Energy Model Guide

Use the Energy Model Guide in Revit to easily set up and create an energy model to perform system and carbon analysis on your design.

The Energy Model Guide provides an intuitive interface for users to understand the most important settings when generating the energy model. Specifying settings in the Guide affects the settings found in the Energy Model Settings dialog.

Note: When you use the Energy Model Guide, the mode will always be Conceptual Masses and Building Elements.

Note: The Energy Model Guide and the Energy Model Settings dialog cannot be open at the same time.

To use the Energy Model Guide

1. Click Analyze tabEnergy Optimization panel (Energy Model Guide).
2. On the introductory panel, click Get Started.
3. Select room bounding linked models and click Apply. Click Next.
4. Configure the 3D view, select the project phase, set the perimeter zone, and define the ground plane. Click Next.
5. Add massing and detailed elements, hide elements, and specify conceptual percentage glazing. Click Next.
6. Specify schematic types, enable detailed elements, and adjust the analytical resolution to optimize performance. Click Next.
7. Set building type, add spaces. Click Next.
8. On the Analytical Spaces and Surfaces panel, click Create Energy Model.

After the energy model is generated, you can select individual analytical spaces and analytical surfaces in the Guide to see them selected in the model.

To learn more about specific energy settings, see Energy Settings.