Building Performance Analysis

Participate in the Project Solon Dashboards for Revit Autodesk Labs Project

Create your own dashboards for Energy Analyis for Revit... Project Solon Dashboards for Autodesk Revit is based on new technology now available in Revit. Now you can personalize the building performance analysis experience in Revit by defining a dashboard with charts and results that are important to you. The central web-based Solon management environment allows you to create charts and configure dashboards for all of your company Revit users from a central collaboration environment in Green Building Studio. Normally Autodesk Labs projects are called technology previews because they involve unveiling some new technology that is in a pre-beta, even pre-alpha... Read more →

Net-Zero News is Good News: Going Big, Walking the Walk, and Crunching the Costs

Details on several large net zero energy building projects. Read more →

A Wind Tunnel for Revit - Project Falcon is now Autodesk Flow Design

Flow Design (formerly Project Falcon) is a purpose built wind tunnel simulator available in Revit that lets you visualize how wind interacts with a building or group of buildings. Flow Design quickly models wind behavior around an exterior and provides an understanding of where there may be risks of elevated wind speeds or where there may be stagnant areas that affect air quality or comfort. The product itself shares many similarities with other Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) applications under the hood, yet is tailored specifically for users who are looking for something very easy to use and do not require a full CFD application. Read more →

AU 2013 Class AB2260: No Pain All Gain: Revit 2014 Automatic Energy Analytical Model Creation and Analysis

The Autodesk University 2013 classes are now available for free on the web. We thought you may want to check out Ian Molloy's outstanding class on using Revit for Energy Analysis using the features in Revit 2014. You can access the class Class AB2260 - No Pain All Gain: Revit 2014 Automatic Energy Analytical Model Creation and Analysis Read more →

Update! to Revit Daylighting Analysis for LEED plugin

Who is this for: Architects, engineers, lighting and daylighting experts interested in using daylight analysis and LEED performance metrics to inform building design. Author: David Scheer is a licensed Architect, and is a product manager and subject matter expert at Autodesk working on buidling performance analysis and daylighting analysis tools. Announcement: The new RDA plugin for LEED introduced in Autodesk Labs last month has been updated with a number of enhancements to make workflows smoother and more successful. Update your current installation, or download it for the first time and see how to drastically reduce the time it takes to... Read more →

Introducing Autodesk AEC Feed

Be the first to download the new Autodesk AEC Feed app. AEC Feed for iPad is set to give Autodesk AEC users a new way to engage with industry and Autodesk AEC Feed enables you to read, watch, and learn from a vast array of content, including: Industry and Autodesk articles Customer use cases (articles and videos) Workflow tutorial videos Software tips-and-tricks You can download the app today from the Apple App Store (iPad 6.0 or higher required). Read more →

Autodesk Announcements at Greenbuild

oday Autodesk made a number of significant anounced at Greenbuild in Philidelphia. The announcements are headlined by the handover of EnergyPlus that Autodesk converted from Fortran to C++ and in partnership with DOE will be providing as Open Source. Other announcements include the release of LEED 2009 Daylighting calculations performed directly in Revit through a Revit add-in and the release of the Building Performance Analysis Certificate course for Professionals. Read the post for more details and additional announcements. Read more →

Project Solon Feature Update - Custom Widget Test Data

This is the second alphas-series release of Project Solon. Project Solon is a platform to allow seamless managed building performance analysis so experts can deliver well founded, actionable results directly into the workflow environment of the architect. With this release, we connect your project and runs from Revit and GBS Classic with the new custom Widget and Dashboard editing environment of Project Solon. For more on Project Solon, see our first post: Project Solon Arrives The first release allows Green Buidling Studio users to set up custom chart widgets and dashboards of multiple widgets, previewed with data from a stock... Read more →

Green Building Studio’s Validation Testing through ASHRAE Standard 140-2011

Who is this for: Architects, engineers, vendors and sustainable engineers involved with building energy analysis who want to know if Green Building Studio GBS) has been validated by an industry-accepted standard. Takeaway: The results of GBS web service have been validated using the Standard 140 test. Author: Marjorie Stein - Project Manager, Building Performance Analysis, Autodesk, Inc. The September 8, 2013 release of Green Building Studio Autodesk Green Building Studio's Project Solon Alpha, which will allow you to customize how GBS energy analysis results are reported, addresses back-end database improvements and minor navigation bug fixes. Green Building Studio performs validation... Read more →

Live Webcast: Energy Analysis for Autodesk Revit

Please join us for an informative webcast by our own Ian Molloy for an introduction to Energy Analysis for Autodesk Revit, with a focus on a new feature in Revit 2014 that makes Energy Analysis easier, faster, and more reliable than ever before. In the webinar, you will gain unique insights into the energy and environmental performance of buildings at any stage in their lifecycle, an invaluable tool to help deliver higher performing buildings more cost effectively, and with greater certainty. This webinar will focus on: Energy Analysis features and workflows in Revit 2014 The new Building element Energy Analysis... Read more →