Climate

CBE Climate Tool

The CBE Clima Tool is a web-based application built to support climate analysis specifically designed to support the need of architects and engineers interested in climate-adapted design.

The CBE Clima Tool allows users to analyze the climate data of more than 27,500 locations worldwide from both Energy Plus and Climate.One.Building.org. You can, however, also choose to upload your own EPW weather file. Our tool can be used to analyze and visualize data contained in EnergyPlus Weather (EPW) files. It furthermore calculates a number of climate-related values (i.e.

CLIMATE SCOUT

CLIMATE SCOUT helps its users design buildings that uniquely respond to a site by providing climate-specific design advice at the building scale. It pairs the Köppen-Geiger climate classification and building design strategies from Architecture 2030’s Palette.

How to use CLIMATE SCOUT

Review: Climate Adaptive Design - Where Climate Science Meets Building Science

During the past three years Climate Adaptive Design: Where Climate Science Meets Building Science, hosted by The Collider and AIA Asheville, has grown from 40 attendees in 2015 to 80 in 2017. Each year the event brings together world-renowned climate scientists and architects to provide insight on how their professions are addressing the changing climate. In addition to the full day of presentations, the event also offers a public lecture with content for all from homeowners to industry professionals.