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Available Schedule:
Philadelphia Office     Aug 17, 2010 – Aug 17, 2010     9:00 AM to 5:00 PM    More
New York Office     Aug 31, 2010 – Aug 31, 2010     9:00 AM to 5:00 PM    More
New York Office     Sep 28, 2010 – Sep 28, 2010     9:00 AM to 5:00 PM    More

Learn basic features and capabilities of Ecotect Analysis and Green Building Studio (GBS) to perform energy analysis on Revit models in a typical workflow.

Topics Include:

• Overview of Sustainable design tools: Properly calibrating expectations about sustainable analysis tools vs. energy modeling tools. Leveraging the inherent power of BIM in sustainable design tools.
  
• Understanding the Ecotect Interface: Pages; Panels; Menus; Toolbars
  
• Compatibility with Revit: Understanding the .dxf and gbXML file transfer protocols
  
• Preparing a Revit Project for use with Ecotect: Adding Revit Room Objects, Checking Room Object Heights, Space and HVAC Zone Objects, adding Revit MEP 2010 Space Objects, Adding Revit MEP 2010 HVAC Zone Objects
  
• Pre-design Site Analysis: Methods for performing analysis before designing
  
• Setting up an Ecotect project: Assigning Weather Data; Zone Management; Solar Analysis; Shadows and Reflections
  
• Materials: General Material Properties; Primary and Alternate Material Assignment, Test materials
  
• Calculations: Daylight Analysis and Sun Path Diagram Analysis, Inter-zonal adjacency calculations
  
• Green Building Studio to eQUEST Workflow: GBS and DOE 2.2 simulation, GBS alignment with ASHRAE 90.1-2004
  
• Ecotect Simulations, Visualizations and Presentation: Animations, etc.
  
• The Help Menu: Stuff You Should Know; Animated and Interactive Demos