Announcement: I will be presenting on the (new) Insight in-person later this week for AIA East Tennessee... and at Autodesk University (also in Tennessee)!
An important feature missing from the (new) Autodesk Insight has just been added, making it a valuable update to the feature it replaced in the (old) Autodesk Insight, which has been decommissioned.
HVAC Systems!
I look forward to presenting this workflow we've been using at Lake Flato and representing the AIA Committee on the Environment Leadership Group (COTE LG), of which I am a member, since the AIA ETN event is hosted by their local COTE group.
Upcoming Presentations
I have two presentations coming up on the Revit + Insight (Total Carbon) workflow. A 5-hour workshop at AIA ETN and a 1-hour lecture at AU in Nashville.
AU Session:
AIA East Tennessee Workshop:
Insight Carbon Analysis for Revit
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HVAC Systems added to Insight (Total Carbon)
In the (old) Inisght, you would pick one HVAC system in Revit and then see a handful of additional options in the Cloud. Now, the selection in Revit is ignored, and you only select options in the Cloud.Once the Revit EAM is sent to Insight, it calculates Ideal Loads (no specific HVAC System is used, unless defined via Systems Analysis). Then, you select which of the options you wish to simulate (see the list in the previous image). Insight does not automatically calculate all options.
HVAC Options
See a detailed description of all of the HVAC options here:
Example
Here is the Autodesk Help section describing the GSHP w/DOAS + ERV option:
Ground Source Heat Pump Loop with DOAS with ERV - This system consists of a Ground Source Heat Pump (GSHP) serving each conditioned thermal zone. The GSHP provides heating and cooling using a water coil served by a ground heat exchanger loop. The ground heat exchanger loop is sized to provide sufficient heat transfer to serve the design heating and cooling loads of the building. A DOAS System incorporating an energy recovery wheel provides tempered (neutral) outside air to each Thermal Zone.
The default ASHRAE Standard used to set the efficiency of regulated equipment is ASHRAE 90.1-2016.
Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHP):
- Quantity: 1 per conditioned Thermal Zone
- Capacity: Auto sized
- Cooling: Provided by DX cooling coil
- Heating: Provided by DX heating coil
- Cooling and Heating Efficiency: Based on Capacity and ASHRAE Standard
Ground Loop Circulation Pumps:
- Quantity: 1
- Design Flow: Auto-sized
- Type: Variable Speed, 30% minimum flow
- Efficiency: Based on Design flow and ASHRAE Standard
For BIM Chapters updates, follow @DanStine_MN on X or on LinkedIn
Lighting design professionals: check out my Revit & ElumTools training https://bit.ly/3NJjhCV
