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
• The wall material is currently a generic 8” exterior wall material. The roof for level 4 is set to a custom material in green to resemble a rooftop garden.
• the openings/glazed surfaces
• windows and/or curtain walls
• Since the main purpose of the building is exhibition space, majority of exterior does not have windows to prevent light damage to the art pieces. For the non-exhibition space (such as the office, gift shop, cafe, play area, meeting room) will use curtain walls to maximize lighting and building transparency. I wanted the atrium and the wrapped around stair to be the “center piece” of the building, therefore it is enclosed with storefront curtainwall. Only one facade of the building is all glass. Bathroom uses smaller windows.
• doors
• Entrance = double door
• Storage = single door without window
• Office/ meeting room = single door with window
• skylights
• only for the atrium

For 3 Units

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