No specific expertise is required. Sefaira provides training for new users as part of the subscription as well as access to its published content, Learning Website and Knowledge Base.
All of these are valuable learning resources on performance based design for new and experienced goal-driven designers.
Architects, engineers and sustainability consultants
Sefaira Architecture PlugIns
Geometry: Users open their existing models in SketchUp or Revit
Required inputs: Building location & building type
Additional inputs, including weather information:
Sefaira’s SketchUp and Revit plugins offer default building specification values for typical building uses (residential, office, retail etc.) These values can be adjusted and updated as the project develops and more detailed data is available using sliders, value input fields, and dropdown menus.
Sefaira Architecture Web App
Geometry: The user’s massing is uploaded to the web apps via the SketchUp or Revit plugins.
Required inputs: Building location & building type
Additional inputs, including weather information:
Weather data is automatically set based on building location, but this (and other specification values) can be manually overwritten in the graphic user interface via text boxes, sliders or drop down menus
Outputs include:
- Building energy and water use
- Carbon emissions
- Utility costs
- Renewable energy potential
- Heating and cooling capacity
- Daylight visualisations*
Results can be exported directly to CSV and PDF formats creating clear presentation-ready reports.
*Exportable graphics for both annual and point-in-time daylight analysis allow users to add powerful visuals to client presentations. Users can customise visualisations to grid, contour and gradient views. Available metrics include Daylight Autonomy, Daylight Factor, and time-of-day visualisations.
Sefaira is a robust analysis framework that helps users develop an intuitive sense of their design and allows them to respond to performance requirements creatively.
- Early-stage analysis of building form, orientation, fenestration, shading
- Intuitive analysis, starting with only two inputs (location and space use)
- Parametric analysis to study key design elements
- Real time analysis for instant feedback on energy use and daylighting directly within SketchUp and Revit
- Quick comparison of multiple design options and iterations to find the best designs and explore tradeoffs between options
- Collaboration with entire project teams anywhere in the world with browser-based software
- Clear, presentation-quality reports that get everyone on the same page, drive focused decision-making , and create early alignment among stakeholders
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