Our office is looking into energy analysis programs that can be coordinated w/ a Revit model. Our ultimate goal is to be able to incorporate this 'green is green' approach to clients across the board.
Any recommendations for particular software? And the associated cost for the program?
There are no BI-DIRECTIONAL analysis programs of any kind for Revit. The collapse of the economy has hampered development. With the open API, the goal is to develop all sorts of bi-directional analysis programs for Revit. Are you familiar with IES software? IES is the leader in sustainable building design.
if you really mean "energy analysis programs", then exporting a gbxml to gbs is probably the way to go. ecotect is super-buggy and rumored to be inaccurate. but revit 2011 has a lot of the tools most architects would use while designing... even thought they're not actually "energy analysis", if you're looking for something to sell your clients on.
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Energy analysis programs w/ Revit
Our office is looking into energy analysis programs that can be coordinated w/ a Revit model. Our ultimate goal is to be able to incorporate this 'green is green' approach to clients across the board.
Any recommendations for particular software? And the associated cost for the program?
Ecotect?
ditto ecotect-autodesk bought it last year
$$$ standard autodesk job?
Thanks guys.
I think you cannot run energy simulation under ecotect. However, you can bring ecotect model to energyplus or you can use Green Building Studio.
There are no BI-DIRECTIONAL analysis programs of any kind for Revit. The collapse of the economy has hampered development. With the open API, the goal is to develop all sorts of bi-directional analysis programs for Revit. Are you familiar with IES software? IES is the leader in sustainable building design.
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if you really mean "energy analysis programs", then exporting a gbxml to gbs is probably the way to go. ecotect is super-buggy and rumored to be inaccurate. but revit 2011 has a lot of the tools most architects would use while designing... even thought they're not actually "energy analysis", if you're looking for something to sell your clients on.
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