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NZE Intelligence: estimating a building’s net-zero year
NZE Intelligence presents a design-stage prototype that combines a building’s embodied energy, energy use and on-site renewables to estimate when it reaches net zero.
- For
- Architects and housing developers assessing early designs
- Worth noticing
- The site’s case study compares three structural systems for the same two-storey London house and reports a 17-year spread.
Field notes
The described workflow starts with a Revit material take-off, applies cradle-to-gate energy factors, and combines that estimate with building-use assumptions and on-site renewable generation. The page’s case study holds the London house constant while comparing three structural systems; it reports that material choices alone can reduce embodied energy by up to 34%, and that the systems differ by 17 years in estimated time to net zero.
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