Form Follows Performance

The Biophilic Map is a databank for case studies which have implemented Biophilic Design at the core of their design process.

Developing and promoting healthy, low-carbon building

How is building performance measured? Here are six metrics every architect should know how to use.

The German Sustainable Building Council cares to make sustainable and green living. Find out more.

BAMB - Buildings As Materials Banks (BAMB2020) - wants to increase the value of building materials, reduce waste and the use of fewer virgin resources. Dynamically and flexibly designed buildings can be incorporated into a circular economy – where materials sustain their value.

The new AIA Healthier Materials Protocol was created to provide clear, practical methods and tools to navigate materials and effectively translate awareness to practice.

New Stories From 'Urban Agriculture Notes'

Slow Food is a global, grassroots organization, founded in 1989 to prevent the disappearance of local food cultures and traditions, counteract the rise of fast life and combat people’s dwindling interest in the food they eat, where it comes from and how our food choices affect the world around us.

Creating Biophilic Buildings has 3 ratings and 0 reviews: Published November 1st 2017 by Ecotone Publishing, 205 pages, Paperback

Biophilic Design is the practice of connecting people and nature within our built environments and communities.

UK's Greenest Building

Estimates the energy production and cost of energy of grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) energy systems throughout the world. It allows homeowners, small building owners, installers and manufacturers to easily develop estimates of the performance of potential PV installations

What happens to my Revit doors in Sefaira? First, it's helpful to understand what Sefaira does with your Revit model to prepare it for analysis: Sefaira constructs a smart planar model based on the...

I have a model now how do I get it into Sefaira? One of the most asked questions is what level of geometry is required for analysis in Sefaira. More often than not, the user has an existing model a...

Richard Heinberg talks about our renewable future. Filmed by Rick Row.

Executive Producer: Stephen Kellert Producer/Director: Bill Finnegan Production Company: Tamarack Media Film Length: 60 minutes More information at www.biophilicdesign.net. Biophilic Design is an innovative way of designing the places where we live, work, and learn. We need nature in a deep and fundamental fashion, but we have often designed our cities and suburbs in ways that both degrade the environment and alienate us from nature. The recent trend in green architecture has decreased the environmental impact of the built environment, but it has accomplished little in the way of reconnecti...

For the analysis, it is important to differentiate elements that act only as shading to the building vs. elements that comprise the building envelope, which will be used for the analysis in calcula...

This category provides guidelines and recommendations for modeling for Sefaira.

Overview This article contains multiple videos for Revit users looking to use either a brand new model or make adjustments to an existing model for use with Sefaira. Plus other tips and tricks for ...

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