Revit Insight – Energy Analysis

On August 13, 2020

Release date:2019, July 31

Author:Jim Cowan

Skill level:Beginner

Language:English

Exercise files:Yes

Buildings consume the lion’s share of all of the energy produced in the US. With construction projects ramping up over the next several years, it’s critical that architects and engineers take pains to prioritize energy performance in their designs. Insight, the powerful building performance analysis software from Autodesk, can help. This powerful package allows BIM professionals to integrate energy, lighting, and solar analysis into their workflow and leverage sophisticated simulation engines that empower them to make smart, data-driven design choices. In this course, join instructor Jim Cowan as he shows how to use Insight to analyze the solar impact of an apartment complex, starting with simple masses and adding key details to improve the simulation.
Topics include:
Generating an energy model
Working with energy settings
Using families to populate changes
Deciphering insight results
Creating a daylight autonomy study
Creating a LEED accreditation study
Analyzing PV panel output

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001 Energy modeling goal
002 Set up the user interface
003 Insight – Behind the scenes
004 Why Revit-Insight workflow
005 Advantages
006 Technique
007 Our project
008 Establish location, weather station, and orientation
009 Create in-place masses
010 Assign floors and adjust adjacent masses
011 Generate energy model
012 Create an insight
013 Adjust the model to show connection
014 Energy settings – 01 model submittal
015 Review 01 model submittal
016 Energy settings – View template
017 Add building elements for an imprint
018 Mirror object that will imprint
019 Create 02 model submittal – Elements added
020 Add shading, mass families, and roof – 03 submittal
021 Use families to populate changes
022 Add detail for apartment types – Interior mass walls
023 Add detail for apartment types – Revit walls
024 Benefit of a library of masses for reuse
025 Overrides for schematic surfaces
026 Building elements only (bounding) for a study
027 Checklist – Best practice
028 The generated mode – Review
029 Create a scenario minus the PV contribution and with modified ranges
030 Applied scenario
031 Export options
032 Setup for a lighting study – Rooms and floors needed
033 Create a daylight autonomy study
034 Create a LEED accreditation study – Pass-fail
035 Customize the analysis results
036 Analyze the PV panels for the year
037 Analyze the PV panel output for winter months
038 Reveal prime locations for surface mounted PV panels
039 Setup for building elements with spaces
040 Organic forms
041 More mass form options
042 Formit as a front end for massing