of partners who will be using the API immediately upon its release. Interested users can apply to participate in the technology preview which will be extended to an additional 100 users. Learn more here on Autodesk Labs.

3. In the theme of APIs, new and updated Green Building Studio APIs will be announced this week. These new APIs pertain to Runsets, Widgets, and Dashboards.

This is just our top three. Be sure to check out all the other great products and workflows we will be talking about and demoing this week.

Flexible dashboard interface within Revit, Project Solon (available on Autodesk Labs here), allows users to more easily see and better understand the complex interplay of various design factors that affect building performance.
Lighting Analysis for Revit (LAR) is a fast cloud service that uses A360 Rendering to expose electric and solar lighting results directly on the Revit model. The results are validated against Radiance, a commonly used simulation tool, and displayed in-canvas more quickly. The service also offers automated daylighting analysis for LEED. More information here.
With Solar Analysis for Revit, visualize and quantify the distribution of solar radiation on various areas of a mass by taking into account the shading effects from adjacent objects, such as vegetation and surrounding buildings in an urban setting. Try it on Autodesk Labs now.
Our Dynamo friends have a packed week with a full day workshop, hackathon, and a ton of classes. A lot of what they are doing has sustainable design ties and direct connections to GBS and lighting analysis.
Revit Credit Manager for LEED will allow users to automate calculations as well as streamline the submittals conveniently from inside Revit for LEED 2009 credits. Available on Autodesk Labs here.
Project ECMFin is a technology preview, available here on Autodesk Labs, that allows users to conduct financial analyses on desired energy conservation measures (or ECMs).
Project Rosenfeld is an interactive, mobile application that allows users to quickly and efficiently capture existing building conditions and create 3D models for energy analysis. Available on Autodesk Labs here.
Tally is the first LCA app that lets users calculate the environmental impacts of their building material selections directly in Revit. Learn more here.
AutoCase, a new app coming soon here on Autodesk Labs, automates triple bottom line cost-benefit analyses for low-impact storm water strategies inside AutoCAD Civil 3D and InfraWorks 360.
Flow Design is a wind tunnel simulator for visualizing airflow around buildings. Intuitive user interface and interoperability with Revit helps users gain better insight earlier in the design process.