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Italy’s GSE (Gestore Servizi Energetici) has released their 2011 Statistical Report: Solar Photovoltaics (click for PDF download), stating that Italy installed more new photovoltaic plants than any other country in the world last year, and now ranks second only to Germany in total installed capacity.
Designing with daylight in mind not only allows for a more comfortable interior space, but it can also give you substantial savings in energy consumption. By integrating ArchiCAD’s BIM technology with Velux’s Daylight Visualizer, architects can now precisely simulate daylighting in buildings as early as the very first steps of preliminary design.
Graphisoft has just released the preview videos for their new ArchiCAD version 16, and we are pretty excited about it here at Emu Architects. Enrico Bonilauri has written an extensive assessment of the newly integrated energy analysis features (basically incorporating EcoDesigner) over on our Italian blog. I’ll attempt to translate his thoughts into English here for our international readers:
A few days ago we were able to participate in a free presentation for designers on the subject of clay and earth finishes and building materials by Matteo Brioni. We came away from the day quite impressed, not only with the range of natural and sustainable products offered by the Fornace Brioni brick foundry, but [...]
