Simulating building performance has rapidly moved from being a good idea to an essential part of the design of high-performance buildings. Building performance analysis allows us to consider all aspects of a project and how its environment will impact performance to maximize energy efficiency and reduce project costs.

We help architects make essential design decisions by analyzing the performance impacts of complex architectural geometries and systems. By providing feedback on performance indicators, such as thermal comfort, access to daylight, air flow, and overall energy consumption at all stages of design, we enable design teams to push the boundaries of architecture and engineering with confidence that sustainability targets will be achieved.

What Makes Advanced Performance Analysis Different with Entuitive?

Our Performance Analysis team works at the cutting edge, using the latest software tools for detailed daylight, climate, and thermodynamic modelling, and more. These advanced technologies enable informed design decision-making in a way that works with the natural environment rather than against it.

Building performance analysis is no longer exclusively for the highest-performance projects but can add value to any design process. By asking key questions of a building’s design at early stages, we can influence the environmental performance of the completed project in a way that is impossible when simulation is only considered for validating compliance.

Advanced Building Performance Analysis includes climate and site analysis, daylight and glare analysis, energy modelling and building simulation, massing and orientation analysis, natural ventilation analysis, passive survivability analysis, and thermal comfort analysis.

Asset Lifecycle

Build

Operate

Renew

Build

Current performance targets are driving towards goals of net-zero energy while simultaneously demanding improved occupant wellness.

The intersection of these goals is a high-performing building envelope. Dynamic simulations allow us to assess the interactive parameters that influence a project's energy and indoor environmental quality to assist in the design of a building skin that meets both qualitative and quantitative sustainability goals.

Building Envelope Design

We specialize in the complete enclosure of new and existing buildings.

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Specialized Services:

Climate & Site Analysis

We analyze site location, size, topography, zoning, and more.

Daylight & Glare Analysis

Providing feedback on access to daylight, air flow, and comfort.

Operate & Assess

By comparing in-situ energy consumption from utility bills with modelled data, details of a building’s operations can be determined.

Armed with the knowledge of which systems are performing as intended, operations teams are empowered to ensure that the energy savings returns from the investment in high-performance systems are being realized.

Infrared Thermography

We perform building infrared scans to analyze issues with the structure’s building envelope.

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Building Envelope Condition Assessments (BECA)

Our team combines years of expertise with the latest tools to assess building envelope conditions.

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Building Condition Assessments (BCA)

We assess building performance, condition, and lifecycle factors for a variety of building types.

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Renew

There is a growing mandate to reduce energy consumption across all sectors of our built environment.

When building systems reach the end of their useful life there is a significant opportunity to leverage their replacement to reposition an aging asset. Treating the whole building as a system allows for the analysis of deep energy retrofits on a lifecycle basis and is far more cost-effective than addressing systems in an ad hoc manner.