Building Performance Analysis

Partner Webinar: Getting Started with Building Performance Analysis

Did you miss our getting started webinar earlier this summer? Have no fear, we’ve partnered with Kelar Pacific to give an encore presentation! Learn how integrated energy, lighting, and solar analysis tools can help you inform your decisions throughout the design process. BPA Evangelist Stephanie Egger will cover some best practices tips for getting started with analyzing your building’s performance in Revit. Wednesday, October 14th 11:00am – 12:00pm PDT Register here Webinar attendees will receive 1 AIA LU. Related articles Webinar: Energy Analysis for Autodesk Revit Getting Started with BPA Webinar: Watch Now! Read more →

Autodesk BIM to BEM Workshop in Atlanta

As part of the ASHRAE Energy Modeling Conference this year in Atlanta, we will be hosting a pre-conference workshop. The workshop is open to the public, regardless of whether or not you intend on attending the full conference. During the 4 hour workshop we will be walking through how Revit automatically creates an Energy Analytical Model from architectural geometry and how you can interact with results from energy, lighting, and solar analyses. Additionally, we’ll be providing some sneak peeks at what’s to come! Be sure to read the workshop description for more details. Seamless BIM to BEM: Energy Analytical Model... Read more →

Color Coordinated: Using Analysis Display Styles

I’ve been known to say that Analysis Display Styles is my favorite Revit feature. When I say this people usually roll their eyes or chuckle, but I’m serious! It hasn’t always gotten the best reputation, and has been described as “not that useful,” but I’d like to change that mindset. Yes, it’s a simple concept, but what it really comes down to is making your analysis visualizations work for you. It might come off as kind of a “duh,” but many people don’t know they can already do this! Why is this useful? You can use it to apply the... Read more →

Webinar: Energy Analysis for Autodesk Revit

Still haven’t checked out Revit 2016’s energy analysis workflows? Join Autodesk Senior Product Manager Ian Molloy and Microsol Resources for an overview of the Revit 2016 workflows that make Energy Analysis easier, faster, and more reliable than ever before. In this 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. Tuesday, August 11th 11:00am - 12:00pm ET Register here This webinar will focus on: Energy Analysis features and workflows in Revit 2016 The... Read more →

Webinar: Getting Started with Building Performance Analysis

So you have a Revit model, now what? Join us next week as we cover how you can start to take your Revit designs to the next level with analysis workflows. With the use of the building performance analysis tools, you can make informed design decisions early and throughout the process. Learn best practice tips and tricks for getting started with analyzing your building’s performance in Revit. Topics to be covered include solar studies, solar analysis, lighting analysis, and energy analysis. Thursday, July 16th 11:00am - 12:00pm PT Register here Webinar attendees will receive 1 AIA LU. Related articles Two... Read more →

EnergyPlus Cloud API Webinar Posted

Last week we hosted a webinar on the EnergyPlus Cloud API. The recording is now available and you can view it here. To summarize the webinar, Pete Thompson covered the workflow for using the API as follows: Generate input file using an IDF authoring tool Submit IDF/EPW files Receive an email to download output Additionally, you can find the new C# project and Python code here. Thanks to all who attended and asked some great questions on the line. We hope you enjoyed it and learned enough about the EnergyPlus Cloud API to start using it. For any questions, comments,... Read more →

FREE Webinar & Online Workshop: EnergyPlus Cloud API

Join us for a FREE webinar later this month and learn about the EnergyPlus Cloud API. This webinar is intended to help users and software developers interested in using the EnergyPlus Cloud API. Attendees will be given hands-on training and be walked through the steps for using the API to submit input files and receive simulation results. Pete Thompson, Ph.D., Principal Engineer on the Building Performance Analysis team will lead this webinar. Thursday, March 26th 9:00 – 10:00 AM PT RSVP here by March 19th (space is limited) In order to take full advantage of this webinar, attendees are requested... Read more →

EnergyPlus Cloud Webinar Posted

Earlier this week we hosted a webinar on EnergyPlus Cloud. The recording is now available and you can view it here. Thanks to all who attended and asked some great questions on the line. We hope you enjoyed it and learned about our new EnergyPlus Cloud features. During the webinar, we conducted a few live polls. Similar to the early adopters of EnergyPlus Cloud we were interested in what role attendees identified most as, their current usage of EnergyPlus and EnergyPlus Cloud, the typical amount of time it took for them to perform an EnergyPlus simulation, their preferred authoring tool,... Read more →

Don’t forget to register: FREE EnergyPlus Cloud Webinar

On Tuesday next week we will be hosting a FREE webinar on EnergyPlus Cloud, its features, and application workflow. During the session Principal Engineer and Product Owner Krishnan Gowri will show you how to utilize EnergyPlus Cloud in addition to facilitating an open forum discussion for feedback. Tuesday, February 10th 9:00 – 10:00 AM PST Register here. Webinar attendees will receive 1 AIA LU. Get your hands on EnergyPlus Cloud right now. Access the project on Autodesk Labs. Related articles FREE Webinar: Cloud-based Energy Simulation using EnergyPlus Newest Release of Project Energy Cost Range Includes an HVAC Widget and ASHRAE... Read more →

FREE Webinar: Cloud-based Energy Simulation using EnergyPlus

Join us for a FREE webinar next month and learn about EnergyPlus Cloud, its features, and application workflow. Specific topics to be covered by the webinar include: Why EnergyPlus, and why now? Advantages of cloud-based simulation EnergyPlus Cloud workflow demonstration EnergyPlus Cloud API EnergyPlus Cloud Autodesk Labs user experiences and examples How does EnergyPlus Cloud integrate with other Autodesk tools? Tuesday, February 10th 9:00 – 10:00 AM PST Register here. Autodesk Principal Engineer and Product Owner Krishnan Gowri will lead the webinar and show you how to utilize EnergyPlus Cloud in addition to facilitating an open forum discussion for feedback... Read more →