Dear Robin,
I wish that I had more of this type of work! I have not done much, but here are some thoughts:
· Early design energy modeling does not need to be “perfect” for the building shape, just reasonably close. Proper orientation to the compass, height, and shading
· This effort should be considered “guidance”, not “guaranteed performance”
· It would be easy to identify 10 design aspects that are of interest, each of which might have several variations (such as wall / window fraction). You could spend a LOT of time modeling all of them and trying to determine an optimum. I think a rough sensitivity study is proper to see which affect the building most, then pick the most important 2 or 3 and study them more closely (Unless you have a big budget and a lot of time). Also, some design aspects may not be possible to change for reasons other than energy use, so have a good discussion with the designers before you prepare the energy model.
· I think that Architects are normally very visual, so do not present tables of numbers – make great and colorful ch
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