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Happy 2025! Especially to all the TRACE® users! 👇

Check out this VE Tech Tip to understand the new Pollination workflow for transferring model geometry from Revit into IESVE 🔗🔽 You'll learn how to: ✔️ Consider the impact of different settings on the geometry export ✔️ Use the model preview function to help visualise our geometry export ✔️ Create a model “snapshot”, which can then be edited within the new model editor desktop application. ✔️ Export in GEM format from the model editor, which is the native geometry only file format for the VE ✔️ Import GEM file into the VE, and undertake final geometry checks   Watch the video 👇   #IESVE #VETechTips #Interoperability #Revit #Pollination

We’re proud to share our latest research article, now published in the Journal of Solar Energy Advances. Introducing the Useful Shadow (USh) metric—a groundbreaking tool that simultaneously evaluates the impact of shading on energy needs, thermal comfort, and daylight in buildings. With USh, early design decisions become smarter and more efficient, reducing the need for complex simulations and aligning architectural practices with sustainability goals. This innovation combines dynamic modeling, AI, and optimization to deliver scalable, practical solutions for real-world applications. While it’s tailored to Shiraz’s climate, there’s immense potential to expand it globally! Title: "Useful Shadow: A New Independent Metric to Evaluate Overshadowing Buildings" Journal: Solar Energy Advances Authors: Niloofar Hashemi  @nilihami_nh Morteza Rahbar  @motreza_rahbar Shahin Heidari Parinaz Mansourimajoumerd  @parinaz.mansouri.m   DOI: https://lnkd.in/dEDRZ94Y #SustainableArchitecture #BuildingPerformance #SolarEnergy #Innovation #UsefulShadow #ShadingMetrics #AI #Optimization #ANN

Learn about the progress of Model Compare and our roadmap for 2025. We are looking forward to hearing your feedback. Thank you, and see you in 2025!

A new release of the #Pollination #Revit plugin is out! The main highlight of this release is the improvements to select apertures and doors menu! Click on the link to read more. 👇

Raise the Roof! New Roof Editing Feature in Pollination Model Editor. #pollination #energymodeling #revit

Pollination now supports IDA ICE v5! #interoperability

If you’re interested in learning more about energy and comfort modeling with #Rhino3D and #Grasshopper3D, join our upcoming Ladybug Tools online workshop from February 3-5, 2025, led by Mateo Barbero and Adrian Krężlik. Find more information here: https://lnkd.in/dBWqwVyb McNeel Europe Ladybug Tools

Happy Thanksgiving! 👇

We have an update on our progress on changing the domains and our new website! More updates to come during the next few weeks. Stay tuned!