#Energos #Vectorworks for #Passivhaus projects

As a long-time user of Vectorworks (In a previous life I ran the most successful UK/Ireland Vectorworks consultancy) and a Certified Passivhaus (Passive House) Designer / Consultant, I was thrilled to see that Vectorworks implemented tools to calculate Building Energy Read More …

Part L Thermal Modelling/Building Regulation compliance:Pt 3 #Passivhaus @Target_Zer0 mentioned

This third post on the basics of Thermal Modelling and Building Regulation compliance and explains how Thermal Bridging is handled as part of the Passivhaus certification. This FACT SHEET outlines the fundamentals of Passivhaus Thermal Bridge terminology and calculations. It Read More …

The basics of Part L Thermal Modelling Building Regulation compliance – Part 1

This post has come about after the 2 I wrote for BRegsForum on: 1. Are specialist Part L Ancillary Certifiers required (Part 1) Part 2 Which in turn came about following the post by the admin team on: Design Certifiers Read More …

#BIM for Beginners – Client benefits

Following on from ‘What is BIM’ and ‘A simple BIM example’ this post has a quick look at the main benefits of BIM specifically to clients: If you search ‘Benefits of BIM’ as of just now Google will return 2,350,000 Read More …

#BIM for beginners – What is #BIM ?

Most architects have now heard of BIM and have either integrated BIM into their workflow or are contemplating it. This series of posts will give a beginners guide to BIM and it’s benefits to clients. There is already stacks of Read More …

I work when you sleep: #Vectorworks #outsource #elves #cloud #US #Ireland

Over the last few months I’ve been working on some interesting projects in the US. What’s interesting is that I haven’t left my home in rural County Mayo. All the files have been exchanged online dynamically in the cloud, we’ve Read More …