Energy Simulations using Ladybug Tools + Grasshopper

Learning how to use Ladybug and Honeybee from Tools for your residential designs

4.35 (47 reviews)
Udemy
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English
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Design Tools
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408
students
14 hours
content
May 2023
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$49.99
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What you will learn

Understanding of the logic and requirements of 3D modeling for environmental analysis and energy simulations.

Creation of hourly and monthly graphs of climatological data

Analysis of passive design strategies according to geographic location

Creation of studies of radiation, solar incidence and winds, and some applications in the envelope

Creation of energy models from scratch and analysis of results.

Understanding of the minimum requirements to generate occupancy schedules, equipment, lighting, hot water, HVAC.

Description

Course objective


Generate your own climate and interactive graphs. Learn to generate solar, radiation and wind studies and apply some of these studies into the envelope.

Create energy simulations in Honeybee Energy. You will learn the bases for energy modeling and thus be able to generate energy savings, decrease / increase interior temperatures, change of construction materials, occupation schedules, among others.


Scope


This course will provide you with the bases to carry out your energy simulations, to carry out these simulations using the Grasshopper program included in the Rhinoceros 3D software. You will use the LadybugTools tool: Ladybug, Honeybee, Honeybee Energy, and Honeybee Radiance.


Note: YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE THE INSTALLED PROGRAM. During the first class we will review the installation of the program and the plugins. Even if you already have the software installed, we will check that it is installed correctly. A bad installation causes that it does not generate the energetic simulations.


During this course I will take you by the hand so that from a 3D model of a house you can generate environmental analysis and create an energy model. Hene, step by step you will see how to build this model so that you can simulate scenarios and see the differences between both cases.


This course has the peculiarity that it shows you how to customize your schedules and laodsfor people, equipment, lighting, hot water, construction materials, add new windows, generate shading on them (louvers or parasols), and much more


Furthermore, you will learn how to use Honeybee Radiance for building recipes ato perform indoor daylight analysis and thermal comfort maps.


Welcome!

Content

Chapter 1: Software explanation

Rhino Installation
Software Installation (LadybugTools)
Explanation
Meters Template
Legacy VS Tools

Chapter 2: Preparing the envelope and rooms for the LadybugTools analysis

Envelope creation
Rooms creation

Chapter 3: Ladybug from LadybugTools

Reading and plotting weather data
Psychrometric chart and Heating and Cooling Degree Days
Studies: SunPath, WindRose, and Radiation Domes
Direct Sun Hours, Incident Radiation, and View Percent applied into the envelope

Chapter 4: Honeybee from LadybugTools

Creating the Honeybee model from the rooms created in section 2
Finishing the energy model and running the first energy model
Customizing the model: Adding new windows and shadings
Customizing the model: Modifying the hot water program
Customizing the model: Modifying the people program
Customizing the model: Modifying lighting, equipment, and inflitratrion program
Customizing the model: Modifying the construction set and construction materials
Customizing the model: Assigning ventilation, HVAC templates and airflow network

Chapter 5: Honeybee Radiance Recipes

Recipes

Chapter 6: Honeybee Energy Results and Comfort Maps

Room Energy Result, End Use Intesity, HVAC Sizing, and Thermal Load Balanace
Thermal Comfort Models: Adaptive, PMV/PPD, and UTCI
Thermal Comfort Models applied into the Energy Model
Create the lighting schedule based on the annual daylight recipe
Perform custom simulation outputs

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Reviews

Ahmed
April 9, 2023
was 5 to me until we got to the point we have to set the schedules part. I got confused as I need to see an example where every room has a different occupancy schedule and different periods.

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11/18/2021
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