Sefaira Architecture provides performance analysis where you need it: inside your 3D design environment*. Sefaira interprets models on the fly, delivering results while you design. *We currently support plugins in SketchUp and Revit.
Sefaira Architecture makes it easy to understand how a building’s orientation, form and fenestration impacts performance. You can get great insight even without previous energy modelling experience.
Sefaira's Real-Time Analysis plugins provide constant feedback on both energy & daylighting metrics as you work. This frees you to test unlimited design options without worrying about the time or cost of analysis.
With clear guidance on exactly how to improve your design’s performance from Sefaira analysis and relevant passive design precedents to get your creative juices flowing from Architecture 2030, you’re equipped to navigate to better designs and building performance.
With daylight analysis provided through the respected DAYSIM and Radiance engines, you gain rapid insight into the daylight performance of your buildings while you design. Guidance, such as a clear visualization of under- and overlit spaces, allows you to make better decisions around glazing, shading and façade design, without requiring knowledge of building physics.
Use daylight visualization to improve daylight distribution and communicate with clients. Exportable graphics for both annual and point-in-time analysis allow you to add powerful visuals to client presentations. You can customize reports to grid, contour and gradient views. Available metrics include Daylight Autonomy, Daylight Factor, time-of-day visualizations, and Direct Sunlight Analysis (used for certifications like SEPP 65 and BRE).
Once you have used the Sefaira Architecture plugin to design candidate building forms and facades, you can upload them to the Sefaira Architecture web application for much more detailed analysis of per-facade properties, parametric shading design and detailed energy-use exploration.
A New Approach to Performance Analysis
Traditional tools are complex and arcane, requiring special expertise to get valid results.
Sefaira Architecture is built for designers. Its clear, intuitive interface makes it usable for the non-expert.
Expand your firm’s offerings by providing additional performance based design services like investigating Low and Zero Carbon technologies using Sefaira Architecture’s integrated calculation of passive and active strategies. Become a market leader in sustainable design.
Sustainability requirements are here to stay, and standards are only getting tougher. The easiest and most cost effective way to meet (or exceed) sustainability goals is to set a project on track early in the design process.
Fast, flexible performance analysis helps you understand the impacts of design options and allows you to make faster, more efficient design decisions. An audited design trail exported as clear reports means you’ll spend less time defending your designs, and focus more on moving the project forward.
Reduce the risk of not meeting sustainability goals and avoid the high costs of late-stage performance related rework by integrating energy analysis in the early design stages. Our customers have seen a 50% reduction in performance related rework, saving them time and money.
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