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Card 511 of 9752026-09-24 issue

Observed arrival · 2026-09-24

Lucia turns a building model into a performance cockpit

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An interactive tool for analyzing a building model’s daylight, energy use, comfort, ventilation, and material impacts, with controls for changing assumptions and exporting a report.

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Architects and building-performance assessors
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Climate choices include Brussels TMYx data, a +2.5 °C warm-year stress test, Ostend, Saint-Hubert, and custom .epw files.

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The interface separates daylight, energy, comfort, ventilation, and materials into distinct views, while exposing assumptions for climate, occupancy, shading, fabric, and systems. Its climate menu names Brussels, Ostend, and Saint-Hubert, and accepts custom .epw weather files. Material impacts are expressed in mPt/m² and identified as life-cycle assessment per EN 15978.

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