[Bldg-sim] Professionals for Brasil

[Lenzi Walter]

Hei, everybody.
 
We are looking for professionals on Modeling and Energyplus to work in Brazil.
 
Let me know.
 
Thanks,
 
Walter Lenzi.
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W&RLenzi, Ltda. Sustentabilidade, Automaçao, Comissionamento e Gerenciamento.
Tel.:(11)5623-9312. Cel:(11)7855-1524 – Skype: walter.lenzi – wrlenzi at yahoo.com
 


--- On Tue, 3/31/09, Vikram Sami <VSami at lasarchitect.com> wrote:

From: Vikram Sami <VSami at lasarchitect.com>
Subject: Re: [Bldg-sim] SunTools Plugin for SketchUp available
To: "Rob Guglielmetti" <rpg at rumblestrip.org>, "Bldg-Sim" <bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org>
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 6:31 PM








I echo Rob’s comments. I think the intent is to have a quick visualization tool – something Sketchup doesn’t have right now. This is really good to communicate shading issues with clients and (sadly) architects who aren’t as solar savvy.  The ability to see the sun positions at various times of the day and year through the window is very cool – you have the entire year’s information at a glance. 
 
The one drawback with that it that the sun positions are only valid relative to the central focal point of the sun path arc, so you really need to scale this up large to get realistic results. 
 
I think it’s a good tool though – please keep us posted on improvements to it. 
 
Thanks

Vikram Sami, LEED AP 
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From: bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Rob Guglielmetti
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 8:45 PM
To: Bldg-Sim
Subject: Re: [Bldg-sim] SunTools Plugin for SketchUp available
 

Actually Mark, I think the tool shows quite a bit of promise.  The readme clearly states that several features are works in progress or yet to be implemented, but some of the stuff in there is already useful, and definitely not part of the "internal SketchUp tools". The sun path visualizations are nice, and the views from the sun perspective are also useful.  From a shading study perspective, these tools are useful right now. I guess it all depends on what you call "analysis".  No, the tools do not calculate energy savings from shading devices, but they do illustrate very well the issues around a particular fenestration.  You can clearly see the range of time where direct sun is a problem, and the best part is, with this presentation a client can see the issues too. Our internal tools where I work are faster to use, but aren't all that great at illustrating the issues to the client. I think this presentation is very clear (and is also the way
 Ecotect presents this info). 

 

Guedi, a couple of comments: can you provide the plugin as a set of files instead of a windows installer, so I can install the plugin on a Mac too?  Also, it'd be nice if the sun objects are placed on a separate pre-defined layer instead of the current layer, just for organizational purposes. 

 

- Rob Guglielmetti
 


On Mar 26, 2009, at 12:24 PM, Zoeteman, Mark R. wrote:





Guedi:
This does not seem ready for real use.  We tried it and is very simplistic and does not seem to give functionality.  It seems to do little more than plot points in model, but not analyze model.  The internal SketchUp tools will do more than SunTools.
Mark Zoeteman, FTC&H
 


From: bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Guedi Capeluto
Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 1:17 PM
To: bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: [Bldg-sim] SunTools Plugin for SketchUp available
 
SunTools a new Plugin for SketchUp is available now.
 
Plug-in Features
- SunPATH: visualization (month and year)
- SunPOS: Sun Position for a date and time
- SunVIEW: Axonometric views from the Sun
- SunPENETRATION: Analyze Sun Penetration/Access in any specific analysis point.
 
The plug-in can be downloaded after registration from:http://tx.technion.ac.il/~arrguedi/SunTools/download.html
 
Enjoy SunTools.
 
Guedi Capeluto
arrguedi at technion.ac.il
 
Arch. Guedi Capeluto, D.Sc.
Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Technion City,  Haifa 32000. Israel
Tel:+972.4.8294012  Fax:+972.4.8294617
email:   arrguedi at tx.technion.ac.il
web  :   http://www.technion.ac.il/~arrguedi/
 
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