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Warren,
GeoPraxis recently completed our California Energy Commission (CEC)
funded R&D project to
develop a Conceptual Design Energy Analysis Tool (CDEAT) that links energy analysis
capabilities to architectural 3D-CAD
applications. Our brochure on the project
can be found at http://www.greenbuildingstudio.com/cdeat_trifold.pdf,
and the final report for it
can be found at http://www.energy.ca.gov/pier/buildings/reports.html
The
tool is currently at the beta stage of development, but the CEC, the leading CAD vendors, and nearly all of the architectural CAD users we
have spoken with are very excited about the technology. This tool is
enabled through our Green Building Studio web site as a web service and uses
gbXML (www.gbxml.org) and SOAP
to allow any gbXML-compliant 3D-CAD application to request energy simulation
results.
An exciting feature is that the
resulting files produced can be read into DOE-2.2/eQuest as well as Trane's TRACE 700
application for more detailed analyses. We have also tested
the application with an early beta version of the Department of Energy's new EnergyPlus simulation engine. Over the next year we plan on conducting
a public beta test with several market leading 3D-CAD applications. Keep an eye
on www.greenbuildingstudio.com for the beta test announcement if you want to
participate.
Sincerely,
John
F. Kennedy
CTO
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