Performance Modeling
Building performance modeling is the use of software to simulate system performance. Energy modeling, daylight modeling, and hygrothermal modeling are some of the types used.
When modeling is only used late in design, the modeling might have little value beyond keeping score. When using an iterative process starting early in design, results of modeling become feedback not only for the current project but also for future projects and design approaches.
Performance Modeling
Deep Dives
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2030 Culture: Six Selfish Reasons to Commit
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2030 Commitment signatories are making progress on climate goals. Along the way, they’re also finding new ways to save time and money.
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Doing Daylighting Right
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Harvesting daylight is a popular way to save energy and promote productivity. But getting it wrong is all too easy-and can have the opposite effects.
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Energy Modeling: Early and Often
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For the biggest energy and cost savings, model early in design and model often, say the experts.
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Go with the Flows: The Promise and Peril of Hygrothermal Modeling
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Tools modeling heat and moisture flows in building envelopes, such as WUFI, offer vital information for architects and engineers-but their misuse can do harm.
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Using WUFI to Prevent Moisture Problems
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WUFI software helps predict and prevent moisture problems based on site, climate, building materials, mechanical systems, and more.
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Choosing the Right Hygrothermal Modeling Tool
Product Review
From the free hygIRC software to an expanding suite of WUFI applications, the hygrothermal modeling world has many options to offer.
In The News
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Tuning Today’s Building Designs to Tomorrow’s Climate
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A new modeling tool, WeatherShift, helps designers see how designs today can account for comfort, resilience, and energy needs decades down the line.
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What’s the Secret to High Performance?
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A new report identifies common habits of the firms that produce the best-designed and most sustainable projects.
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How to Use the Right Tools to Design for Climate Change
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Weather files that help designers plan for climate change will soon be readily available. ASHRAE design conditions still lag.
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AIA Releases Guide to Energy Modeling for Architects
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