Designing Day-lit Glare Free Energy-Efficient Buildings in Budget

Shifting energy codes are challenging architects with a wide array of parameters to balance like energy, cost, daylight, views, and embodied carbon. Hiring a consultant for every kind of analysis is a burden on fees. Many architects are harnessing simulation to shape the design and details of their projects. To be successful, teams must understand the levers that impact the performance and set up processes for success. Join this session diving into two case studies to generate beautiful analysis graphics and see how to shape the narrative in a data driven design process. 

Learning Objectives: 

• Overview of key performance parameters on project and their financial impact. We’ll dive into various building performance analyses including daylight analysis, glare analysis, shadow analysis, sun hours, radiation studies and more. Then, we’ll examine how to balance cost to ensure the project is both high performance and within budget
• Learn about how 2 distinct teams iterated to achieve high performance project design. In building design, collaboration is key. This course will provide examples of how teams can work together to create cost effective, sustainable building designs.
• Use the case studies to understand the core workflow for performance driven decision making. To set up processes for success, architects must understand the key factors that impact a building’s performance.
• Track and report projects to the AIA 2030.There are many misconceptions about the 2030 challenge. We’ll explain how simple it is to measure progress, reach targets, and report to the DDX.

Speakers: 

Patricia Kusumadjaja, VDC Director, cove.tool

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We're excited to announce the much-anticipated release of the Embodied Carbon Feature! The Embodied Carbon Feature allows you to automatically estimate detailed structural, enclosure, and interior material quantities in real-time, based on building geometry. With the Embodied Carbon Feature, you can create automated embodied carbon metrics for all your projects and uncover key insights on carbon emissions to make critical project and design decisions. Automatically select and assign EPDs and enable easy cross-team collaboration to streamline your embodied carbon calculations and simplify the decision-making process. Future releases will include operational carbon calculations and effortless AIA 2030 DDx and SE2050 reporting. In this 60-minute session, our team of expert building scientists will provide a quick overview of the Embodied Carbon Feature, its components, and workflow.

Speakers: 

Nilesh Bansal, Director of Sustainability, cove.tool

Sara Laudeman, Architecture Researcher, cove.tool

Our team  will be speakers at ASHRAE's Winter Conference in Atlanta! Catch us at the following sessions: 

Seminar 27: Presentation 3: Level of Detail in BIM Vs BEM - 2/6 at 8:40am-9:00am

Sponsor Tech Talk: Introduction to loadmodeling.tool - 2/7 at 1:30pm-2:00pm

Paper Session 22: Presentation 1: Passive or Active, Mapping the Highest Impact HVAC Design Interventions across the USA (AT-23-C071) - 2/8 at 8:00am-8:20am

Join us after the first day of the AHR Expo at cove.tool's new headquarters (just a short walk away from the Georgia World Congress Center). Enjoy free beer, wine, hors d'oeuvres, and amazing views of the city, and network with engineers and manufacturers from all over the country. 

Date: Monday, February 6th

Time: 7:00 PM

Location: 100 Peachtree Street NW, 18th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30303

Visit our team at AHR Expo!

Our booth with be in Building B, on Level 1 with Exhibit Hall BC — (Booth #B4561).

Renovation and restoration projects present a unique opportunity for architects to develop design strategies with the highest impact while balancing the project's cost. In this 45-minute session, we cover renovation and restoration projects and conduct early-stage analysis in cove.tool. We will walk you through setting up a 3D model, matching the existing geometry, and calibrating baseline energy models to fit the scope of your project.

Speaker: 

Jayati Chhabra, Researcher, cove.tool

This 60-Minute session will walk you through the key elements that lead to additional design revisions and how to avoid revisions through improved collaboration. Rhinoceros and Grasshopper are extremely versatile in their design, but do not integrate well with mechanical engineers’ and cost estimators’ workflow. The session will touch on how to bring the key decision makers into the fold to drive better decision-making.

Speaker: 

Sara Laudeman, Architecture Researcher, cove.tool

This 60-Minute session will walk you through the workflow for setting up a project for automated HVAC design in loadmodeling.tool. It will dig into mechanical engineering workflows and touch on tips and tricks on analysis types for different phases of design.

Speaker: 

Patrick Pease, PE, Mechanical ENgineering Director, cove.tool

Achieving Net Zero: The Power of Effective Collaboration

Speakers: 

Nilesh Bansal, Director of Sustainability, cove.tool

Elan Abneri, VP, NY MEP Manager - Gannett Fleming

Michael Paterno, President, CMAA Metro NY/NJ Chapter - ARCADIS

Spencer Orkus, President of Development, L+M Development Partners LLC

 Kat West, Associate Director of Sustainability, Turner & Townsend

Date: March 8, 2023 

Time: 11:10 AM - 12:10 PM 

Location: Conference Stage 1

Visit our team at NY Build Expo - we will be at booth #348! 

Grab some new cove.tool swag and chat with our team of experts about recently released features and exciting new products coming in 2023.