Please enter Your Name to link to your Design Journal, and paste a link to your personal folder on ACC in the ACC Folder Link field above.

For 2 Units

Please share your design showing the features of the proposed building envelope, including the locations and characteristics of:

• the wall and roof surfaces
• Walls
• Triple low E glass walls above ground
• frosted/tinted so not entirely see through structure
• large scale adjustable tint panels to control shading throughout day
• EIFS on metal stud solid exterior walls underground for insulation
• Green roof surfaces
• the openings/glazed surfaces
• skylights on uppermost level garden room
• central underground atrium pit with glazed glass roof
• any shading or sun control features
• no shading besides building height for maximal natural daylight

For 3 Units

• Use your Building Element Model to create an Energy Model.

• Default non optimized

• BIM or better

• My building is very sensitive to changes in window glass on all faces of the building due the shear amount of glass present. I also have potentially large savings in adjusting WWR, but that would go against the design ideas that I currently have

• Mechanical wise, my structure is not very sensitive to PV coverage or efficiency, instead gaining a lot more from an efficient HVAC system

• find ashrae models on revitcity or something
• Submit this Energy Model to the Insight analysis tool to explore how the choices and specifications you’ve made in your Building Element Model affect the predicted energy performance.
• Be sure to set the Operating Schedule factor tile to use the BIM value.
• Narrow the range of values being considered for the building envelope-related factor tiles to focus on the BIM Model value or better.
• Explore how other factors (such as Photovoltaic panel options) can further improve your building performance — by using renewable energy to complement your energy saving envelope features.
• Share the results of your Insight optimization:
• Include an image of the EUI meter and range indicator after you’ve made your adjustments to show what your current assumptions predict and how much potential there is for additional improvements.
• List the key Factor Tile settings that are driving these results.

For 4 Units

• Use one of the Daylight Analysis methods demonstrated to assess the daylighting levels available with your proposed building envelope design:
• Choose one of these methods:
• Option 1: Use the Revit Lighting Analysis extension to produce an Illuminance Map of one of the levels of your proposed design.
• Be sure to watch the videos for tips about what you’ll needed to include in your building model for the lighting analysis to produce valid results. For example, you’ll need to place Rooms and Floors.
• To analyze your model for 0 credits, be sure to choose a single level at a time and use 72 inch grid as the analysis resolution.

• Paste an image of the resulting Illuminance Map.
• Option 2: Use the Revit Cloud Render tool to produce Illuminance Renderings of three key areas in your building model.
• Place cameras in your model to create 3D camera views to be rendered.
• Use the View > Cloud Render tool to generate Illuminance Renderings for these camera views.
• Paste images of the Illuminance Renderings into your Design Journal posting.