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New climate simulation tool supports data driven building design

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New climate simulation tool supports data driven building design

The Centre for the Built Environment (CBE) Clima tool provides climate‑based simulations for building analysis, offering functions to model thermal conditions, environmental data, and comfort metrics for design and research purposes.

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The Centre for the Built Environment (CBE) has released 'Clima', an open‑source tool designed to support climate‑based simulations for building analysis. The platform provides functions that allow users to process environmental data and evaluate conditions relevant to building performance.

The tool includes methods for analysing temperature, humidity, solar radiation and other climate variables. It enables users to generate hourly or aggregated datasets and to apply established comfort models. These features support the assessment of building behaviour under different climatic scenarios and the examination of design strategies.

Clima also incorporates functions for visualising climate information and for calculating metrics used in building research, such as thermal comfort indicators and environmental thresholds. Its structure allows integration with other modelling workflows, making it suitable for design studies, academic work and performance evaluations.

Analyse your own files and download your data or graphics through the link provided below.

Date of release:
12/01/2021
Available tool languages :
English
Developer:
Center for the Built Environment (CBE) at the University of California, Berkeley
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