Climate Consultant 3.0: A Tool for Visualizing Building Energy Implications of Climates

http://www.energy-design-tools.aud.ucla.edu/papers/ASES07-CC.pdf

Designing and remodeling buildings that are truly climate responsive depends first on gaining a detailed
accurate understanding of the local climate. A newly revised design tool called Climate Consultant 3.0 has just
been released that is intended for architects, students of architecture, builders, contractors, and knowledgeable homeowners. It reads the local climate data for all 8760
hours per year in EPW (EnergyPlus Weather) format files which are now available for over a thousand
stations around the world. For any chosen location Climate Consultant 3.0 will display dozens of different
graphic images of various weather attributes and will suggest building design strategies appropriate for the
unique characteristics of that climate. Both Climate Consultant and EPW Climate Data are available on the
web at no cost.

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Date Of Record Release	2008-10-09 15:40:53
Alternate Title	Proceedings of the American Solar Energy Association Conference, Cleveland, Ohio, July, 2007
Description	Designing and remodeling buildings that are truly climate responsive depends first on gaining a detailed accurate understanding of the local climate. A newly revised design tool called Climate Consultant 3.0 has just been released that is intended for architects, students of architecture, builders, contractors, and knowledgeable homeowners. It reads the local climate data for all 8760 hours per year in EPW (EnergyPlus Weather) format files which are now available for over a thousand stations around the world. For any chosen location Climate Consultant 3.0 will display dozens of different graphic images of various weather attributes and will suggest building design strategies appropriate for the unique characteristics of that climate. Both Climate Consultant and EPW Climate Data are available on the web at no cost.
Classification	Climate and Meteorology Building Construction, HVAC, and Landscape Design -- Building Design and Structure
Resource Type	Publication
Format	Text
Subject	Climate Sustainable buildings--Design and construction
Source	UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design
Selector	Offley
Date Of Record Creation	2008-10-09 15:32:45
Education Level	Technician/Professional/Faculty
Date Last Modified	2010-01-19 18:27:06
Creator	Murray Milne, Robin Liggett, and Rashed Al-Shaali
Language	English

Date Record Checked: 2008-10-09 00:00:00 (W3C-DTF)

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