Participants in this webinar, led by François Lévy, architect, will gain familiarity with the role of the energy analysis in the architectural design process and learn how a building's aspect ratio, orientation, and thermal envelope characteristics affect energy performance. Viewers will also investigate how using an integrated energy analysis tool in the early stages of a BIM workflow can optimize schematic design. Attendees will explore a small residential project using an energy analysis module to understand how software supports such design processes. :
Learning Objectives
Understand the appropriate role of early energy analysis in architectural design processes
Evaluate how thermal envelope decisions affects a building’s overall energy footprint
Investigate the relative impact of individual building components on building performance
Learn about the application and functions of an integrated energy analysis tool :
François Lévy
François Lévy is a registered Texas architect, author, researcher, and former university lecturer. He holds a master’s of architecture and a master’s of science in architectural engineering from the University of Texas Austin, and has taught architecture there, as well as at UT San Antonio. His architectural projects have attracted regional and national press, includingDwell Magazine :and HGTV. François is the author ofBIM in Small-Scale Sustainable Design, a contributor to the AIA's :The Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice :and he has lectured widely on sustainability, Building Information Modeling (BIM), and space architecture, on which he has presented at international conferences. :levykohlhaas.com.
