Autodesk Univsersity Class: Got Green? Using Autodesk Products to Reduce Energy Consumption

I am very excited to announce that I have been chosen this year to speak at Autodesk University!

AB3691: Got Green? Using Autodesk Products to Reduce Energy Consumption

"In this class, we will explore how you can use Autodesk products to efficiently and effectively create more sustainable building designs. We will discuss using Project Vasari from Autodesk Labs to create different conceptual mass shapes and perform very early energy analysis to determine the most efficient profile. We will incorporate the masses into Autodesk® Revit® products to create simple energy models and utilize the central location to manipulate the information for further analysis. Next, we will use Autodesk Green Building Studio to determine and reduce energy costs and consumption based on rotation, materials, and system definitions. Finally, we will use Autodesk Ecotect® to visualize shadows, the effect of sun paths and solar radiation, perform daylighting analysis, and determine the need for shading devices."


This year, Autodesk University is returning to The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event runs from November 29 until December 1, 2011, and general registration is now open. Don't forget to register by October 11, 2011, and save $500! 

Also, get Autodesk Certified at AU for Free!  If you have already acheieved 2011 Certified Professional status, you only need to pass the 2012 Associate exam to upgrade to 2012 Professional status.

Green Building Studio: Free for Suite and Subscription Users

Are you interested in Whole Building Analysis? Do you have a Revit Suite product? You now have the ability to use Green Building Studio, if you are on Subscription!!! Click on the link, and begin working!!!

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Improving Building Design with a Sustainable Workflow Webinar

I will be presenting a webinar on Tuesday, August 31st at 9:00 am.

"Use Autodesk products to efficiently and effectively create more sustainable building designs. Whether a new or retrofit project, incorporate Revit, ImageModeler, Green Building Studio and Ecotect to improve the future energy cost of building projects."

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For those of you who currently own Revit Architecture 2011 Suite and/or Revit MEP 2011 Suite, you do have the ability to utilize Green Building Studion through your Subscription. For more information, log into the Autodesk Subscription site.

Going Green with Revit

After months of studying for the LEED exam, I passed, and have delved into a whole new world of the building industry. Although building Green has been introduced years ago, it is truly now taking off. Autodesk has taken this concept and run with it, purchasing Ecotect, combining it with Green Building Studio, and creating White Paper beyond White Paper on why Sustainability is important and how Revit can improve, even ease and financially benefit, a company's processes. However, there are legal issues already surfacing, being discussed all through the industry. BIM, IPD, sustainability, Green building...improving tomorrow, today...