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Building performance analysis software

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Overview

Overview

What is Insight?

Insight overview video (1:43 min.)

Insight empowers architects and engineers to design more energy-efficient buildings with advanced simulation engines and building performance analysis data integrated in Revit.

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2030 Challenge support

2030 Challenge video (1:41 min.)

Design more efficient buildings, and achieve your sustainability goals and reporting requirements for the AIA 2030 Commitment and other green building initiatives with Insight.

Insight features

  • Better building performance

    Discover intuitive, outcome-driven insight into energy and environmental optimization, from design to operation. (video: 46 sec.)

  • Real-time feedback

    Visualize and interact with key performance indicators, factors, and ranges to help make better design decisions.

  • BIM workflow integration

    Enlist the power of FormIt Pro and Revit to automatically create energy models, from early concept to detailed design.

  • Whole building energy

    Capture whole building and system interactions with full dynamic thermal energy simulation using DOE 2.2. and EnergyPlus.

  • Daylighting analysis

    Simulate, calculate, and visualize key daylighting metrics, like daylight autonomy and annual sunlight exposure.

  • Heating and cooling load

    Analyze the total building heating and cooling load calculations with the EnergyPlus heat balance method.

See how customers are using Insight

  • JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL

    High-performance building design

    Energy modeling with Insight helped the HVAC and energy storage experts achieve sustainability goals for their new Asia-Pacific headquarters in Shanghai.

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    Image courtesy of Johnson Controls

  • Rendering of The Wheeling building design by Mills Group with Revit and Insight

    MILLS GROUP

    Achieving energy efficiency

    Architects analyze 3D models and obtain real-time environmental performance indicators by using Insight for building performance analysis.

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    Image courtesy of Mills Group

  • PAGE

    Architects meet AIA 2030 goals

    International architecture and engineering firm supports its AIA 2030 Commitment as it models building performance on more projects.

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    Image courtesy of Page

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