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DesignBuilder Team Wins ASHRAE Energy Modelling Conference’s 'Best Innovative Workflow' Award
DesignBuilder’s advanced cost-benefit analysis tools enabled the team to produce a cost-optimal net-zero energy building in a fraction of the normal time.
Santa Rosa, CA – October 23, 2015 – Team DesignBuilder was thrilled to be announced winners of the Lowdown Showdown competition’s “Best Innovative Workflow” category at the recent ASHRAE Energy Modeling Conference.
The competition was designed to showcase the work of teams pushing the boundaries of mainstream modelling software tools to create a net zero energy (or below) building. ASHRAE’s requirement was to design a 53,600 sq. ft. 3-storey office building with a number of constraints, but left other criteria such as the building location, form, fabric and HVAC systems open to stimulate creativity and innovation.
Cost is an important part of most projects so the team was keen to test DesignBuilder’s optimization capability and decided on a 3-step advanced cost-benefit analysis approach. DesignBuilder Optimization uses a genetic algorithm which mimics the "survival of the fittest” principle
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