Small Project Design

Hi Debra I personally have made a number of 'special pricing for small firms' initiatives over the years. I frankly never found any traction for that concept at AIA National; or frankly other notions read more

Debra, Thank you for your comments and suggestions for energy-related tools and software (residential or commercial). I use Vectorworks (I'm not a Revit guy), but I wonder if I could export enough read more

Thanks Thomas. Insightful info - esp. that you use the PHIUS software for designs that are not pursuing that certification. I have been told by a mechanical engineer colleague that has used the free version read more

Hi all, late to this party, but for what it's worth--we're a 5-person firm, mostly residential, and we use WUFI-Passive, since we decided years ago we wanted to design Phius certified (Passive) projects. read more

Thomas and all, Encouraging to see others that are struggling with an effective energy modeling tool. In June, I was asked by GreenHome Institute to evaluate a few energy-related tools and software, read more