MEBS6020 Sustainable Building Design

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Analysis Methods for Sustainable Building Projects (I)

1. Project phases and analysis

2. Building design tools

3. Building performance analysis

4. Climate analysis examples
    - Climate Consultant
    - ClimateTool

5. Building design examples

(Powerpoint file in PDF format)

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Video Presentation:

• Autodesk Building Performance Analysis (BPA) Certificate Program (4:32) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-g9p6JLktI
• Climate Consultant 5.4 Overview (9:54) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pxpmdZptDM
  

Further Reading:

• Building information modeling -- Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_information_modeling
• Autodesk Sustainability Workshop http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/
  
• Project Phases & Level of Development http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/project-phases-level-development
  
• Building Performance Analysis (BPA) http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/building-performance-analysis-bpa
• Climate Analysis http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/climate-analysis
• Climate Analysis in BIM http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/climate-analysis-bim
• Energy Loads in BIM http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/energy-loads-bim
• Sun and Shadow Studies in BIM http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/sun-and-shadow-studies-bim
• Solar Loads Analysis in BIM http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/solar-loads-analysis-bim 
• Wind Analysis in BIM http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/wind-analysis-bim
• Daylight Analysis in BIM http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/daylight-analysis-bim
• Building Design Examples http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/building-design/examples 
• Hunts Point Revival: Example of Climate Analysis and Adaptive Re-Use http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/project-gallery/hunts-point-revival-example-climate-analysis-and-adaptive-re-use
• Italian Nursery School: Conceptual Design Analysis http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/project-gallery/italian-nursery-school-conceptual-design-analysis
  

Web Links:

• Autodesk Sustainability Workshop http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/
• Passive Design Strategies http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/passive-design-strategies
• Lighting and Daylighting Design http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/lighting-and-daylighting-design 
• Active HVAC Systems http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/active-hvac-systems
• Water Resources in Buildings http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/water-resources-buildings 
• Climate Analysis in BIM http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/climate-analysis-bim
• Energy Loads in BIM http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/energy-loads-bim
• Sun and Shadow Studies in BIM http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/sun-and-shadow-studies-bim
• Ecotect: Shadows & Sunlight Hours http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/ecotect-shadows-sunlight-hours
• Ecotect: Shading Masks & Calculations http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/ecotect-shading-masks-calculations  
• Ecotect: Right to Light and Solar Envelope http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/ecotect-right-light-and-solar-envelope 
• Solar Loads Analysis in BIM http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/solar-loads-analysis-bim 
• Wind Analysis in BIM http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/wind-analysis-bim
• Vasari Wind Tunnel: Exterior Flows http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/vasari-wind-tunnel-exterior-flows 
• Lighting Analysis in BIM http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/lighting-analysis-bim
• Daylight Analysis in BIM http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/daylight-analysis-bim
  
• Ecotect: Early Daylighting Studies http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/ecotect-early-daylighting-studies  
• Radiance: Accurate Daylighting http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/radiance-accurate-daylighting 
• Daysim: Daylighting w. Controls http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/daysim-daylighting-w-controls
• 3ds Max: Daylighting Visualization http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/3ds-max-daylighting-visualization  
• Daylighting in BIM: Workflow and Modeling Tips http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/daylighting-bim-workflow-and-modeling-tips
  
• Autodesk Building Performance Analysis Help http://help.autodesk.com/view/BUILDING_PERFORMANCE_ANALYSIS/ENU/
  
• Autodesk Flow Design http://help.autodesk.com/view/ADSKFD/ENU/
• Autodesk Simulation Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) http://help.autodesk.com/view/SCDSE/2013/ENU/
  
• Simulation CFD: Detailed Fluid and Heat Studies http://sustainabilityworkshop.autodesk.com/buildings/simulation-cfd-detailed-fluid-and-heat-studies
  
• IES <Virtual Environment> http://www.iesve.com/
• http://www.youtube.com/user/IESVE
• IES VE Tutorials https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL51D6B626FA728EE0
  
• Energy Design Tools, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) http://www.energy-design-tools.aud.ucla.edu/
• Climate Consultant (version 5.5) http://www.energy-design-tools.aud.ucla.edu/climate-consultant/request-climate-consultant.php
• ClimateTool Version 5.10 http://www.climate-tool.com
• Climate Tool http://www.climate-tool.com/en/climatetool.html
• Climate Classification http://www.climate-tool.com/en/climate-classification.html
  

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| Created: Aug 2014 | Update: 8 Nov 2014 | By: cmhui@hku.hk |