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En

nergy An
nalysis Using
U
Bu
uilding Elements
E
s-Quick Start
A quick start o
on performing Energy Analysis using buildin
ng elementts in Revit.
u can use a detailed building in
nformation model from
m Revit (2
2014 or late
er) as the basis for your
y
You
ene
ergy analyssis. Revit will
w automatically crea
ate an Ene
ergy Analytical Model (EAM) fro
om the building
elem
ments in the model (w
walls, windo
ows, ceiling
gs, roof, etcc.), and passs that inforrmation to Green Building
Stud
dio for energy simulattion.

The
e following video expla
ains how to
o perform whole
w
building energy
y analysis using
u
building elements in
Rev
vit.
Ene
ergy Analyssis Using Building
B
Elements
The
e following instruction
ns describe
e how to pe
erform an energy sim
mulation of an entire building model
thatt is comprissed of Revit building elements
e
s
such
as wa
alls, roofs, and
a doors. Use these instruction
ns to
quic
ckly create a baseline
e simulation that uses
s default energy settings. Then see the Energy Analysis
usin
ng Building Elements - Detailed Workflow to
t learn how
w to modifyy the building element model and its
ene
ergy setting
gs to refine the analysis.
If yo
oud like to download a model to
o use for th
he analysis,, here is a Health Cen
nter model located in San
Francisco.

To perform en
nergy analysis using
g building elements::
Crea
ate building model

Cre
eate the Revvit building
mo
odel

Sign
n in to Autod
desk 360

To use this fea


ature, you must
m
sign in to Autodesk 360.
Clicck Sign in Sign in to
Autodesk 360. Enter your
nd password
d.
Autodesk ID an

Set building elements as th


he basis for the
t energy simulation.
s

Clicck Analyze tab

Energ
gy

An
nalysis pane
el
Use
U
Bu
uilding Elem
ment Mode.

Spe
ecify the building energy
y settings as needed.

Clicck Analyze tab

Energ
gy

An
nalysis pane
el
Energy Settin
ngs.

For Building
F
g Type, revie
ew
t occupan
the
ncy type
a
assigned
to the building
g,
a modify a
and
as needed.
For Location
F
n, review the
e
g
geographic
location
s
specified
forr the project,
a modify a
and
as needed.
Forr more inform
mation abou
ut
the
ese settings see Energyy
Settings.

Run
n the Energyy Simulation (Energy An
nalytical Mod
del Created Automatically)

Dissplay a 3D view
v
of the
mo
odel, and clicck Analyze tab
E
Energy
Ana
alysis panel
Ru
un Energy Simulation.
S

Che
eck the Enerrgy Analytica
al Model and
d proceed with
w the Simu
ulation.

You are inform


med when the
ergy analyticcal model ha
as
ene
bee
en generate
ed. Click OK.
To learn aboutt energy model
validation and limitations, see
Energy Analyssis using
ents Model
Building Eleme
Validation.
w the geome
etry
You can review
A
De
esign Review
w.
in Autodesk

Nam
me the simullation run an
nd specify th
he Green Bu
uilding Studio project.

In the
t Run Ene
ergy Simulattion
dia
alog specify the
t run nam
me
and
d the Green Building Studio
Pro
oject to assig
gn the run to
o.
(Ch
hoose a nam
me that is
des
scriptive of the
t model an
nd
ene
ergy settingss, and ensure
tha
at the Projecct youre
asssigning the run
r to have the
t
pro
oper location
n and buildin
ng
typ
pe settings.)
The
en click Con
ntinue.

Access the resu


ults by clicking the pop-u
up alert or Results
R
and Compare.

Wh
hen the simu
ulation is
com
mplete, an alert
a
dissplays. Click the analysiss
nam
me in the ale
ert to view th
he
sim
mulation resu
ults.
Or go to the En
nergy Analy
ysis
nel, click Re
esults &
pan
Co
ompare, and
d select the
ana
alysis from the
t project trree.

Rev
view the simulation results.

In the
t Results and Compa
are
dia
alog, view the analysis
ressults.
Tip
p: Use the S
Settings tab to
t
select the charrts to include
e in
e results and
d to configurre
the
the
e display of energy
e
analyysis
datta on the Re
esults tab.

Mak
ke changes, simulate, and compare
e.

Mo
odify the buillding model and
ene
ergy settingss as needed
d.
The
en repeat stteps 5-7 to run
r a
sim
mulation on the
t modified
d
mo
odel.
Forr a side-by-sside comparrison
of simulation
s
re
esults, selecct
mu
ultiple analysses and click
k
Compare on th
he toolbar.

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