Advanced daylighting, electric lighting, and thermal analysis.

ClimateStudio is the fastest and most accurate environmental performance analysis software for the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) sector. Its simulation workflows help designers and consultants optimize buildings for energy efficiency, daylight access, electric lighting performance, visual and thermal comfort, and other measures of occupant health. ClimateStudio is a plugin for Rhinoceros 3D and requires the latest service release of version 6, 7, or 8.

**FAST AND ACCURATE**

Built on EnergyPlus and a novel RADIANCE-based path tracing technology, ClimateStudio is the fastest and most accurate simulation software on the market. Yes, faster than cloud-based tools. And yes, more accurate than DIVA-for-Rhino. Finally, reliable results at 1000x the speed.
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EasytoUse_ClimateStudio — **EASY TO USE**

One-click wizards and intuitive results make ClimateStudio easy to use and understand. Custom settings, meanwhile, give experts full control.

**BUILT FOR THE REAL WORLD**

ClimateStudio comes with thousands of materials, constructions, and templates taken from real-world measurements and validated sources. Whether using DOE benchmarks, ASHRAE standards, or glazing products from the IGDB, ClimateStudio projects are always rooted in reality.

**CLIMATE ANALYSIS**

ClimateStudio includes a searchable library of over 30,000 weather files, and offers interactive visualizations of temperature, humidity, wind, radiation, and UTCI conditions on site.

SunPath_ClimateStudio — **SUN PATH AND SHADOW STUDIES**

Visualize sun angles and shadows to highlight passive design opportunities and site impact.

**LEED DAYLIGHTING COMPLIANCE**

ClimateStudio calculates sDA the right way, using dynamic shading and the latest LM-83 standards. With groundbreaking speeds and automated reporting, you can go from zero to compliance with the click of a button.

**ANNUAL GLARE**

Assess glare from hundreds of viewing positions, for every hour of the year, all in a matter of seconds.

**VIEW ANALYSIS**

ClimateStudio calculates LEED v4 Quality Views with automated reporting, plus customizable view factors for any set of scene elements.

Lighting_ClimateStudio — **ELECTRIC LIGHTING**

Easily place and edit luminaires, calculate illuminance levels, create visualizations, and determine lighting power loads.

Screen Shot 2020-10-02 at 2.15.46 PM.png — **MULTIZONE ENERGY MODELING**

With a fully-fledged UI, automatic adjacency detection, and interactive results, ClimateStudio makes multizone energy modeling a breeze.

spatialthermalcomfort_climatestudio — **SPATIAL THERMAL COMFORT**

Compute highly resolved annual spatial comfort maps to reveal local thermal comfort issues early in the design process.

**ADVANCED NATURAL VENTILATION**

With its advanced AirflowNetwork capabilities, ClimateStudio can simulate and visualize detailed energy and mass flow through a multi-zone model. Pressure Coefficients can be auto-calculated or provided as an envelope mesh from CFD simulations.

CAD_ClimateStudio — **CAD INTEGRATED**

No exports, uploads, or downloads required! CS operates directly in Rhino, giving you free-form control and instant in situ feedback, for faster design development and project delivery.

**PARAMETRIC TOOLS**

ClimateStudio features fully parametric daylight and energy modeling via Grasshopper. Optimizations, sensitivity analysis, and automated model generation have never been easier.

renewable_energy_climatestudio — **RENEWABLE ENERGY**

Simulate the performance of photovoltaics to offset energy demands or demonstrate net-zero feasibility. Include battery storage and variable electricity pricing in your analysis.

AIA2030_ClimateStudio — **AUTOMATIC AIA 2030 REPORTING**

Publish energy simulation results to the AIA 2030 Design Data Exchange (DDX) portal with a click of a button.

Testimonials

“ClimateStudio has been a game changer, not only have I immediately upon release, been able to exchange it for DIVA in our M.ARCH’s Sustainable Design Studio ARCH 601. But we are now also using CS in the 4th year building technology labs with 85 students, and as more and more of my colleagues are coming around to including simulations into their studio assignments, we can now fully include environmental performance metrics throughout the professional architecture programs.”

— Ulrike Passe, Professor of Architecture, Director Center for Building Energy Research, Iowa State University

“Designing with daylight is essential to our work, not only to save energy but to craft the atmosphere of spaces and enhance the visual comfort of the occupants. Climate Studio's speed and intuitive interface accelerate our design process by letting us think about all these aspirations earlier, more rigorously, and more creatively than we could otherwise.”

— Michelle Lee, Architect at Behnisch Architekten

“I always found glare very tricky to analyze and time consuming, due to its camera view and point in time sensitivities, but ClimateStudio allows us with just one run to have an overall understanding of which camera views will be receiving glare at what time of the year, to then get a whole spherical view of luminance mapping and glare source identification images.”

— Blanca Dasi Espuig, Sustainable Design Specialist at HOK

“ClimateStudio is really a game changer which helps us achieve way faster and accurate results in the context of daylighting and glare studies. We expect not only daylighting experts and modelers, but also architects/designers to engage the tool in their daylighting design process due to its user-friendly interface and quick feedback loop.”

— Cheney Chen, Senior Sustainable Bldg + Energy Engineer at Perkins&Will

“After using ClimateStudio for a while, I’m completely blown away. It’s so fast and comprehensive, and the high level of customization lets me analyze any form with ease. I can’t wait to see how practical understanding of environmental design concepts will increase as the use of this plugin spreads in the industry, because it’s really so incredible.”

— Katie Koskey, MIT MArch student

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