Inside the System

Solar Computer now supports Revit MEP

Solar Computer recently announced their ability to import and export information from Autodesk Revit MEP for building, radiators, heat piping, ventilation, drinking water, and waste water. It includes automatic resizing of pipes, ducts, and fittings, as well as automatic placement of radiators underneath windows.

Solar Computer provides building HVAC and energy efficiency calculations for AutoCAD MEP and Autodesk Revit MEP software. You can find out more about Solar Computer and check them out at http://www.solar-computer.co.uk/.

Are you delivering your first project with BIM?

Many MEP engineering firms are challenged when implementing building information modeling (BIM) on building projects for the first time.Check out this white paper that provides guidance on how to leverage some of our core MEP engineering products and supporting solutions to better deliver an MEP BIM project.

See what people like you are doing with Revit MEP

Check out this video that discusses how Glumac, an MEP consulting engineering services firm, are incorporating technology including Revit MEP, into their workflow to create innovative, sustainable designs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNTEv7M_Wt4

Autodesk and EastCoast CAD BIM Conference!

Join Autodesk and EastCoast CAD on August 18^th, in Chicago Illinois for “A Contractor’s Guide to BIM 2009.” Conference.

Over 50 of the leading mechanical and HVAC contractors; as well as members of the Autodesk Revit and EastCoast Product Teams are expected to join along with representatives from the top general contractors and the largest HVAC, fabrication and mechanical firms in North America! The conference will be an opportunity for all to share their real world experiences of implementing BIM. 

If you are interested in learning more and joining us for this event please click here.

You are Invited!

Greetings!

On behalf of the Graduate School of Design at Harvard and the Office for Sustainability, you are invited as either an owner, architect, or energy consultant, to participate in an online survey on the use of building energy simulation during design, construction and operation. A special emphasis of the survey is to better understand who on the design team owns and gets access to the energy model of a building, what role the model currently plays during building design and construction, and how the use of the model could be extended to the overall lifetime of a building.

The survey is being carried out by the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University in collaboration with the Office for Sustainability. The survey is funded through the Harvard Real Estate Academic Initiative. Our goal is to develop recommendations of how owners of large real state should interact with their building design teams to get maximum benefit from their building performance analysis contracts. We hope that your input will help us to develop recommendations that are acceptable, fair and profitable to all members of the design team.

To participate in the survey simply go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=JagO4lMUgSWMjQM7J2EaHQ_3d_3d.

Thank-you for your participation! Please forward the survey link to your professional networks.

The survey will remain open until August 15^th.