Building design advisor
1077 visits
Posting Date | 17 November 2009
Type of tool | Simulation Tool
Countries where the tool has been developed | North America
Country where the tool is in use | Albania , Austria , Belgium , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Bulgaria , Croatia , Cyprus , Czech Republic , Denmark , Estonia , Finland , France , FYR of Macedonia , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Iceland , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Liechtenstein , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , Montenegro , Netherlands , Norway , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Serbia , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Turkey , United Kingdom , China , Japan , Other european countries , Pan European , EU Institutions , International Organizations , Africa , Asia , Central and South America , North America , Oceania
Geographic Coverage | International
Theme | On-site renewable energy sources, Lighting, Thermal comfort, indoor air quality, acoustics, Building operation, monitoring, energy management, Building envelope (walls, windows,...), Energy efficiency technologies and materials, Calculation, simulation, Heating, domestic hot water, Air conditioning, cooling, ventilation, air infiltration
Conditions of availability | Free
Expertise required | Knowledge of Windows applications.
Input of the tool | Graphic entry of basic building geometry and space arrangements. Default descriptive and operational characteristics can be edited by user.
Output of the tool | User-selected output parameters displayed in graphic form, including 2-D and 3-D distributions.
Strengths | Allows comparison of multiple design solutions with respect to multiple descriptive and performance parameters. Allows use of sophisticated analysis tools from the early, schematic phases of building design. Does not require user to have in-depth knowledge to use linked tools for energy, daylighting and other analyses.
Weaknesses | Cannot model sloping roofs and complex 3-D geometry. The current version provides a limited database of options for building components and systems but a separate tool is available upon request to define custom components.
Computer platform | Windows
Tool Languages | English
Software environment that supports the integration of multiple building models and databases used by analysis and visualization tools, through a single, object-based representation of building components and systems. BDA (Building Design Advisor) acts as a data manager and process controller, allowing building designers to benefit from the capabilities of multiple analysis and visualization tools throughout the building design process. BDA is implemented as a Windows-based application. The current version includes links to a simplified Daylighting Computation Module (DCM), a simplified Electric lighting Computation Module (ECM), and the DOE-2.1E Building Energy Simulation software.
Tool website URL(s) | http://gaia.lbl.gov/BDA/
Submitted by Hicham LAHMIDI (BUREAU VERITAS)
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