- The document describes a project at New York City College of Technology to develop an interdisciplinary design/analysis/fabrication process for high-performance buildings.
- Faculty from architectural technology, environmental engineering, and mechanical engineering departments collaborate on building information modeling, computation and fabrication, and building performance areas.
- A multi-step performance analysis process is used that includes climate analysis, massing studies, facade studies, and energy modeling to iteratively improve building design.
- Tools like Rhino, Vasari, DIVA, and Equest are used at different steps to evaluate light, energy, and benchmark performance.