FenestraPro

FenestraPro accelerates the design of more energy-efficient buildings by focusing on façade performance, which is responsible for more than half of a building’s operational energy.

It simplifies performance analysis to automatically generate the optimal passive design solution, integrating seamlessly within BIM workflows through the FenestraPro Envelope Analysis extension for Forma and FenestraPro for Revit application. These tools provide real-time insight into the environmental impacts of envelope design, enabling designers and engineers to efficiently optimize for energy efficiency within the BIM process.

FenestraPro Envelope Analysis integrates with Forma, leveraging geometry, location, and surrounding context to automatically generate the optimal façade configuration and material specifications - demonstrating both regulatory compliance and best-practice performance. 

FenestraPro Connect, part of FenestraPro for Revit, Connect allows Forma users to easily bring conceptual models into Revit, adding the necessary detail for a detailed energy analysis ready model and enabling a continuous workflow in the Autodesk ecosystem.

As the design develops, FenestraPro for Revit uses the Revit Energy Analysis Model to automatically configure optimal windows and curtain walls, incorporating manufacturer component data to help designers select materials that maintain the most energy-efficient passive solution throughout the process.

Key Benefits Include:

1. Establish, configure and apply optimal glass-to-wall ratio to enhance building performance, reduce carbon consumption and improve occupant comfort.
2. Intuitively select and specify façade components to meet performance requirements with over 1,000 glazing types from leading global manufacturers.
3. Optimise passive design considerations of envelope design for thermal performance, passive solar heat gain and daylighting from early-stage design in Forma to detailed design in Revit.
4. Connect your Forma to Revit workflow automatically generating a detailed Revit model from Forma based on façade component configuration and specification.
5. Understand the effects of shading from surrounding buildings and automatically generate the optimal shading device configuration on façades and surfaces.
6. Detailed thermal performance analysis for façade components and code compliance of the building envelope.

FenestraPro is trusted by leading global architectural, engineering, and multi-disciplinary AEC firms to design higher-performing buildings.