See the latest in the series of presentations and videos from FenestraPro, and review and request the available Webinars by the FenestraPro team, including everything from guidance on Passive Design Considerations to improved Revit workflows for Energy Efficient Design.
Explore the latest videos, presentations and available webinars below.
Introducing the FenestraPro Envelope Analysis Extension in Autodesk Forma.
1 min 13 secs
Engagement with building designers indicates high levels of enthusiasm for using Revit software at different stages to analyze carbon emissions, from concept to detailed design. However, challenges remain in defining modeling practices that facilitate fast and accurate analysis. One solution to this is the Revit Energy Analytical Model, which allows us to analyze carbon while we design our buildings. While the Revit Energy Analytical Model is an intelligent method to transform architectural models into analytical information, the setup and model view can be unintuitive, and can be impacted by modeling practices. Join Autodesk and FenestraPro to learn about workflows and tools that simplify this process, and hear how they worked together to resolve many of these challenges. FenestraPro, a leading Autodesk Partner, has engaged with designers globally and developed tools that provide intuitive pathways for facade design in Revit software, empowering designers to understand carbon emissions throughout the design process.
58 min 55 sec
Webinar | Using FenestraPro7 To Access Efficient Energy Modeling in Revit.
1 hr 1 min
Oliver Kinnane gives a passionate presentation on why simulating operational energy is important for the future of the built environment.
15 min 36 sec
Senior Product Manager and Building Performance Analyst Ian walks us through special techniques for faster energy analysis in Revit.
18 min 04 sec
FenestraPro co-founder and green building architect Simon Whelan demonstrates workflows that architects can use for a more integrated building design process.
20 min 17 sec
Chaired by Dr. Malachy Mathews, Ian, Simon and Oliver share insights on why building performance analysis is important to designers.
17 min 20 sec
Optimal design decisions relating to the envelope are crucial to managing the energy performance of a building, particularly around passive design strategies of the façade. During this 1-hour online course, you will learn how geometric and materiality considerations can differ between design stages. We will look at goals and objectives relating to the façade at SD, DD and CD, and the utilization of different software applications to achieve these goals. There are no prerequisites for this course.
How we manage, plan, and design our built environment will determine whether climate change is manageable or catastrophic. With the 2030 Palette, designers have the tools they need to design adaptive, resilient, and Zero Net Carbon built environments.
This presentation outlines how the principles and strategies of the 2030 Palette for façade design can be applied to new and existing buildings at different design stages, and how to get a better understanding of the implications of design decisions.
It will cover the effects of passive characteristics such as solar, thermal and daylighting, and how these can be managed and optimized through decisions around geometry and materiality at the earliest stages of a building design process.
Energy Analysis Models in Revit can be inflexible and not create space adequately. Performance can be slow and large models are often difficult to navigate. However, we have created new workflows that can improve and resolve issues relating to the envelope, giving modellers dynamic feedback on their façade design decisions. These workflows will be discussed and demonstrated throughout the course.
Glass has been one of the most important architectural materials for centuries. It is essential in delivering beautiful aesthetics, visibility, and light transmission to our buildings. This course provides an overview of the considerations and implications of using different types of glass and glazing systems, how these decisions have demonstratable impacts on the energy performance of a building, and how designers can optimize their selection in design and specification processes.
Glass has been one of the most important architectural materials for centuries. It is essential in delivering beautiful aesthetics, visibility, and light transmission to our buildings. This course provides an overview of the considerations and implications of using different types of glass and glazing systems, how these decisions have demonstratable impacts on the energy performance of a building, and how designers can optimize their selection in design and specification processes.
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Define a Team with invited users for project collaboration, and to share project reports, building codes and glazing specifications.
Export envelope geometry and material specifications to an Excel spreadsheet for review and comparison.
Quickly set a Window to Wall Ratio to be applied automatically to all facades on the model to check compliance, thermal performance, or outline internal performances such as daylighting and heat gains.
Control glazing zones on both conceptual and detailed models. Define percentage values to generate glazing areas on detailed models or create notional glazing zones on conceptual models.
Autodistribute glazing to equalise Heat Gains on all orientations of a Conceptual model, or add glazing elements to a Detailed model by defining parameters such as WWR, glazing geometry or internal performances.
Calculate shading effects to include the impact of shading devices and other features on your project. Quantify the effects effects from shading elements and run a Shading Animation to visualize the impacts throughout the year.
Control the properties of components within nested curtain panels by material, and use assembly values, (including framing, mullions and edge of panel values) for a detailed thermal performance of curtain walls in the model.
Simulate a fritting effect on glazed model elements and apply to update Solar Loads and Daylight results. Dynamically adjust transparency and coverage to review various options.
Understand how glazing geometry and material properties will affect thermal, solar heat gains and daylighting, and toggle between Peak and Average Values.
Create custom Groups of Facades/Surfaces to quickly navigate and focus on critical areas of the project.
Select glazing products from leading manufacturers globally from our database of 1000+ IGUs. Sort, search and filter by SHGC, VLT or U-value. Apply to properties directly to your Revit model to understand performance in real-time.
Optimize glazing selection from our database of 1000+ IGUs from leading manufacturers globally, based on target values for thermal, solar heat gains and daylighting.
Define thermal values for elements in Conceptual Massing Environment to comply with target Energy Codes, or automatically apply target values to update all element types for compliance.
Create custom IGU assemblies through our partner's Glazing Configurators, and import to FenestraPro to apply directly to the Revit model.
Link from glass products in the database to product pages online to review specifications and access EPDs.
Export BIM data to our Reporting Platform for data analysis, comparative analysis and creating customizable reports to share with your teams or clients.
Export envelope geometry and material specifications to an Excel speadsheet for review and comparison.
Identify and resolve issues in the Revit Energy Analysis Model before analysis to ensure a robust and best practice Revit envelope model.
Define target values for maximum allowable glazing, or quickly calculate the optimal solution based on thermal performances. This glazing can be applied directly to the Revit model to see internal performances.
FenestraPro Learning is an agile learning platform that provides users with short courses on getting started, conceptual and advanced functionality and AIA courses for free credits.
Define prescriptive values for categories of elements, including Roofs, Floors, Walls and Glazing. Compare actual element values for compliance status.
Calculate shading effects to include the impact of surrounding buildings and other features on your project. Run a Shading Animation visualize the impacts of shading on the model throughout the year.
Isolate solar irradiance by orientation, then review values that require attention. Charts compliment selections to display colour coded results.