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embodied energy tools

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 22:23:26 GMT

Just wondering is there any plug in's / tools authorised by autodesk that calculate embodied energy with the use of BIM/Revit. I'm doing research for my final year thesis.

Re: embodied energy tools

Avaris. — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 23:27:07 GMT

No, there is no database behind Revit that has a value for embodied energy per material.

But yes, you can extract the amount of materials within Revit and link them with an existing database which contains this information.

Re: embodied energy tools

ToanDN — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 23:47:06 GMT

Create a material take-off schedule, add a new parameter and named it Embodied Energy. See screenshot for details. Then you need to gather the actual values for different materials that you want to present. Finally, format the field to calculate Total then you have the Sum embodied energy of the building.

Re: embodied energy tools

Anonymous — Fri, 25 Jan 2019 23:48:10 GMT

can you recommend me some of these databases?

Re: embodied energy tools

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 01:07:22 GMT

so that 100 Btu was entered manually into the the column? can you show me how u got the total too please thanks

Re: embodied energy tools

ToanDN — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 01:33:45 GMT

I revised a bit. See the sequence pictures in the attached PDF.

Re: embodied energy tools

barthbradley — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 02:09:04 GMT

Was the question how to create a parameter field for embodied energy, or how to calculate the embodied energy? Which form of embodied energy?

Re: embodied energy tools

ToanDN — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 02:28:30 GMT

To clarify: Revit takes the roles of quantify and categorize materials used in the model. You still need to collect the embodied energy value for each material and plug them in the Revit schedule to get the final result.

Re: embodied energy tools

Avaris. — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 09:05:20 GMT

There are free ones specifically for buildings. Like the ICE Database.

If you are lucky, your university/school does have a license for the CES database. This database is really gigantic, but maybe a bit too much.

Re: embodied energy tools

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 16:41:30 GMT

thats great ive got it working i think. just wondering does revit let you use (MJ of energy). instead of converting it to joules manually. just run these screenshots by you. i used the ICE database for values for now.

Re: embodied energy tools

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 16:43:43 GMT

basically embodied energy of materials in the project.

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barthbradley — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 16:59:59 GMT

Re: embodied energy tools

Anonymous — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 17:25:41 GMT

yes but (MJ of energy) isnt there just joules.

Re: embodied energy tools

KTA_software — Thu, 23 Apr 2020 03:19:40 GMT

https://melbourne.figshare.com/articles/EPiC_Database/10257728