Analysis of a conceptual model, of Outdoor Shading, Indoor Shading, Lux Levels and Solar Access. Tool utilized is a software called as 'Ecotect Analysis'.
The software helps in analyzing a built form with respect to the climate responsiveness. And is a very useful tool for buildings.
http://www.greenarchworld.com/
There are four important dates for considering sun position: winter solstice (lowest sun), spring/autumn equinoxes (sun rises east and sets west), and summer solstice (highest sun). When importing files into Ecotect, properly scale and structure files, check surface normals, and set material properties with appropriate reflectivity values for floors, walls and ceilings. Set up an analysis grid no larger than 1x1m and adjust the offset according to building use, usually 600mm from the floor.
This document provides an overview of how to model buildings in Ecotect, including:
- Reasons for modeling in Ecotect include thermal analysis requirements and ability to easily edit models.
- How to set preferences like units and snap distance.
- Basic modeling tools like selecting objects, transforming, measuring, adding zones and child objects.
- Techniques for editing zones, moving objects, copying/morphing, and adding voids.
Analysis of a conceptual model, of Outdoor Shading, Indoor Shading, Lux Levels and Solar Access. Tool utilized is a software called as 'Ecotect Analysis'.
The software helps in analyzing a built form with respect to the climate responsiveness. And is a very useful tool for buildings.
http://www.greenarchworld.com/
There are four important dates for considering sun position: winter solstice (lowest sun), spring/autumn equinoxes (sun rises east and sets west), and summer solstice (highest sun). When importing files into Ecotect, properly scale and structure files, check surface normals, and set material properties with appropriate reflectivity values for floors, walls and ceilings. Set up an analysis grid no larger than 1x1m and adjust the offset according to building use, usually 600mm from the floor.
This document provides an overview of how to model buildings in Ecotect, including:
- Reasons for modeling in Ecotect include thermal analysis requirements and ability to easily edit models.
- How to set preferences like units and snap distance.
- Basic modeling tools like selecting objects, transforming, measuring, adding zones and child objects.
- Techniques for editing zones, moving objects, copying/morphing, and adding voids.
1) The document provides guidance on performing thermal analysis in Ecotect by properly modeling geometry, assigning materials and properties, calculating inter-zonal adjacencies, and analyzing hourly temperature profiles, heat gains/losses, and more.
2) Key recommendations include modeling geometry in Ecotect rather than importing, ensuring all zones are fully enclosed, checking and correcting surface normals, and assigning primary and alternate materials to surfaces.
3) The analysis section describes how to view temperature distribution, direct solar gains, monthly loads, and a passive gains breakdown to evaluate performance under different conditions and identify areas for improvement.
This document provides step-by-step instructions for performing lighting analysis in Ecotect. It explains how to visualize shadows and sun paths, calculate incident solar radiation on building surfaces, and analyze interior lighting levels using an analysis grid. The instructions also describe how to export an Ecotect model and lighting data to Radiance for further lighting design calculations and rendering illuminated interior views with overlayed lighting information.
Ecotect is a 3D building analysis software developed by Autodesk to help architects design more energy efficient and sustainable buildings. It allows users to analyze factors like solar exposure, thermal performance, lighting, and shading. The software imports climate data and converts it to model sunrise, solar paths, and shadowing. It also allows thermal, ventilation and wind simulations. Ecotect is advantageous for architects and designers as it empowers better decision making for sustainable design and creates more energy efficient buildings.
Satyendra kushwaha is a software developer with over 2 years of experience seeking a new position. He has experience developing software in C#, ASP.NET, SQL, HTML5, CSS, Bootstrap and more. He is looking to continue learning the latest tools and techniques. He has a Master's degree in Computer Applications and his most recent role was as a software developer at Reckon Sales Pvt Ltd from July 2015 to present.
The document provides a 10 step process for modeling electric lighting in Ecotect:
1. Create a room zone and place a light at the ceiling height.
2. Array the lights along the room and mirror them to both sides.
3. Assign light materials from premade options or custom materials.
4. Generate an analysis grid and perform a lighting level calculation over the grid.
5. View the electric light levels analysis and export the scene file.
The future of our cities: sustainability and technologyMarc Pous
This is a talk I gave at Sustainable Gmbh in Munich talking about the future of our cities. How the future of our cities is related to sustainability, technology and the empowerment of the citizens.
The document describes several architectural modeling and analysis projects carried out by students under the guidance of Carlo Zanchetta. It includes Revit modeling, energy analysis using Ecotect, and CFD analysis of buildings designed by architects like Charles Correa and projects at MIT. Different groups of students modeled and analyzed aspects of buildings like the Kanchanjunga Apartments, Ismaili Centre, and Parekh House.
This document provides an overview of construction technology. It discusses the various components of building foundations like footers, concrete and rebar. It also examines framing elements such as roofing, studding and door/window framing. Additionally, it outlines plumbing technologies including drain pipes, supply pipes and water pumps. HVAC systems, electricity components and the impacts of construction are also summarized. Civil engineering elements such as residential and commercial construction, bridges and transportation infrastructure are briefly described.
1. Jaisalmer has an extremely hot and dry climate with summer temperatures reaching 49.2 degrees Celsius and winter temperatures falling to 1 degree Celsius.
2. The best orientation for buildings in Jaisalmer is facing south at 185 degrees to avoid maximum solar radiation, while the worst orientation is facing east at 95 degrees.
3. Traditional architectural techniques that help cool buildings in Jaisalmer include dense building clusters, projections and fins to control sun exposure, courtyards for ventilation, and massive construction materials.
The document presents a study on using locally available waste materials like foundry sand and fly ash in reactive powder concrete (RPC). The objectives are to understand waste utilization and examine how replacements affect RPC properties like strength and ductility. A literature review found that foundry sand and fly ash can improve concrete strength at certain replacement levels. The work plan involves testing RPC mixes with varying levels of foundry sand and fly ash replacement. The goal is to ascertain the behavior and properties of RPC when using these industrial byproducts.
This document contains tips for using Ecotect software, including how to:
1) Create shades in Ecotect by inserting windows and using the shading design wizard.
2) Adjust visualization settings like line color and cut away sections.
3) Use the weather tool to determine building orientation and view passive design analysis graphs.
This document provides an overview of high performance concrete (HPC). It defines HPC as concrete with high durability and strength compared to conventional concrete, containing cementious materials like fly ash or slag and superplasticizers. The document outlines the history of concrete, properties of HPC like strength and durability, structures it can be used in, and benefits like reduced costs and maintenance needs. It also discusses setting time, durability characteristics, when to use HPC, types of HPC, and limitations before concluding that HPC is crucial for tall buildings due to its strength, durability, and ability to withstand severe environments.
El documento describe el análisis bioclimático y la importancia de la geometría solar en la arquitectura. Explica que la energía solar es la fuente principal de los procesos climáticos en la Tierra y que la posición del sol afecta la temperatura, humedad y viento. También destaca que una mala orientación de un edificio puede causar problemas de confort y desperdicio de energía. Finalmente, presenta métodos para analizar la trayectoria solar como gráficas y simulaciones, los cuales pueden usarse para lograr un dise
La ventilación natural es importante para la salud, el confort y la eficiencia energética de los edificios. Existen varias estrategias efectivas como la ventilación cruzada a través de aberturas estratégicamente ubicadas, la ventilación vertical mediante torres captadoras y de extracción, y la combinación de recursos como el enfriamiento evaporativo y el uso de masa térmica. Un buen diseño considera factores como la orientación, tamaño y ubicación de aberturas, así como la circulación del aire a nivel de los ocup
TECNALIA is a leading applied research center in Spain that identifies business opportunities through applied research. One of its divisions focuses on sustainable construction, promoting transformation and solutions to challenges in the sector. The division has expertise in areas like innovative and sustainable materials, industrialized construction processes, smart buildings and cities, and infrastructure. It has various facilities and over 1,500 experts for research and collaboration with companies.
This document provides information about a course on sustainable construction management. It includes:
- The course aims to provide knowledge on current resource and environmental issues and how to identify and solve problems in construction practices related to sustainability.
- Learning outcomes include being able to formulate issues, improve practices, and work in groups to solve sustainability problems in construction.
- The syllabus covers topics like environmental concerns, sustainable sites, green building assessment, operations and commissioning management, and economic analyses of green buildings.
- Assessments include assignments, tests, projects, and a final exam worth various percentages of the total grade. The time spent on lectures, tutorials, assignments, and exams is also summarized.
The document discusses the principles of energy efficient architecture and climate responsive design. It emphasizes modulating building conditions to keep them within the comfort zone throughout the day using landscape, form, materials and other passive design strategies. The goal is to analyze site conditions, climate data, and building program to inform the passive design of the building form, envelope, and energy systems to create sustainable habitats.
1) The document provides guidance on performing thermal analysis in Ecotect by properly modeling geometry, assigning materials and properties, calculating inter-zonal adjacencies, and analyzing hourly temperature profiles, heat gains/losses, and more.
2) Key recommendations include modeling geometry in Ecotect rather than importing, ensuring all zones are fully enclosed, checking and correcting surface normals, and assigning primary and alternate materials to surfaces.
3) The analysis section describes how to view temperature distribution, direct solar gains, monthly loads, and a passive gains breakdown to evaluate performance under different conditions and identify areas for improvement.
This document provides step-by-step instructions for performing lighting analysis in Ecotect. It explains how to visualize shadows and sun paths, calculate incident solar radiation on building surfaces, and analyze interior lighting levels using an analysis grid. The instructions also describe how to export an Ecotect model and lighting data to Radiance for further lighting design calculations and rendering illuminated interior views with overlayed lighting information.
Ecotect is a 3D building analysis software developed by Autodesk to help architects design more energy efficient and sustainable buildings. It allows users to analyze factors like solar exposure, thermal performance, lighting, and shading. The software imports climate data and converts it to model sunrise, solar paths, and shadowing. It also allows thermal, ventilation and wind simulations. Ecotect is advantageous for architects and designers as it empowers better decision making for sustainable design and creates more energy efficient buildings.
Satyendra kushwaha is a software developer with over 2 years of experience seeking a new position. He has experience developing software in C#, ASP.NET, SQL, HTML5, CSS, Bootstrap and more. He is looking to continue learning the latest tools and techniques. He has a Master's degree in Computer Applications and his most recent role was as a software developer at Reckon Sales Pvt Ltd from July 2015 to present.
The document provides a 10 step process for modeling electric lighting in Ecotect:
1. Create a room zone and place a light at the ceiling height.
2. Array the lights along the room and mirror them to both sides.
3. Assign light materials from premade options or custom materials.
4. Generate an analysis grid and perform a lighting level calculation over the grid.
5. View the electric light levels analysis and export the scene file.
The future of our cities: sustainability and technologyMarc Pous
This is a talk I gave at Sustainable Gmbh in Munich talking about the future of our cities. How the future of our cities is related to sustainability, technology and the empowerment of the citizens.
The document describes several architectural modeling and analysis projects carried out by students under the guidance of Carlo Zanchetta. It includes Revit modeling, energy analysis using Ecotect, and CFD analysis of buildings designed by architects like Charles Correa and projects at MIT. Different groups of students modeled and analyzed aspects of buildings like the Kanchanjunga Apartments, Ismaili Centre, and Parekh House.
This document provides an overview of construction technology. It discusses the various components of building foundations like footers, concrete and rebar. It also examines framing elements such as roofing, studding and door/window framing. Additionally, it outlines plumbing technologies including drain pipes, supply pipes and water pumps. HVAC systems, electricity components and the impacts of construction are also summarized. Civil engineering elements such as residential and commercial construction, bridges and transportation infrastructure are briefly described.
1. Jaisalmer has an extremely hot and dry climate with summer temperatures reaching 49.2 degrees Celsius and winter temperatures falling to 1 degree Celsius.
2. The best orientation for buildings in Jaisalmer is facing south at 185 degrees to avoid maximum solar radiation, while the worst orientation is facing east at 95 degrees.
3. Traditional architectural techniques that help cool buildings in Jaisalmer include dense building clusters, projections and fins to control sun exposure, courtyards for ventilation, and massive construction materials.
The document presents a study on using locally available waste materials like foundry sand and fly ash in reactive powder concrete (RPC). The objectives are to understand waste utilization and examine how replacements affect RPC properties like strength and ductility. A literature review found that foundry sand and fly ash can improve concrete strength at certain replacement levels. The work plan involves testing RPC mixes with varying levels of foundry sand and fly ash replacement. The goal is to ascertain the behavior and properties of RPC when using these industrial byproducts.
This document contains tips for using Ecotect software, including how to:
1) Create shades in Ecotect by inserting windows and using the shading design wizard.
2) Adjust visualization settings like line color and cut away sections.
3) Use the weather tool to determine building orientation and view passive design analysis graphs.
This document provides an overview of high performance concrete (HPC). It defines HPC as concrete with high durability and strength compared to conventional concrete, containing cementious materials like fly ash or slag and superplasticizers. The document outlines the history of concrete, properties of HPC like strength and durability, structures it can be used in, and benefits like reduced costs and maintenance needs. It also discusses setting time, durability characteristics, when to use HPC, types of HPC, and limitations before concluding that HPC is crucial for tall buildings due to its strength, durability, and ability to withstand severe environments.
El documento describe el análisis bioclimático y la importancia de la geometría solar en la arquitectura. Explica que la energía solar es la fuente principal de los procesos climáticos en la Tierra y que la posición del sol afecta la temperatura, humedad y viento. También destaca que una mala orientación de un edificio puede causar problemas de confort y desperdicio de energía. Finalmente, presenta métodos para analizar la trayectoria solar como gráficas y simulaciones, los cuales pueden usarse para lograr un dise
La ventilación natural es importante para la salud, el confort y la eficiencia energética de los edificios. Existen varias estrategias efectivas como la ventilación cruzada a través de aberturas estratégicamente ubicadas, la ventilación vertical mediante torres captadoras y de extracción, y la combinación de recursos como el enfriamiento evaporativo y el uso de masa térmica. Un buen diseño considera factores como la orientación, tamaño y ubicación de aberturas, así como la circulación del aire a nivel de los ocup
TECNALIA is a leading applied research center in Spain that identifies business opportunities through applied research. One of its divisions focuses on sustainable construction, promoting transformation and solutions to challenges in the sector. The division has expertise in areas like innovative and sustainable materials, industrialized construction processes, smart buildings and cities, and infrastructure. It has various facilities and over 1,500 experts for research and collaboration with companies.
This document provides information about a course on sustainable construction management. It includes:
- The course aims to provide knowledge on current resource and environmental issues and how to identify and solve problems in construction practices related to sustainability.
- Learning outcomes include being able to formulate issues, improve practices, and work in groups to solve sustainability problems in construction.
- The syllabus covers topics like environmental concerns, sustainable sites, green building assessment, operations and commissioning management, and economic analyses of green buildings.
- Assessments include assignments, tests, projects, and a final exam worth various percentages of the total grade. The time spent on lectures, tutorials, assignments, and exams is also summarized.
The document discusses the principles of energy efficient architecture and climate responsive design. It emphasizes modulating building conditions to keep them within the comfort zone throughout the day using landscape, form, materials and other passive design strategies. The goal is to analyze site conditions, climate data, and building program to inform the passive design of the building form, envelope, and energy systems to create sustainable habitats.
13. <<分析步驟 二、溫度分佈分析 TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION 溫度分佈分析顯示各區域不同溫度的全年時數分佈，通過這一曲線可以找到全年各區域溫度分佈特徵，此分佈適合於分析非空調房間，能判斷在自然的條件下溫度分佈，並且統計舒適範圍內的時數。 輔助空間 Comfort Band: 18.0 - 26.0 C In Comfort: 4981 Hrs (56.9%)
14. <<分析步驟 一樓餐廳二 Comfort Band: 18.0 - 26.0 C In Comfort: 3361 Hrs (57.6%) 二樓 Comfort Band: 18.0 - 26.0 C In Comfort: 3105 Hrs (53.2%)
16. <<分析步驟 四、逐時溫度曲線分析 HOURLY TEMPERATURES - 22nd July Avg. Temperature: 29.6 C (Ground 23.3 C) Hourly Temperature Profile: Outside temp: the temperature outside Beam solar: direct solar radiation Diffuse solar: indirect solar radiation Wind speed: typical wind conditions Zone temp: the temperature inside Selected zone: the selected zone is shown in bold
17. <<分析步驟 四、逐時溫度曲線分析 HOURLY TEMPERATURES - 22nd July Avg. Temperature: 29.6 C (Ground 23.3 C) 一樓餐（南） 二樓餐廳 輔助空間 無空調 有空調
24. <<分析步驟 五、逐時得失熱分析 HOURLY GAINS - Sunday 22nd July Hourly Heat Gains/Losses: HVAC load: overall cooling and heating Conduction: through building fabric Sol Air: through solar gains on opaque surfaces Direct Solar: through transparent windows Ventilation: through crack and openings Internal: lights, people and equipment Inter-Zonal: heat flow between adjacent zones
26. <<分析步驟 六、耗能分析 Monthly loads/discomfort All Visible Thermal Zones Comfort: Zonal Bands Max Heating: 13993 W at 23:00 on 5th February Max Cooling: 30518 W at 14:00 on 25th July HEATING COOLING TOTAL MONTH (Wh) (Wh) (Wh) ------------ -------- --------- --------- Jan 1679386 18800 1698186 Feb 1278521 12514 1291035 Mar 155599 346434 502034 Apr 0 2222055 2222055 May 0 2125477 2125477 Jun 0 5175992 5175992 Jul 0 7463000 7463000 Aug 0 5643143 5643143 Sep 0 4608212 4608212 Oct 0 3256020 3256020 Nov 0 780831 780831 Dec 52316 98315 150630 ------------ -------- --------- --------- TOTAL 3165822 31750794 34916616 ------------ -------- --------- --------- PER M? 12563 125995 138558 Floor Area: 252.000 m2
