EcoAdvisor - Interactive Website

EcoAdvisor provides guidance on achieving sustainable buildings via a series of highly interactive training, computer-based education (CBE), and decision-support modules.

To explore the website click here:  http://www.ecoadvisor.com

Daylighting Advisor

These interactive daylighting modules show how daylighting improves visual quality in spaces while saving energy at the same time. Thousands of Radiance images show you the visual impacts of daylighting design choices that you can explore. This module focuses on office space applications. Also a number of Flash animations and interactions allow you to explore basic daylighting concepts.

Lighting Advisor

These eight interactive lighting modules show how lighting choices influence visual quality, cost, and energy use. Thousands of parametric images, generated by Radiance and Lightscape, vividly demonstrate visual impacts of alternative decisions.

HVAC Energy Primer

This primer is an introduction to HVAC basics, and contains over 4 hours of highly interactive material under 4 main topics:

• Introduction to HVAC Systems.
• A problem-solving exercise for an existing HVAC system.
• Comparisons of the range of HVAC system types, including animations of system operations under different conditions.
• Descriptions of HVAC system components.

Natural Ventilation Advisor

This new module is intended as a basic primer on the topic, and lets you examine basic concepts and strategies for natural ventilation (NV) in buildings. A number of Flash animations and interactivities are used to demonstrate NV concepts. One interactive topic allows you to explore the variation in NV benefits by climate (US and California climates). This module also emphasizes links to other websites containing NV information and case studies. This module is currently under construction.

Last edited 7 Dec 04