1. Gbs Autodesk

Gbs Autodesk

The web-based energy analysis service can help architects and designers perform whole building analysis, optimize energy efficiency, and work toward carbon neutrality earlier in the design process. With faster, more accurate energy analysis of building design proposals, architects and designers can work with sustainably in mind earlier in the process, plan proactively, and build better. Green Building Studio (GBS) is accessed from within the design team's 3D-CAD or BIM software, and uses the wide range of building design information in that model to create a geometrically correct thermal model of the building, with appropriate zoning and orientation. This model is developed using regional building standards, and codes for intelligent assumptions for the appropriate space type. The building is then run through the DOE 2.2 hourly simulation model using typical year weather data for the building's location. Annual energy consumption, costs, and a wide range of data on the building heating and cooling loads, spaces, and systems is summarized and presented within the 3D-CAD or BIM tool environment. Using gbXML for data exchange, GBS is one of the first engineering analysis tools to deliver true interoperability between building design teams using CAD, engineers using energy models such as DOE-2, and building product manufacturer's like Trane using Trace700 for sizing and pre-sales design.