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00:00:00 – 00:20:48
The video tutorial introduces Climate Consultant 6.0, a tool for analyzing energy and climate data. It guides users on accessing weather files, analyzing weather data with a focus on comfort zones and solar effects, and designing shading strategies for thermal comfort. The importance of utilizing tools like psychrometric charts and design strategies to ensure interior comfort is highlighted. Strategies to improve thermal comfort in buildings are discussed, emphasizing the role of insulation and design strategies. The video also introduces a 'create your own plot' feature in Climate Consultant 6, enabling users to generate customized graphs and export weather data for further analysis.
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In this segment of the video, the tutorial introduces Climate Consultant 6.0, a free program that organizes energy plus climate data into user-friendly graphics. It offers user control and design guidelines tailored to your specific location for Architects, building designers, engineers, and students. The tutorial guides you on accessing weather files from the EnergyPlus website, selecting the appropriate file version, and saving it for use in Climate Consultant. It also explains how to start a new project with a small non-residential building in imperial units.
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In this segment of the video, the focus is on using the Climate Consultant tool to analyze weather data. The tool organizes weather data into a user-friendly package, allowing users to select their comfort zone and customize inputs if needed. The video demonstrates how to interpret various charts provided by Climate Consultant, with a focus on understanding the comfort zone depicted in the graphs. The example shown indicates a heating dominated climate in Reno, Nevada. The tool offers 17 types of charts labeled in a dropdown menu for analysis and visualization of data.
00:06:00
In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses measuring the effects of evaporation and solar radiation, including global horizontal direct, normal, and diffuse solar radiation. They mention the thermal lag effect in relation to solar radiation availability and the hottest time of day. The dry bulb and wet bulb curves indicate humidity levels. The speaker describes how to modify the radiation range chart for designing solar systems. Other charts, like ground temperature and sun shading, are also briefly discussed for their applications in design and comfort zone analysis. The video demonstrates how changing variables can dynamically update the charts for effective visualization and analysis.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses utilizing a shading calculator to design shading strategies for different solar angles. They explain how to use the calculator by adjusting angles to visualize shading areas. The demonstration includes designing horizontal shading devices for windows to block out overheated times. Additionally, they cover using vertical fins on the east and west sides to improve thermal comfort indoors. The video also mentions the option to display obstructions like trees and neighboring buildings that could cast shadows on the site.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the orientation of trees nearby, inputting obstructions like neighboring buildings or party walls to determine shading effects. They explain the concept of a sun chart or sun dial, providing a physical visualization tool for sun angles. The importance of using tools like the psychrometric chart for climate data visualization and design strategy is highlighted, with Climate Consultant recommended for automating the process. The video emphasizes the significance of implementing design strategies to ensure interior comfort for occupants based on climate data analysis.
00:15:00
In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses various strategies to improve thermal comfort in buildings. Internal heat gain from people, equipment, and lighting can bring 21% of hours into the comfort zone. They suggest prioritizing strategies like insulation over ventilation, as natural ventilation provides little change. The speaker demonstrates how to modify the psychrometric chart and design strategies using climate consultant software. They mention a ranked list of design strategies to consider, with some linked to the architecture 2030 website for low energy design ideas. The wind wheel diagram is explained, showing correlations between temperature, humidity, and wind speed for optimizing building comfort.
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In this segment of the video, the speaker discusses the new ‘create your own plot’ feature in Climate Consultant 6, allowing users to combine variables and generate graphs. Users can choose between monthly, daily, or hourly data and customize the graphs with options for color, line type, and axis variables like wind direction and temperature. The video also covers how to output information from Climate Consultant, including printing graphics or exporting weather data to a CSV file for further analysis in Excel.