If you would like to be included in the AIA?s peer review of
the AIA Energy Modeling Practice Guide , please email the
AIA at energymodelingguide at aia.org
to the Peer ReviewList.
*From:*Rosenberg, Brett
*Sent:* Monday, February 27, 2012 2:46 PM
*To:* Worthen, Bill
*Subject:* Energy Modeling Practice Guide Peer Review Notice
and Invitation
The American Institute of Architects is preparing a
?Practitioner?s Guide for Integrating Energy Modeling in the
Design Process (EMPG) for publication in June of 2012. The
AIA is currently seeking input from architects, engineers,
academics and other qualified industry experts and
interested parties with a working knowledge of energy in the
design process, energy modeling, and high performance and/or
integrated project delivery, to participate in peer review
of this document.
You are receiving this email because a.) You have expressed
interest directly to the AIA to participate in this peer
review or b.) You are the AIA?s organizational contact or
representative of a group from which the AIA would like to
extend an invitation to participate in the peer review of
this document. Please feel free to forward this notice to
others whom you feel would be qualified to participate in
this peer review. A brief description of the intent of the
Energy Modeling Practice Guide is at the bottom of this email.
The EMPG peer review period will begin by the end of the
week of March 5^th , 2012 and continue for three weeks,
ending on Friday, March 30th. An email notice will be sent
to all parties receiving this email with a draft of the
guide, the comment submittal form and more detailed
instructions regarding the peer review process when the peer
review period is opened during the week of March 5^th . If
you do not want to participate in the peer review and
receive subsequent emails, please let us know; otherwise,
expect the aforementioned email during the week of the 5^th .
Peer reviewers will also be asked to complete a survey of
energy modeling tools as part of peer review. The result of
this survey will also be included in the EMPG when published.
If you have any further questions about the AIA?s Energy
Modeling Practice Guide, the peer review process or would
like to be removed from further emails about the AIA?s
Energy Modeling Practice, please send them to
energymodelingguide at aia.org
email with your request.
Thank you for time and consideration.
Sincerely,
Bill Worthen AIA, LEED AP Brett Rosenberg
*ABOUT THE AIA ENERGY MODELING PRATICE GUIDE *
The American Institute of Architects*Practice Guide to
Integrating Energy Modeling into the Design Process *has
been developed to help bridge the gap between what
architects and most engineers call ?Design? and what energy
modelers call ?Geometry?. In many instances architects,
engineers, energy modelers and our clients all speak
different languages regarding the same subject. As the
project design leader, who but the architect is best suited
to manage the increasing complexity of high performance
building design that includes energy as an equal design
consideration? Architects need to feel empowered to know
more on the subject of energy; what questions to ask, from
initial project scope, through effective and ongoing team
management, to communicate effectively on the subject and
provide collaborative design leadership. To do this
architects must take the time to gain a better understanding
of assumptions and variables related to energy modeling, and
a stronger knowledge of the appropriate tools and technology
in the market that allow design teams to address energy
through energy modeling early and throughout the design
process.
The document being issued for peer review in March of 2012
represents the *AIA Energy Modeling Working Group?s* best
efforts to communicate this subject matter to architects and
all members of the AIA family. It is the intent of the
working group that this guide serve as a seminal document
for AIA members to better understand the value, complexity
and fun of embracing energy as a design topic, no matter
what type of work you do. We hope this document, when
published will encourage and empower architects to better
understand how to incorporate energy modeling early and
often in the design process.
For more information about the EMPG go to:
http://www.aia.org/practicing/AIAB090178
