Optimizing Façades Through Automated Daylight Analysis

Energy use within the building sector currently contributes up to 40% of the annual CO2 emissions of developed countries. A major proportion of this energy is dedicated to occupants’ thermal comfort, followed by lighting. A well-designed day-lit building is crucial for occupant health and happiness and helps reduce energy use by minimizing the need for electric lighting and heating. Thus, this session will showcase how optimizing your building’s façade using automated daylight and glare analysis can help you meet your EUI reduction goals while lowering operational costs. This session will walk you through best practice tips on identifying the ideal façade configuration within cove.tool’s Façade Guidance Feature and touch on a number of case studies relevant to this process.