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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>Dear Robert,<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>As you started the discussion I
address my contribution to you.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>You mention the need to: “e</span></font></b><span
style='font-weight:normal'>valuate the effects of building orientation, form,
fenestrations as well as insulation values, mechanical systems, lighting,
etc.” That makes me think of the very early design stages. (Please
correct me here if I am wrong!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:normal'>When I assume that little design information is available
during the conceptual design stage developing and evaluating <u>integrated</u>
concepts is particularly difficult. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:normal'>Too </span></font></b><i><span style='font-style:italic'>detailed
design analysis tools</span></i><span style='font-weight:normal'> </span><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>(DDAT) </span></i><span style='font-weight:normal'>are
not supportive under those circumstances as you need to make and fill in <u>cross-disciplinary</u>
design assumption! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:normal'>Those issues have been recognized before leading to the development
of </span></font></b><i><span style='font-style:italic'>conceptual design
analysis tools (CDAT)</span></i><span style='font-weight:normal'>, which aim to
limit the amount of input detail. Examples are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:normal'>1. MIT Design Advisor (<a
href="http://designadvisor.mit.edu/design/">http://designadvisor.mit.edu/design/</a>),
as mentioned by Leon Glicksberg before;<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:normal'>2. h.e.n.k. (<a
href="http://www.vabi.nl/uploads/tx_userproducten/henk_info.pdf">http://www.vabi.nl/uploads/tx_userproducten/henk_info.pdf</a>),
Dutch Language; and<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:normal'>3. Energy 10 (<a href="http://www.wbdg.org/tools/e10.php">http://www.wbdg.org/tools/e10.php</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:normal'>One capability those tools are lacking is interoperability.
It is not difficult to image that having decided for one concept, after the
evaluation of many, you would want to add detail following the design progress.
To my knowledge, the three tools mentioned above do not allow you to export and
re-use the building models with DDAT’s. <o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-weight:normal'>That is why; I personally, find the latest developments
with Energy+ (<a href="http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/">http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energyplus/</a>)
particularly interesting. A web based input file generator has been developed
that works with different levels of input detail, from basic to fully </span></font></b><span
style='font-weight:normal'>parameterized</span><span style='font-weight:normal'>.
The “alternative</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-weight:normal'>”
interface to Energy+ </span><span style='font-weight:normal'>(E+) </span><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-weight:normal'>uses one to many relationships for
automating the input! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>I hope this helps!<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal'>Christian<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>EUR ING Christian Struck <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dipl.-Ing.(FH) VDI<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=NL style='font-size:10.0pt'>Technische Universiteit </span><ns0:City
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w:endInsDate="2007-06-25T11:18:00Z"><span lang=NL>Eindhoven</span></ns0:place></ns0:City></font><span
lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=NL style='font-size:10.0pt'>Department of </span><ns0:place
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lang=NL> and Planning<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><font size=2
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=NL style='font-size:10.0pt'>Den Dolech 2<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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lang=NL>513</span></ns0:address></span></font><span lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><font
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lang=NL><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=NL style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=NL style='font-size:10.0pt'>T: 0031 (0)40 247 5790<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt'>F: 0031 (0)40 243 8595<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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lang=DE><o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
lang=DE style='font-size:10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>WWW: <a
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