Modeling Approach

For this assignment I chose to do a solar analysis in kwh/ft^2/day (for the day of May 20, 2022) and a panel directness value of different alternatives to views of San Francisco.

Revit Form using adaptive panel forms:

Lessons Learned:

1) I would like to further expand my weighting system so that it does not just depend on the two values. A more sophisticated weighting system would allow me to better compare alternatives in more detail so that two values do not end up with the same weight. Some of the metrics that I would like to further explore are the cost per floor and total cash flows that would be possible assuming 20% affordable housing for a building and/or mixed use leasing spaces.

2) There are so many metrics that can go into design and it is hard to just choose a couple to consider. Moving forward I would like to focus on energy efficiency and calculating building loads because I am also working on an office building project for the class CEE 226E. So far we have mostly worked on energy modeling in terms of building loads and values, but I think I would be able to grasps concepts in both that class and this class if I can visualize the building loads and costs per building floor.

3) Custom nodes are interesting to incorporate into designs. At first, I was intimidated by the ability to develop custom nodes, but I feel more confident now that I was able to adapt nodes to give the outputs that I wanted and have the proper inputs as needed.