I began by taking some of the files from module 5 and cleaning them up. I renamed them and adjusted the nodes visually so they were easier to read. I installed the necessary packages like Ladybug Honey Bee solar and Python. Originally when I was trying to set the site location the file that we were given did not work correctly and it did not orient the position properly. For module 6 we were given a forma Revit file so I use this instead.
I uploaded the file successfully, but it was clear that my building’s footprint was too large compared to the map. It looks like I made a mistake in my previous numbers/assignment too.
The other thought I had was that I missed something in lecture about the scale of the the scene(or maybe a unit conversion error that I overlooked). Regardless I trekked on. My final building shape is pretty basic now ,but it fits within most buildings and has the necessary measures and fits most of the constraints (unfortunately hits 2 smaller buildings which is not good at all)…I tired a lot of different scenarios, but with my skillset, there was no way for me to avoid one of the smaller buildings that was partially in the rectangular space I had. I also lowered the layer height to try to add additional overall floor space, but nothing worked.
The two new evaluator nodes that I created were a efficiency evaluator and a cost evaluator. The problem I ran into with the cost evaluator is that my original formula was incorrect- I mixed some units (Im working in ft and i entered in meters for the formula. The total cost of the building was over 5 Billion Dollars instead of the 2.3 Billion I finally calculated. But I'm actually not very familiar with how much buildings cost so I'm unsure if either of these are correct but the 5 billion seemed far too high.
I attempted to do a solar efficiency calculator as well but that didn't workout as planned so I created an efficiency evaluator that looks at surface to floor ratios to understand how much of the building is exposed to the outside in relation to usable interior space.
cost eval:
Efficiency eval:
The Solar Eval that I stopped working on:
