The Sketchup Show #52: IES VE SketchUp plugin for Energy Analysis (Part 2)

In Part 2 of this 2-part series, Mike takes a more advanced Google SketchUp model and fine-tunes the energy analysis. He makes multiple tweaks to the energy-intensive components of the 3D model, working towards compliance with the Architecture 2030 challenge.

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[mor925]

I've been involved in building energy modelling for about 5 years now and I find this new technique as a revolution in this area. Really great job and thanks to google for all its effort. Whatever google touches turns out to be a flawless and amazingly userfriendly tool! Good job Mike :)

[IESVE]

Thanks for all the comments guysreally great to see so much interest out there. The IESVE plug-in was developed by IES to export SketchUp geometry to all levels of our performance analysis tools which are well established & respected in the worldwide building design community. Our dynamic simulation engine, which complies with standards such as ASHRAE 140, BEST TEST and CIBSE TM33, powers all our stuff. Outside of free VE-Ware, our tools cover more than energy, carbon and Arch 2030 analysis...

[IESVE]

@jaredsfuture Our tools cover detailed heating and cooling energy use, plus tools to manipulate that data for cost calculations, and much more such as daylighting, solar and airflow. The first 3 levels of our tools: VE-Ware, VE-Toolkits and VE-Gaia provide tailored access to specific types of analysis suitable for early iterative design studies, while VE-Pro goes into the most depth for detailed analysis and later design stages. Read more at iesve

[jaredsfuture]

I'm sure some clients really care about carbon emissions; but what most clients care about, is cost. Does this software give useful figures or graphs throughout the year of how much energy may be consumed to heat or cool a building? It would be much more impressive for clients to see how the cost in the long run will save on initial investment. Just saying it's environmentally friendly doesn't make a sale

[kwstikos]

@tcharly66 I agree with you mate but not totally. Sketchup is not ideal for everything but it can be interpritated by many programs and/or plugins, plus something that I've learnt from my personal experience is that sketchup provides great results as long as you keep making things simple and devote as much time as possible. If you use good plugins you can take it to the next level. As for the IES software I've been using it for projects in my uni and even though it looks damn stupid it works

[worldhighlights]

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[yifats21]

1. very nice and it can be usefull to me

2. the fact that you cannot identify the amount contribution of each element, is the problem

what about some visual 3d analysis

[tcharly66]

I really appreciate all the stuff you made, but honestly, i don't believe one second in the values given by your "ies plugin". There are so much more accurate engeneering software on the market that are still far from reality... Sketchup is a very versatile tool, and i love it for that, but trying to make EVERYTHING with it is maybe going to discredit the whole stuff... Moreover, it's kind of ridiculous to sum up sustainaible design into "low carbon numbers"... Anyway, thanks for the nice try!