W16FT006

BIM TOOLS FOR BUILDING PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS AND SUSTAINABLE DESIGN

Summary
Sustainable and net zero building design requires analysis during the early design stages to evaluate the impact
of building orientation, form, window wall ratio, envelope thermal characteristics and HVAC systems. This
course will be a hands-on workshop using industry standard CAD-BIM tools and DOE-2/EnergyPlus energy
simulation tools. The topics covered will include: (i) Energy Literacy & Building Loads, (ii) Climate & Weather
Analysis, (iii) Solar Measurements & Strategies, (iv) Wind & Airflow Strategies, (v) Daylighting Strategies &
Analysis, and (vi)Whole Building Energy Analysis. Attendees will gain knowledge to create DOE-2 and EnergyPlus
models from BIM using Formit360, Revit and Insight 360, quality assurance of energy models and explore the
impact of design parameters on the overall energy performance of design. In addition to design and analysis
strategies, attendees will be introduced to best practices and concepts for existing building modeling,
calibration, efficient building operation and maintenance.

Learning Objectives:
1. Introduction to building performance analysis
2. Energy model creation using BIM tools
3. Parametric analysis and performance evaluation for sustainable design
4. Existing building energy analysis

Required Software Tools:

1. Revit 2017
Create a student account and download installer from:
http://www.autodesk.com/education/free-software/revit
2. Insight 360
Download and install 2017 add-in from:
https://insight360.autodesk.com/oneenergy/Landing/Download
Make a bookmark for: https://insight360.autodesk.com/oneenergy
3. EnergyPlus
Download and install Version 8.6.0 from:
https://energyplus.net/downloads

On-line Course/Reading Material:

During this course, we will use three units of on-line lessons from Autodesk Building Performance
Analysis Certificate course. Follow the link below to create an account and register for these lessons:
Registration process (use the key: Gowri_CEPT_2016 )
Students Guide (orientation to the course website)
Though this on-line course has many lessons to obtain the certificate, the CEPT course will cover only three
topics: (i) Energy Literacy & Building Loads, (ii) Climate & Weather Analysis, (iii) Solar Measurements &
Strategies

Grading:
1. Two mini-quizzes and a final quiz Based on online course materials and subjects covered in class (40%)
2. Two individual projects Mass model energy analysis (40%)
3. One group project Design project with net zero energy goal (20%)