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Examine scenarios across dashboards

Examine differently configured scenarios across dashboards to optimize your design’s sustainability metrics.


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In Revit Insight, you can configure different scenarios of the same project

00:08

to identify the combination of factors with the most beneficial impact on sustainability metrics.

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Additional scenarios are easily created by duplicating a dashboard

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and then adjusting the factors that you want to examine.

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In this example, a custom dashboard has already been created to analyze the impact of a roof installment of PV panels.

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To set this up as the first scenario, click Edit Dashboard and use a Text card to describe the configuration,

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such as “PV-Array Scenario: 25% Roof Coverage”.

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Then, adjust the dashboard to represent the scenario.

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In this case, the PV-Array Coverage is set to 25%, and “over 1 year Building Lifespan” is added to the description.

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Click Done to update the dashboard.

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To rename this dashboard, on the tab, click the kebab menu and select Rename.

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In the Rename dashboard popup, enter a new name, such as “Renewable Energy (Scenario 1)”, and then click OK.

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To create a second scenario, click the kebab menu again, and this time,

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click Duplicate to create an exact copy of the dashboard.

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In the Duplicate popup, change the name to identify the dashboard—in this case,

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to “Renewable Energy (Scenario 2)”—and then click OK.

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In the duplicate dashboard, click Edit Dashboard,

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and make the necessary adjustments to configure this scenario.

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In this case, the scenario is defined as “75% Roof Coverage over 1 year Building Lifespan and 200 PV-Array Output”.

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Then, the PV-Array Coverage is set to 75% and an average PV-Array Output of 200 kWh/m2 is selected.

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Click Done to save the scenario.

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Now, there are two dashboards representing a renewable energy comparison of the same project

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and analysis using two different combinations of factors.

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In this example, Scenario 1 shows a total carbon value of 782,000 kgCO2e.

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In Scenario 2, with the roof coverage increased to 75% and a PV-Array Output of 200 kWh per square meter instead of 100,

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you can see that the total carbon is reduced to 777,000 kgCO2e.

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You can repeat these steps to create more scenarios, as needed.

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In this case, to examine a different building lifespan, the dashboard is duplicated to create Scenario 3.

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The Building Lifespan is set to 10 Years, and the Text card is edited to

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“75% Roof Coverage over 10 years Building Lifespan and average PV-Array Output.”

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Clicking Done updates the dashboard, and now, there are three different scenarios.

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These types of scenarios help designers and consultants to identify the combination of design factors

03:11

with the most beneficial impacts on sustainability metrics,

03:14

such as total carbon, operational carbon, and operational energy.

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Creating scenarios allows you to quantify these contributions, so that they can be properly presented to project stakeholders.

Video transcript

00:04

In Revit Insight, you can configure different scenarios of the same project

00:08

to identify the combination of factors with the most beneficial impact on sustainability metrics.

00:13

Additional scenarios are easily created by duplicating a dashboard

00:18

and then adjusting the factors that you want to examine.

00:21

In this example, a custom dashboard has already been created to analyze the impact of a roof installment of PV panels.

00:29

To set this up as the first scenario, click Edit Dashboard and use a Text card to describe the configuration,

00:37

such as “PV-Array Scenario: 25% Roof Coverage”.

00:41

Then, adjust the dashboard to represent the scenario.

00:45

In this case, the PV-Array Coverage is set to 25%, and “over 1 year Building Lifespan” is added to the description.

00:54

Click Done to update the dashboard.

00:57

To rename this dashboard, on the tab, click the kebab menu and select Rename.

01:04

In the Rename dashboard popup, enter a new name, such as “Renewable Energy (Scenario 1)”, and then click OK.

01:12

To create a second scenario, click the kebab menu again, and this time,

01:17

click Duplicate to create an exact copy of the dashboard.

01:21

In the Duplicate popup, change the name to identify the dashboard—in this case,

01:27

to “Renewable Energy (Scenario 2)”—and then click OK.

01:31

In the duplicate dashboard, click Edit Dashboard,

01:35

and make the necessary adjustments to configure this scenario.

01:39

In this case, the scenario is defined as “75% Roof Coverage over 1 year Building Lifespan and 200 PV-Array Output”.

01:48

Then, the PV-Array Coverage is set to 75% and an average PV-Array Output of 200 kWh/m2 is selected.

01:58

Click Done to save the scenario.

02:01

Now, there are two dashboards representing a renewable energy comparison of the same project

02:06

and analysis using two different combinations of factors.

02:10

In this example, Scenario 1 shows a total carbon value of 782,000 kgCO2e.

02:18

In Scenario 2, with the roof coverage increased to 75% and a PV-Array Output of 200 kWh per square meter instead of 100,

02:29

you can see that the total carbon is reduced to 777,000 kgCO2e.

02:35

You can repeat these steps to create more scenarios, as needed.

02:40

In this case, to examine a different building lifespan, the dashboard is duplicated to create Scenario 3.

02:47

The Building Lifespan is set to 10 Years, and the Text card is edited to

02:52

“75% Roof Coverage over 10 years Building Lifespan and average PV-Array Output.”

02:58

Clicking Done updates the dashboard, and now, there are three different scenarios.

03:04

These types of scenarios help designers and consultants to identify the combination of design factors

03:11

with the most beneficial impacts on sustainability metrics,

03:14

such as total carbon, operational carbon, and operational energy.

03:19

Creating scenarios allows you to quantify these contributions, so that they can be properly presented to project stakeholders.

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