Both the Project Templates and Design Alternatives are structured to give you the ability to modify defaults and compare the results. Project Templates are useful when more specifics are known about your project, if you wish to share some standardized building characteristics with design team members, or if your firm frequently works on projects that share many design features. Design Alternatives are useful for immediate modifications that could potentially improve the energy efficiency of your project. The following table outlines the general differences between Project Templates and Design Alternatives.
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General Features |
Project Defaults and Project Templates |
Design Alternatives |
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Can be saved and applied to multiple projects |
Yes |
No, but it is easy to quickly recreate a set of measures though the drop-down menus |
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Can saved and shared with project team members |
Yes |
No |
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Requires you to resubmit the gbXML file to Green Building Studio |
Yes |
No |
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Can compare results in the Run List page |
Yes |
Yes |