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Important Takeaways from ASHRAE Standard 209
We recently covered ways to rethink your approach to modeling building performance in the Abundance Blog post, You May Want to Rethink Your Energy Model. In that post, we talked about using energy modeling as a design tool, and ASHRAE…
You May Want to Rethink Your Energy Model
It must be said that not all energy models are created equal. This post explores the ways you can use your LEED energy model for more than just compliance. By instead focusing on performance, cost-effective energy conservation measures, and energy…
Energy models in the era of the virtual workforce
I’ve worked on energy models for everything from local schools and libraries to towering hotels and multifamily high rise. The bigger the building or the more innovative the design, the more important it is to get an energy model. Energy…
Energy audits can fool-proof your CapEx budget
Energy audits are the best kept secret of smart facilities and operations managers. The central goal for CapEx budgeting is to figure out the best way to spend your company’s financial resources to optimize a building’s performance – financial and otherwise.…
Energy Modeling Can Save Time and Money for a Building Project
Before the first shovel of dirt is removed from a prospective building site, the owner wants to know something very basic: what’s the payback over time? I developed a continuing education course on energy modeling for Building Design + Construction…
Weathering Complexity to Improve Energy Modeling Accuracy
By Grey Fowles
We aim for simplicity in design. Most architects would love to present a building as a single concept. But even Mies Van Der Rohe -- who loved simplicity – often said, "The devil is in the details." His design of…