Consulting — for Energy Conservation & Sustainability
Research & EcoDesign provides a broad range of consulting services, including generating innovative strategies to achieve energy conservation and sustainability, helping to integrate these strategies within the design; verifying compliance with “green building” standards; and carrying out climatic simulations.
Energy Conservation & Sustainability
The consultation process ranges between a single report, generated for a specific issue, and complete support, accompanying the entire design process, to ensure correct implementation. Recommendations are supported by advance climatic simulations to ensure best performance.
Recommendations can be provided for a wide range of expertise:
- Architectural Form & Site Position
- Insulation & Thermal Mass
- Windows & Glassing
- Optimal Shading for Windows & Outdoor
- Passive Cooling & Heating
- Natural Ventilation
- Daylighting
- Thermal & Visual Comfort
- Energy Conservation
- Environmental Friendly Building Materials
- Climatic & Sustainable Landscape Design
- Climatic & Sustainable Urban Planning
Green Standards
Research & EcoDesign verifies compliance with key green standards:
- LEED standard, daylighting credit 8.1 (all options: simulation, prescriptive, and measurement)
- Israeli standard SI 5281 — Sustainable (Green) Buildings (the entire standard or only climatic sections)
- Israeli standard SI 5282 — Energy Rating of Buildings (both prescriptive and performance options)
- Israeli standard SI 1045 — Thermal Insulation of Buildings
- Israeli standard SI 5068 — Fenestration Products in Buildings
Climatic Simulations
Research & EcoDesign carries out the following climatic simulations. These simulations can be carried out as a part of the consultation process or in response to a specific demand.
- Shading & Solar Access
- Optimal Shading
- Daylight & Visual Comfort (including glare analysis)
- Thermal Comfort & Energy Conservation
- Natural Airflow (both Air Mass Flow and CFD)
