<font face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">work with facade optimization in conceptual stages and wonder if you know of any good tools to use?  Right now I use IDA ICE for thermal comfort (ISO 7730/ASHRAE 55) and energy and DIVA/Radiance for daylight (DF and glare). These are great tools but I find them a bit too detailed and slow to be useful in conceptual stages. What I am looking for is a tool that is</span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">      </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well integrated in a CAD-tool (but not using IFC or gbXML). Preferable Sketchup or Rhino.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: SV"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">      </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Accurate enough to calculate daylight, sun and thermal comfort (long wave heat radiation) for complex geometries.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: SV"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">      </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fast.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: SV"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">      </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well documented (not a black box). </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:SV"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space: auto;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">      </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Useful for large buildings and not only single rooms</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:SV"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left:54.0pt;mso-add-space:auto; text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-<span style="font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">      </span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It would also be great if the tool was able to make parameter optimizations.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language: SV"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have tried TAS, IES, Designbuilder, Ecotect, and Vasari but for different reasons I don’t think they work better than IDA and DIVA. I am thinking of trying Archiwizard and wonder if somebody has some experience of this tool? If you have some other suggestions it would be great to know.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p> <span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Max</span><br><br><div></div></font>