IES Plug-In Turns Free 3D Modeler into Sustainability Tool

As many of you are probably aware, IES makes a number of products to perform building analysis. IES has now created a plug-in for SketchUp that allows you to perform energy analysis at a very early stage. I haven't used or seen the product used in practice, but I believe it has a great deal of potential. For more information, I have provided a link to the CADALYST magazine article.

Revit and Green Building Studio

While it is listed as a tutorial (I disagree), the article provides an overview of the Revit and Green Building Studio. The article can be found at CADALYST where I am a contributing editor.

Revit class at JCCC

I have received some emails about Revit Architecture classes at Johnson County Community College. To my knowledge they are not having a class this semester but are planning for a Revit Architecture 2008 Essentials (I know, please don't get me started) class next semester. I am not sure if they will be teaching an Advanced Revit Architectufre or Revit Structure or Revit MEP classes. I have asked them to teach the current release, but their industry advisers don't believe that it is necessary to do so.

If you would like more information about BIM classes at Johnson County Community College, I recommend contacting Tom Hughes at thughes at jccc dot edu (Email address has been formated this way to reduce spam).

Sidetracked

I have been neglecting updating the blog, but I will do my best to do moe regular updates. That is if Phil will allow me to have a life outside of HNTB.

HOK Sport to Separate from HOK Group

HOK Sport Venue Event is separating from its St. Louis-based parent company, HOK Group, and will become a separate company headquartered in Kansas City.

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