Communicate for a healthy planet
This session on SPOT will be the last. In this session I am focusing on Lighting Design and integrating that with Daylighting Photo sensors. Enjoy!
I started writing this blog in June of 2011. In this past 10 months, I have shared my passion and learned a lot from all of your constant support. As of today there has been more than 13,000 page views...
In this session, we will test SPOT (Sensor Placement & Optimization Tool) for its accuracy in predicting daylighting levels. For this excercise, we will will use actual measured light level information...
(Please ignore the first 2 1/2 minutes) Training on High Performance Indicator starts with SPOT. SPOT stands for Sensor Placement and Optimization Tool and SPOT is to validate Visual Comfort. The...
Conceptual modeling during early design stages is not a luxury for a project anymore, it is and will be required to provide high performance design and energy efficient integrated design solution...
As designers, we love "Glass." We like to use glazing systems everywhere if possible. Reflectivity and transparency of glazing systems are the most important criteria for glazing selection because they...
Click here to download: Classroom_Daylighting_Study.pdf (222 KB) (download) Click here to download: Classroom_Daylighting_Study...
How many times have you gone into a space where there is ample daylight yet all the artificial lights are ON? There’s has got to be a simple way to show the lost opportunity, so it is compelling for...
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become an important ingredient to corporate image in the recent decade. I received an email from Energy Business Reports, regarding a new report on “Setting...
Another success story! – this time on an existing building. Given the state of the economy, existing building renovation projects will be on the rise. Existing buildings pose an interesting challenge...
The template I have been using for creating these Sankey Energy Diagrams for Predicted Building Energy Consumption is available for download. I am really excited to release this template! http://visualizegreen...
Although the objective of a Sankey diagram is to communicate without much explanation, I have received several comments and suggestions, that I thought explaining my rationale behind these diagrams...
Sustainability as a concept is not new. Communicating the concept of sustainability is new. I am interested in exploring the design aspects of communicating sustainability so it appeals to everyone.
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