Sefaira for SketchUp: Use Cases
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Sefaira for SketchUp: Use Cases
- 1. Four Rules of Thumb That Could Lead You Astray Rules of Thumb can point you in the wrong direction. Here’s what you need to know so you don’t get misled.
- 2. Sefaira for SketchUp lets you study building performance in realtime, as you design. Here are just a few examples of how you can use it …
- 3. 1. Study building form Quickly study the impact of building shape through simple massing studies. Square (lowest energy use) Rectangle Tower (highest energy use)
- 4. Sefaira for SketchUp can help you maintain a constant floor area as you change the massing Tip: Maintain a constant glazing amount on each façade to isolate the effects of form
- 5. 2. Investigate Heat Gains Is heat gain a problem? If so, which facades are responsible?
- 6. Cooling is the largest energy use in this building. Cooling is driven by heat flowing into the building. Solar gain from the West façade is the largest single contributor
- 7. Reducing West glazing brings down total energy use significantly Now Heating is the largest energy use
- 8. 3. Size Shading Devices Investigate different building and glazing options.
- 9. Keep an eye on energy use to see how much shading is beneficial Tip: Inset windows can also be used to shade
- 10. 4. Explore Façade Design Just design. Use Sefaira for SketchUp as needed to help size glazing and shading, or to compare options.
- 11. You can compare different designs based on energy use Use the energy breakdown and Heat Flows charts as a guide while you design