Event Description

This interactive course demonstrates how early design decisions can achieve energy efficiency goals within budget and time constraints, using live polling and energy modeling simulations.

Identifying energy efficiency measures while balancing real-world constraints such as client budgets and time constraints poses challenges to any project team.

This interactive course demonstrates how energy efficiency goals—when addressed beginning early in design—can be successfully achieved, saving valuable resources. The session introduces how comparative analysis assists in achieving energy conservation goals alongside factors that drive energy use.

A case study building will be presented, including energy conservation strategies available for consideration. Participants will utilize live polling to assemble “bundles” of selected energy efficiency measures to play out what-if scenarios, discussing the merits and challenges of each bundle.

Facilitators will run live energy modeling simulations to show the results of several bundles. Bundled results will be revealed alongside energy-savings trends, dispelling common misconceptions about the link between budget and energy savings. The performance of the built case study building will be reviewed, and participants will receive an energy analysis infographic (PDF) of takeaways from the session.

 

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize the value early energy analysis provides to the design process and client decision-making.
• Identify a range of energy efficiency options and their impacts on energy outcomes during various stages of design.
• Interpret building performance and financial information provided by energy analysis results.
• Understand how decisions made early in design can increase energy savings opportunities.