Energy Evaluation
BIM-integrated Sustainable Design in ArchiCAD 17
ArchiCAD’s improved Energy Evaluation engine supports multiple thermal blocks. This allows users to evaluate their designs with standard compliant technology and makes ArchiCAD the “greenest” BIM solution available on the market today.
Designed by Helen & Hard Architects, www.hha.no, Photo © Emile Ashley
In today’s environment, sustainability is an imperative for all building projects, and the main decisions influencing a building’s sustainability features are made by architects. GRAPHISOFT continues to innovate in “green”, offering the best workflow for sustainable design integrated in its BIM authoring tool.
Building Energy Evaluation
The built-in energy evaluation functionality of ArchiCAD uses StruSoft’s VIPcore calculation engines. ArchiCAD 17 enables architects to perform improved energy evaluation based on standard-compliant technology, supporting multiple thermal blocks. As a result, designers can perform dynamic and accurate energy calculations, starting at the early design stages. The calculation input data and the evaluation results can be shared in various formats including PDF, XLS and IFC.
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Multiple thermal block building energy model: Thermal block geometries
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Space boundary orientations and categories
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Structures list: List and tree views properties and interactions
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Openings list: List & tree views properties and interactions
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Openings list: Model-based solar study and shading devices
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Thermal bridge simulation on ArchiCAD details
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Operation profiles: creating custom profiles
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Energy performance optimization of the design: Setting up energy demand calculations
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Detailed energy performance report in PDF
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Detailed energy performance report in XLS
EcoDesigner STAR
GRAPHISOFT EcoDesigner STAR is coming soon! EcoDesigner STAR will be the world's first, fully-integrated, building energy modeling application providing standard compliant energy simulation - or Full Energy Performance - according to international energy standards, ready to be submitted to local authorities.
