An Approach for Capturing Requirements of Collaborative Design Teams to Facilitate Evaluation of Energy Efficient Retrofit Design Options

摘要: Four and a half million non-residential buildings in the U.S are estimated to be suitable candidates for energy retrofits (McGraw Hill, 2009). The current process of evaluating design alternatives efficient retrofit projects uses drawings 3D renderings together with documents share simulation results associated assumptions. Due document-based information exchange, it is challenging collaborative teams interpret implications every option, perform integrated analyses model results, compare these those other options. Immersive interactive workspaces could improve by allowing easily visualize assumptions models. Various parties involved each has unique role, necessitating communication task-specific requirements. Hence, there need first identify what engineered that should enabling alternative evaluation visualization forms would need. This paper presents an approach capturing information/visualization requirements as they implement leverage immersive settings. An iterative was taken within which virtual mockups were created using identified through brainstorming modeling experts then presented order acquire more research part larger effort Energy Efficient Buildings (EEB) Hub at Philadelphia Navy Yard, Building 661, currently undergoing retrofit, case study. initial use case, identified, prototypes developed.