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Examine differently configured scenarios across dashboards to optimize your design’s sustainability metrics.
Type:
Tutorial
Length:
4 min.
Transcript
00:04
In Revit Insight, you can configure different scenarios of the same project
00:08
to identify the combination of factors with the most beneficial impact on sustainability metrics.
00:13
Additional scenarios are easily created by duplicating a dashboard
00:18
and then adjusting the factors that you want to examine.
00:21
In this example, a custom dashboard has already been created to analyze the impact of a roof installment of PV panels.
00:29
To set this up as the first scenario, click Edit Dashboard and use a Text card to describe the configuration,
00:37
such as “PV-Array Scenario: 25% Roof Coverage”.
00:41
Then, adjust the dashboard to represent the scenario.
00:45
In this case, the PV-Array Coverage is set to 25%, and “over 1 year Building Lifespan” is added to the description.
00:54
Click Done to update the dashboard.
00:57
To rename this dashboard, on the tab, click the kebab menu and select Rename.
01:04
In the Rename dashboard popup, enter a new name, such as “Renewable Energy (Scenario 1)”, and then click OK.
01:12
To create a second scenario, click the kebab menu again, and this time,
01:17
click Duplicate to create an exact copy of the dashboard.
01:21
In the Duplicate popup, change the name to identify the dashboard—in this case,
01:27
to “Renewable Energy (Scenario 2)”—and then click OK.
01:31
In the duplicate dashboard, click Edit Dashboard,
01:35
and make the necessary adjustments to configure this scenario.
01:39
In this case, the scenario is defined as “75% Roof Coverage over 1 year Building Lifespan and 200 PV-Array Output”.
01:48
Then, the PV-Array Coverage is set to 75% and an average PV-Array Output of 200 kWh/m2 is selected.
01:58
Click Done to save the scenario.
02:01
Now, there are two dashboards representing a renewable energy comparison of the same project
02:06
and analysis using two different combinations of factors.
02:10
In this example, Scenario 1 shows a total carbon value of 782,000 kgCO2e.
02:18
In Scenario 2, with the roof coverage increased to 75% and a PV-Array Output of 200 kWh per square meter instead of 100,
02:29
you can see that the total carbon is reduced to 777,000 kgCO2e.
02:35
You can repeat these steps to create more scenarios, as needed.
02:40
In this case, to examine a different building lifespan, the dashboard is duplicated to create Scenario 3.
02:47
The Building Lifespan is set to 10 Years, and the Text card is edited to
02:52
“75% Roof Coverage over 10 years Building Lifespan and average PV-Array Output.”
02:58
Clicking Done updates the dashboard, and now, there are three different scenarios.
03:04
These types of scenarios help designers and consultants to identify the combination of design factors
03:11
with the most beneficial impacts on sustainability metrics,
03:14
such as total carbon, operational carbon, and operational energy.
03:19
Creating scenarios allows you to quantify these contributions, so that they can be properly presented to project stakeholders.
Video transcript
00:04
In Revit Insight, you can configure different scenarios of the same project
00:08
to identify the combination of factors with the most beneficial impact on sustainability metrics.
00:13
Additional scenarios are easily created by duplicating a dashboard
00:18
and then adjusting the factors that you want to examine.
00:21
In this example, a custom dashboard has already been created to analyze the impact of a roof installment of PV panels.
00:29
To set this up as the first scenario, click Edit Dashboard and use a Text card to describe the configuration,
00:37
such as “PV-Array Scenario: 25% Roof Coverage”.
00:41
Then, adjust the dashboard to represent the scenario.
00:45
In this case, the PV-Array Coverage is set to 25%, and “over 1 year Building Lifespan” is added to the description.
00:54
Click Done to update the dashboard.
00:57
To rename this dashboard, on the tab, click the kebab menu and select Rename.
01:04
In the Rename dashboard popup, enter a new name, such as “Renewable Energy (Scenario 1)”, and then click OK.
01:12
To create a second scenario, click the kebab menu again, and this time,
01:17
click Duplicate to create an exact copy of the dashboard.
01:21
In the Duplicate popup, change the name to identify the dashboard—in this case,
01:27
to “Renewable Energy (Scenario 2)”—and then click OK.
01:31
In the duplicate dashboard, click Edit Dashboard,
01:35
and make the necessary adjustments to configure this scenario.
01:39
In this case, the scenario is defined as “75% Roof Coverage over 1 year Building Lifespan and 200 PV-Array Output”.
01:48
Then, the PV-Array Coverage is set to 75% and an average PV-Array Output of 200 kWh/m2 is selected.
01:58
Click Done to save the scenario.
02:01
Now, there are two dashboards representing a renewable energy comparison of the same project
02:06
and analysis using two different combinations of factors.
02:10
In this example, Scenario 1 shows a total carbon value of 782,000 kgCO2e.
02:18
In Scenario 2, with the roof coverage increased to 75% and a PV-Array Output of 200 kWh per square meter instead of 100,
02:29
you can see that the total carbon is reduced to 777,000 kgCO2e.
02:35
You can repeat these steps to create more scenarios, as needed.
02:40
In this case, to examine a different building lifespan, the dashboard is duplicated to create Scenario 3.
02:47
The Building Lifespan is set to 10 Years, and the Text card is edited to
02:52
“75% Roof Coverage over 10 years Building Lifespan and average PV-Array Output.”
02:58
Clicking Done updates the dashboard, and now, there are three different scenarios.
03:04
These types of scenarios help designers and consultants to identify the combination of design factors
03:11
with the most beneficial impacts on sustainability metrics,
03:14
such as total carbon, operational carbon, and operational energy.
03:19
Creating scenarios allows you to quantify these contributions, so that they can be properly presented to project stakeholders.
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