Chaos and IES to ‘democratise building performance analysis’

Enscape Building Performance module to deliver real time analysis and visulisation for energy, daylight and thermal comfort The post Chaos and IES to ‘democratise building performance analysis’ appeared first on AEC Magazine.

Overheating buildings are architects’ responsibility too

It’s time to rethink your attitudes to thermal comfort - if not for the sake of the planet, then for the sake of your insurance premiums, writes Eleanor Jolliffe.

City Architecture Forum - Revealing the City - Thermal Comfort, a ground breaking initiative 02112021

A presentation of the City-of-London and RWDI's microclimate study of the square mile, and in particular the impact of the cluster of high rise buildings in the city, and the impact this has on wind, air pollution, sunlight (to the ground) and thermal comfort. They highlight how the use of thermal comfort modelling and assessment, CFD modelling and projections are helping form some of their strategies, innovations and planning policies Below is a PDF copy of the Thermal Comfort Guidelines

alinea virtual forum - WELL from an Occupier’s Perspective, 13082020

It’s so much more than just a couple of carefully placed plants! In this forum alinea look at some of the tangible benefits of implementing a Wellbeing strategy with occupier fit-out, with a focus on the WELL Building Standard (v2). alinea consider the business case, cost of implementation, reflect on actual case studies in use, and then move on to some topical Q&A