Denmark Workshops, 2018

Copenhagen September 7-11, 2018

Aarhus September 13-17, 2018

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We are delighted to officially announce the schedule for our workshop series in Denmark on September 7-17, 2018. We will be in Copenhagen from September 7 to September 11 and will go to Aarhus from September 13 to September 17. See the table below for dates and topics. There are limited number of seats for each workshop. Please secure your seat as soon as possible. Register here.

Early bird tickets are priced at 4,265 DKK for a full day workshop and will be available unti July 31. After July 31 seats will be available for 4,665 DKK for a full day workshop.

There are limited seats in each workshop for students with highly discounted price (1,850 DKK - 2,100 DKK). The tickets are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. To verify, email us a photo of your current valid student ID from your .edu email address and we will send you a discount code. The email address is (denmark.workshops.2018@ladybug.tools).

Workshops will be hosted at Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects offices in Copenhagen and Aarhus. You can find the address to the offices on this page.

We want to greatly thank Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects for sponsoring the venue for the workshops both in Copenhagen and Aarhus, and also their support during the process of organizing the workshop.

Finally, we want to greatly thank The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts for hosting the public presentation.

Topic Time Date in Copenhagen Date in Aarhus
#1 Parametric environmental modeling with Ladybug in Grasshopper
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9:00 am - 4:00 pm Friday
Sept. 07 2018
Thursday
Sept. 13 2018
#2 Parametric daylight modeling with Honeybee in Grasshopper
See detailed curriculum
9:00 am - 4:00 pm Saturday
Sept. 08 2018
Friday
Sept. 14 2018
#3 Energy Modeling for Passive Design with Honeybee in Grasshopper
See detailed curriculum
9:00 am - 4:00 pm Sunday
Sept. 09 2018
Saturday
Sept. 15 2018
#4 Energy Modeling for Heating/Cooling Systems with Honeybee in Grasshopper
See detailed curriculum
9:00 am - 2:00 pm Monday
Sept. 10 2018
Sunday
Sept. 16 2018
Public presentation at The Royal Danish Academy (KADK) 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm Monday
Sept. 10 2018
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#5 Automated iterative modeling and analysis in Grasshopper
See detailed curriculum
9:00 am - 4:00 pm Tuesday
Sept. 11 2018
Monday
Sept. 17 2018

*All workshops will be taught with the Ladybug Tools plugins for Grasshopper.

#1 Parametric environmental modeling with Ladybug

Friday, September 07 2018; Copenhagen

Thursday, September 13 2018; Aarhus

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

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The one-day Ladybug workshop will provide attendees with the ability to explore the relationship between weather data and environmental design decisions. We will address a number of environmental design questions for a hypothetical project using Ladybug. The focus of the workshops is to teach attendees best practices in using Ladybug for iterative design and simulation. If you have not used Rhino, Grasshopper or Ladybug and planning to attend any of the other workshops we strongly recommend taking this workshop. In this workshop you will learn how to:

  • Import and visualize weather data
  • Calculate outdoor thermal comfort
  • Draw interactive diagrams and apply conditional statements
  • Run radiation and solar access analysis
  • Generate customized result visualizations
  • Use environmental simulation output to evaluate and generate design options

Prerequisites

  • Basic knowledge of parametric modeling in Grasshopper is not required but is recommended.
  • Rhino 5.0 or 6.0 for Windows
  • Grasshopper 0.0.0076 or higher
  • Ladybug + Honeybee legacy plugins. Download the latest legacy version from Food4Rhino and follow the installation instruction.
  • For this workshop you do not need to install Radiance, EnergyPlus or OpenStudio.

Curriculum

Time Topic Description Level Duration
9:00 to 10:30 Weather data analysis and visualization The workshop starts with a series of hands-on tutorials to develop workflows to analyze and visualize weather data. The attendees will be introduced to techniques for filtering and combining weather data to answer a specific environmental design question and come up with an early design decision. Beginner
Ladybug
90 min
10:30 to 10:45 Break 15 min
10:45 to 12:15 Thermal comfort This session discusses different thermal comfort models and studies the effect of solar radiation on outdoor thermal comfort. The goal is to identify hours that outdoor shading can be helpful. Intermediate
Ladybug
90 min
12:15 to 13:00 Lunch 45 min
13:00 to 14:15 Sunpath,
Outdoor shading
This session continues by using the findings from morning to design an outdoor canopy. Intermediate
Ladybug
75 min
14:15 to 14:30 Break 15 min
14:30 to 16:00 Solar access analysis,
Design challenge
The design challenge for day 1 will be provided to the attendees. The attendees will use their learnings from the workshop to solve one or two different design problems.
The first design challenge explains the process of evaluating an existing condition against minimum solaraccess.
The second example introduces a workflow to generate maximum possible massing in an empty lot while meeting the code for minimum change in vertical sky component.
Intermediate
Ladybug
90 min
16:00 End of workshop  

#2 Parametric daylight modeling with Honeybee

Saturday, September 08 2018; Copenhagen

Friday, September 14 2018; Aarhus

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

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This workshop covers essential material for effective daylighting simulation with Honeybee including daylight factor, point-in-time grid-based and image-based daylight and basic introduction to climate-based annual daylight simulation. We will cover fundamentals of daylight modeling for designing a well daylit space. We will use Honeybee legacy plugin in the morning and Honeybee[+] plugin closer to the end of the workshop. In this workshop, you will learn how to:

  • Prepare geometry for daylight simulation
  • Create Radiance materials
  • Generate different Radiance skies
  • Run grid-based and view-based daylight studies
  • Generate customized result visualization
  • Run a daylight coefficient study
  • Add dynamic shading and blind controls to your model

Prerequisites

  • Basic knowledge of parametric modeling in Grasshopper is not required but is recommended.
  • Rhino 5.0 or 6.0 for Windows
  • Grasshopper 0.0.0076 or higher
  • Ladybug + Honeybee legacy plugins. Download the latest legacy version from Food4Rhino and follow the installation instruction.
  • Honeybee[+] plugin. Download Honeybee[+] from Food4Rhino.
  • Radiance 5.1.0 or higher. Download and install Radiance from GitHub. Ensure Radiance is installed in a folder with no space or non-ASCII characters.
  • For this workshop you do not need to install EnergyPlus or OpenStudio.

Curriculum

Time Topic Description Level Duration
09:00 to 09:45 Introduction, materials, skies This lecture provides an introduction to daylight simulation and Radiance and introduces attendees to two of the most important inputs for a daylight simulation (materials and skies) and how to set them up in Honeybee. Beginner 45 min
09:45 to 10:30 Shadow range study This session introduces the attendees to image-based recipes for daylight simulation as well as how to prepare customized result visualization. Intermediate
Honeybee
45 min
10:30 to 10:45 Break 15 min
10:45 to 12:15 Point-in-time daylight assessment This session introduces the attendees to grid-based recipes for daylight simulation including daylight factor and point-in-time illuminance studies. Intermediate
Honeybee
90 min
12:15 to 13:00 Lunch
13:00 to 13:45 Annual climate-based daylight simulation and metrics This session provides an introduction to annual daylight analysis and why/when/how to use it during the design process. Intermediate
Honeybee
45 min
13:45 to 14:30 Annual daylight with enhanced direct solar calculation This interactive module will introduce workflows for using 2-phase recipe for daylight modeling. The results will be compared with the results of annual analysis in morning session to clarify the improvements. The example used in this module will enable participants to familiarize themselves with the relevant components and methodology for performing daylight simulations with Honeybee[+]. Intermediate
Honeybee[+]
45 min
14:30 to 14:45 Break 15 min
14:45 to 16:00 Result visualization,
dynamic blinds and window groups
This session discusses a variety of options for exploring and visualizing the results of an annual daylight analysis, and reviews different annual daylight metrics including: Daylight Autonomy (DA), Useful Daylight Illuminance (UDI), Spatial Daylight Autonomy (sDA) and Annual Sunlight Exposure (ASE) followed by an exercise involving the use of multi-phase method to evaluate shading devices with adjustable settings. This exercise will demonstrate how the phase-based approach can be leveraged to optimize both simulation effort as well as computational runtime. Intermediate
Honeybee[+]
75 min
16:00 End of workshop  

#3 Energy Modeling for Passive Design with Honeybee

Sunday, September 09 2018; Copenhagen

Saturday, September 15 2018; Aarhus

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

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This course covers essential workflows for energy simulation with Honeybee. In this workshop, you will learn how to:

  • Prepare geometry for energy modeling
  • Customize EnergyPlus materials and constructions
  • Visualize and edit zone properties, including loads and schedules
  • Run an energy simulation
  • Interpret results using flood plots, energy balances, and geometry colored with simulation data

Prerequisites

  • Familiarity with basic energy modeling principles is also highly recommended.
  • Basic knowledge of parametric modeling in Grasshopper is not required but is recommended.
  • Rhino 5.0 or 6.0 for Windows
  • Grasshopper 0.0.0076 or higher
  • Ladybug + Honeybee legacy plugins. Download the latest legacy version from Food4Rhino and follow the installation instructions.
  • OpenStudio 2.4

Curriculum

Time Topic Description Level Duration
9:00 to 9:30 Introduction to energy modeling with visual scripting interfaces This presentation provides an overview of the advantages of building energy models in scripting interfaces like Grasshopper. Intermediate 30 min
9:30 to 10:30 Building a simple unconditioned test box model We’ll start by building a simple energy model of a 1-room building. We’ll understand all of the energy modeling attributes of the model that we’ve built. Intermediate
Honeybee
60 min
10:30 to 11:00 Running an energy model We’ll run the model and visualize the hourly temperature within the room. Lastly, the temperature data will be run through a thermal comfort model. Intermediate
Honeybee
30 min
11:00 to 11:15 Break 15 min
11:15 to 11:30 Opening windows for natural ventilation To improve comfort, we will allow occupants to open windows. Intermediate
Honeybee
15 min
11:30 to 12:30 Editing schedules and loads We will attempt to improve thermal comfort in our model by building a schedule for night flushing. We will also try changing the lighting loads in an attempt to make the space cooler in summer. Intermediate
Honeybee
60 min
12:30 to 12:45 Adding shade to an energy model We will try to improve the comfort conditions by adding shade. Intermediate
Honeybee
15 min
12:45 to 13:00 Changing constructions To finish off the passive design of the space, we will add thermal mass and improve insulation on the windows. Intermediate
Honeybee
15 min
13:00 to 13:30 Lunch 30 min
13:30 to 14:30 Multi-zone energy model workflows To finish off the passive design of the model, we will break up or test box model into multiple zones to understand if some spaces are more comfortable than others. Advanced
Honeybee
60 min
14:30 to 15:00 Color zones with simulation results We will visualize the thermal environments of the model by coloring the zones with their temperature. Advanced
Honeybee
60 min
15:00 to 16:00 Energy balances We will look at energy balance graphics for different building types and build one for the model we have been working on Advanced
Honeybee
60 min
16:00 End of workshop  

#4 Energy Modeling for Heating/Cooling Systems with Honeybee

Monday, September 10 2018; Copenhagen

Sunday, September 16 2018; Aarhus

9:00 am - 2:00 pm

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Building off of the previous day’s workshop, we will add detailed HVAC systems into Honeybee energy models. It is highly recommended that participants attend the previous day’s workshop unless they are already very familiar with Honeybee energy modeling workflows. In this workshop, you will learn how to:

  • Assemble an energy model using surface-by-surface workflows
  • Edit and visualize a range of HVAC templates
  • Calculate energy use intensity for different design options
  • Estimate the size/ cost of HVAC systems from peak load simulations./li>
  • Use energy model results to build detailed microclimate maps of building interiors
  • Bring everything we have learned together by parametrically changing glazing ratio and evaluating the impact on energy use, HVAC size, and thermal comfort

Prerequisites

  • Familiarity with basic energy modeling principles is also highly recommended.
  • Basic knowledge of parametric modeling in Grasshopper is not required but is recommended.
  • Rhino 5.0 or 6.0 for Windows
  • Grasshopper 0.0.0076 or higher
  • Ladybug + Honeybee legacy plugins. Download the latest legacy version from Food4Rhino and follow the installation instructions.
  • OpenStudio 2.4

Curriculum

Time Topic Description Level Duration
9:00 to 9:45 Surface-by-surface workflows We will build a simple shoebox model using a surface-by-surface workflow. This type of model is suitable for parametric studies looking at a range of different facade options. Intermediate 45 min
9:45 to 10:45 Adding HVAC systems We will add a fully-detailed HVAC system to the shoe box model and calculate energy use intensity from the results. Advanced
Honeybee
60 min
10:45 to 11:00 Break 15 min
11:00 to 11:30 Peak loads and HVAC size / cost We will observe the peak loads experienced by our test box and understand the impact that facade strategies have on the size and cost of the HVAC system. Advanced
Honeybee
30 min
11:30 to 13:30 Detailed microclimate maps Using the thermal results from our energy model, we will build a detailed map of temperature and thermal comfort within the test box room. We will briefly touch on the calculations that go into building this detailed microclimate map. Advanced
Honeybee
120 min
13:30 to 14:00 Parametric sensitivity studies We will bring together everything that we have learned in order to understand the relationship between glazing ratio, energy use, HVAC size, and occupant thermal comfort. Advanced
Honeybee
30 min
14:00 End of workshop  

#5 Automated iterative modeling and analysis

Tuesday, September 11 2018; Copenhagen

Monday, September 17 2018; Aarhus

9:00 am - 4:00 pm

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This workshop covers the best practices for automating parametric iterative studies. We will cover best practices for automating parametric iterative studies and utilize several visualizations to make informed design decisions from these studies. This workshop brings all of the content of the previous workshops together and, while attendance of previous workshops is not necessary, participants will get the most out of this workshop if they have attended the previous ones. In this workshop, you will lean how to:

  • Select design criteria
  • Build a parametric energy model that represents these criteria
  • Automatically run through the design space of all possible combinations of these criteria
  • Visualize your results using Design Explorer

Prerequisites

  • Basic knowledge of parametric modeling in Grasshopper is not required but is recommended.
  • Rhino 5.0 or 6.0 for Windows
  • Grasshopper 0.0.0076 or higher
  • Ladybug + Honeybee legacy plugins. Download the latest legacy version from Food4Rhino and follow the installation instruction.
  • Radiance 5.1.0 or higher. Download and install Radiance from GitHub. Ensure Radiance is installed in a folder with no space or non-ASCII characters.
  • OpenStudio 2.4
  • TTToolbox plugin. Download the latest released version from Food4Rhino.
  • A Google account with Google Drive (just the default account is ok and there’s no need to pay for additional space).

Curriculum

Time Topic Description Level Duration
9:00 to 10:30 Introduction to parametric modeling by solving a simple optimization problem We will begin by building a parametric model to find the optimal tilt angle for a photovoltaic panel, and add more complexity to the problem during this session. Intermediate 90 min
10:30 to 10:45 Break 15 min
10:45 to 12:15 Prepare parametric model for daylight and energy simulation We will use this session to discuss best practices for building a parametric model for both daylight and energy simulation. At the end of the session we will set up and run the model for several combinations. Intermediate 90 min
12:15 to 13:00 Lunch 45 min
13:00 to 14:15 Result visualization for multi-dimensional problems We will upload the results that we generated during the break to Google Drive and then visualize them in Design Explorer. After loading results into Design Explorer, we will look at other means of processing the data to draw conclusions and make recommendations. Specifically, we will determine which strategies are the most effective over the data set. Advanced
Honeybee
75 min
14:15 to 14:30 Break 15 min
14:30 to 16:00 Final design challenge The design challenge explains the process of evaluating design solutions against solar rights and minimum direct solar access. The attendant will develop optimal solutions that guarantee the required quantity of sun light hours on existing buildings. Advanced
Honeybee
90 min
16:00 End of workshop