Energy.script
ENERGY.script is a Rhino/Grasshopper-based workflow developed by HGA and Cause (utilizing the open-source plugins from LadyBug Tools) to provide a step-by-step, vetted process for design teams to execute early energy analysis on their projects. Using simplified building geometry, the tool runs two early energy models— an ‘Original’ and ‘Optimized’ analysis—to directly compare the impact of many energy optimization strategies and help prioritize design decisions and project budget.
Following the Script to Early Energy Analysis
Engineered Systems Magazine
There is still too much of a disconnect between what is being learned through the analysis process and what translates to the design team during critical decision-making phases.
HGA, in collaboration with Cause, a sustainability consultancy, is striving to change this picture through the development and adoption of an energy analysis process that allows architects to take the lead in the early phases of design, opening a path for greater interdisciplinary dialogue about key sustainability strategies much earlier in the design process than is currently typical, and creating a common understanding of the factors that influence building performance across the entire project team.
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Learn from Elizabeth LeRiche, HGA’s Building Performance Specialist, how ENERGY.script has been used as a software to improve our process on energy analysis on a variety of projects.
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