Class Central is learner-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

LinkedIn Learning

Revit Insight: Energy Analysis

via LinkedIn Learning

Go to class Write review
Coursera Ad

Save 40% on 3 months of Coursera Plus

Learn More → Corporate Finance Institute Ad

Get 35% Off CFI Certifications - Code CFI35

Learn More →

Overview

Coursera Flash Sale
40% Off Coursera Plus for 3 Months!
Grab it
Incorporate Autodesk Insight— a powerful building performance analysis software—into your design workflow. Learn how to use data to drive energy-efficient building projects.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Energy modeling goal
1. Product Overview
  • Set up the user interface
  • Insight: Behind the scenes
  • Why Revit/Insight workflow
  • Advantages
  • Technique
  • Our project
2. Project Workflow: Masses and Elements
  • Establish location, weather station, and orientation
  • Create in-place masses
  • Assign floors and adjust adjacent masses
  • Generate energy model
  • Create an insight
  • Adjust the model to show connection
  • Energy settings: 01 model submittal
  • Review 01 model submittal
  • Energy settings: View template
  • Add building elements for an imprint
  • Mirror object that will imprint
  • Create 02 model submittal: Elements added
  • Add shading, mass families, and roof: 03 submittal
  • Use families to populate changes
  • Add detail for apartment types: Interior mass walls
  • Add detail for apartment types: Revit walls
  • Benefit of a library of masses for reuse
  • Overrides for schematic surfaces
  • Building elements only (bounding) for a study
  • Checklist: Best practice
3. Understanding Insight Results
  • The generated mode: Review
  • Create a scenario minus the PV contribution and with modified ranges
  • Applied scenario
  • Export options
4. Lighting Solar Analysis
  • Setup for a lighting study: Rooms and floors needed
  • Create a daylight autonomy study
  • Create a LEED accreditation study: Pass/fail
  • Customize the analysis results
  • Analyze the PV panels for the year
  • Analyze the PV panel output for winter months
  • Reveal prime locations for surface mounted PV panels
5. The Future
  • Setup for building elements with spaces
  • Organic forms
  • More mass form options
  • Formit as a front end for massing

Taught by

Jim Cowan

Reviews

4.7 rating at LinkedIn Learning based on 129 ratings

Start your review of Revit Insight: Energy Analysis

Go to class

Never Stop Learning.

Get personalized course recommendations, track subjects and courses with reminders, and more.

Sign up for free
Someone learning on their laptop while sitting on the floor.