[Bldg-sim] Is there a quick model for double skins facades?

[Matthias Haase]

Hi,

you may want to use one of the following two online tools:

http://www.bestfacade.com/textde/BestFacadeDSF_InternetTool/index.html

http://designadvisor.mit.edu/

Both should give you a good estimate with respect to energy, daylight and
comfort.

Good luck.

-- 
best regards

Matthias Haase
Ass. Prof NTNU, Department of Architectural Design, History, and Technology
Trondheim, Norway




On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 7:30 PM, Varkie C Thomas <thomasv at iit.edu> wrote:

> The Manulife building in Boston has a double facade
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> http://www.som.com/content.cfm/601_congress_street
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>  We are doing a project in a pretty cold climate. The project design has a
> really big glass façade facing south. One of the ideas to reduce conductive
> heat loss is to create a double skin façade on the south side.
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> Now I realize that this is going to take a fair amount of analysis work to
> design it properly. What I was wondering is if there is a quick analysis
> tool/methodology to tell if this is even feasible to go into more detailed
> analysis.
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> Any help would be much appreciated
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