Energy Use Intensity, How to Self-Check an Energy Model As a building practitioner, I have been building energy models and training some of the best in the business for years. I believe it is important to be able to self-check an energy model and gauge if the results are pragmatic Read more…
I spent a half week with some of the most amazing thought leaders in the electricity space at the Rocky Mountain Institute’s eLabs 2018 accelerator. In my group, we discussed our solution towards a Grid Optimal initiative to get buildings to be better grid actors, designed to consider their electric Read more…
Everywhere I go the question I hear is how do we electrify our buildings? With the cost of renewable energy dropping and more people leading the charge towards decarbonizing buildings, design and construction is desperate for solutions. One of the biggest challenges in commercial buildings is the mental shift in how Read more…
In my work as a building engineer, there is an allure to use more and more simulation, analysis, and energy modeling to optimize a building design. Some are visually enticing, with people dabbling in mass simulation and optimization like the folks at Cove Tool, others are for efficiency mandated by Read more…