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SNTool 2022 released

The 2022 version of SNTool for small urban areas is now available. We attach the XLS file set and also an updated PPT descriptive file.

Comments and suggestions are encouraged and should be sent to:

Nils Larsson: larsson@iisbe.org and
Andrea Moro: andrea.moro@iisbeitalia.org

MIT holds symposium on urban tool

In early May, we attended an all-day technical event in Boston, the MIT Sustainable Urban Design Symposium. The symposium was primarily organized by Christoph Reinhart, Associate Professor at MIT.
The focus of the symposium was Umi, a new design environment for architects and urban planners who want to model the environmental performance of urban zones and cities, specifically operational energy use, walkability and daylighting potential. Umi is based on the Rhino CAD program and is being developed by the Sustainable Design Lab at MIT. The introduction to the program included a number of case studies.