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- compubrook, on 10/13/2007, -1/+7My occupation is designing these energy simulations for a Green Building consulting company in Canada. We use a program called EE4, which is based off the DOE-2 engine.
- C4RL, on 10/13/2007, -1/+7Too bad most architects are a bunch of smug self-righteous egotists who barely have a clue about thermodynamics or heat transfer. Now they can brag about their SUSTAINABLE practices, which entail telling their flunkies to put the .dxf in the computer, get some data, and slap a LEED silver sticker on it. They should stick to what they know and go back to using big words and wearing turtlenecks.
- hiPpymIck, on 10/13/2007, -0/+6they could use the environment simulation for gardeners too
- give them a detailed breakdown of exactly what their garden would be like at any time of year
- you could match to the right plants
and would help pay for more development - wordsofwisedumb, on 10/13/2007, -1/+4Not only that, but gardens can be used to help improve the performance of the buildings they surround. The most basic example is planting a deciduous tree in front of an East or West facing window so that it is shaded in the Summer when the tree has leaves and in the Winter, when the leaves have fallen, the sun helps to heat the building.
- sedlock, on 10/13/2007, -0/+3Ah, the beautiful rift between architect and engineer.
- wordsofwisedumb, on 10/13/2007, -1/+4As an architect, I can say that all of that is sadly true in most cases.
- OneLess, on 10/13/2007, -0/+2I'd even venture to say that getting a gold cert. from LEED is a joke, especially while they're not weighting their standards. They do a lot of back-patting but not nearly as much pushing of change as they'd like to think.
- tmbrwolf19, on 10/13/2007, -1/+3Regardless of its use its a neat way to look at building design. While structurally a building may be sound, sometimes design flaws like internal temperature aren't apparent till its built. There have a been a few buildings that i have spent a lot of time in that have weird temperature problems for no other reason then the design (lecture halls especially). The idea that these issues could be recognized and fixed before its even built would be amazing!
- wordsofwisedumb, on 10/13/2007, -1/+3I work in a daylighting lab where we do simulations of buildings before they are constructed. Aside from an artificial sky, heliodon, and physical models, we use Ecotect in conjunction with Radiance, AGI 32, and AirPak to run most of our simulations.
- hoovcluck, on 10/13/2007, -0/+2When you get a chance, ask your mother how much she pays to heat your home. With energy prices on the rise more and more people are not able to afford to heat their homes this is very important. There are some very simple ways to create energy efficient homes.
- jj101, on 10/13/2007, -1/+2If you don't care why read the article, let alone write a comment? When you grow up and get a job you might want to share what you do too.
- canuq, on 10/13/2007, -1/+2Mirror: http://mirror.canuq.com/3760099/archives/007384.ht ...
- jj101, on 10/13/2007, -1/+2I know what you mean. Its cool that some of that trial and error process can be dealt with at the simulation stage though.
- TurdFurgeson18, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0That's why they need a tool that calculates those things for them, so the impact of their decisions can be realized before you sit in that cold-ass lecture hall.
- doom2quake, on 10/13/2007, -3/+1Awesome ... i still think that progress is made by trial and error , but the critical aspect is that we must push the objectivity in it. If you kn the road to progress , more often than not you will replicate it ...
- jknevitt, on 10/13/2007, -5/+1Dead or Alive 2? Awesome.
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