topic Re: Energy Compliance in Collaboration with other software

Energy Compliance

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 01:55:07 GMT

It is here and Archicad has no clue about it, designing for energy compliance.

To meet or beat the energy standard, which is a critical component of LEED and has also become the default energy code for most states the ASHRAE 90.1
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It was a link that died http://archicad-talk.graphisoft.com/viewtopic.php?p=13306&highlight=ashrae#13306

ASHRAE 90.1 delegates to the mechanical engineers these aspect of the design compliance:

• envelopes and fenestration
• lighting and lighting controls

I hope AC 10 will address this totally neglected aspect. Soon one will have no choice but to move to a BIM package that is built around the energy codes.

Re: Energy Compliance

gpowless — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 02:23:50 GMT

Ontario, Canada has had ASHRAE 90.1 requirements incorporated in the Building Code since about 1995.

I took a course on compliance when I was a building inspector. Funny to that the course was designed for architects and engineers and there were only about oneof each in a class of about 30. BTW it was a freebee put on by then Ontario Hydro.

In the course material and manual there was software that helped analyze the building on the prescriptive / and or optional paths. I think I still may have a copy of both the lighting and envelope programs but they are probably out of date...considering that they ran under DOS....

Re: Energy Compliance

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Feb 2006 02:54:11 GMT

This standard is 90.1– 1999 and no the old 90.1-1989
Believe me is not a cakewalk. Of course the DOE COM-Check works if design or $$ is not a concern. The next standard being developed by the DOE is so strict that no Architect will be able to bring a building in budget or design one without addressing envelope concerns from start.

I know most of this list is preoccupied by pretty images and tools to express them but I am warning the writing is on the wall , we are fast approaching the moment we must be able to design or be reduced to fashion consultants.