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<font size="-1"><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Diwanshu,<br>
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Good question. Parametric modeling can be just about anything you need
it to be. To me, it means a model that has one or more variations of
some parameters that you want to quantify the differences between. For
example, comparing annual heating and cooling energy use for a building
with and without shading. And/or the daylighting impacts of that
shading. <br>
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It's never an idealized optimization, but if you know something about
building science and the desires of your client/architect, it's a good
way to demonstrate the impact of changing whatever design parameters
you're studying. The tricky part is knowing what parameters to change
and how.<br>
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-Cramer<br>
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<font color="#666666"><b><font face="Arial" size="1">Cramer Silkworth<br>
212 219 2255 | <a href="mailto:silkworth@transsolar.com"
title="mailto:silkworth@transsolar.com">silkworth@transsolar.com</a><br>
Transsolar Inc. | 134 Spring Street Suite 601 | New York, NY 10012<br>
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Transsolar Climate Engineering<br>
Technical consulting for energy efficiency and environmental quality in
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