Revi Star Rate is a new star rating and thermal performance analysis plug-in for AutoDesk Revit® that is currently in development.
Bringing Thermal Performance Rating Into Your Revit® Workflow
Designing energy-efficient buildings shouldn’t require jumping between disconnected tools, exporting files, re-modelling, or waiting on external assessors before you can make informed design decisions. Architects and Building Designers deserve faster feedback, smarter workflows, and seamless integration.
Revi Star Rate is here to make that possible.
Revi Star Rate will be a design-stage thermal performance tool built directly into Autodesk Revit®. It will empower Architects and Building Designers to test how their building will perform to NCC Energy Efficiency requirements, using the industry-standard CSIRO Chenath simulation engine — without leaving their design environment!
This will mean:
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No more re-modelling in separate assessment software
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No more waiting for late-stage compliance surprises
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No more guesswork during design development
Giving you real-time, data-driven insights right inside Revit®
The Revi Star Rate Interface
The Revi Star Rate plug-in will be an integrated toolbar and dockable pane within the Revit® interface that will allow you to run a thermal performance simulation using the Chenath engine at the click of a button.
The simulation will use the relevant data directly from the Building Information Model (BIM) saving you time and providing instant feedback.
Detailed performance metrics will be displayed on the dockable pane and will update directly within Revit® after each simulation run so that the thermal performance of the building can be assessed and monitored continuously from the feasibility and initial concept design stage of a project, through to approval and pre-construction stages.
Revi Star Rate will give you the power to iterate and test alternative designs in real time so that performance targets and NCC compliance can be assured early on in the design process.
Funding Revit Star Rate – Why We Need Your Support
Developing a tool like this, especially one that integrates seemlessly with Revit® and leverages CSIRO’s Chenath simulation engine, requires significant design, development, and testing.
Your contribution will help continue to fund:
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Software design and development
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Licensing for the Chenath simulation engine and API
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Pilot testing with real Revit projects
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Accreditation with the NatHERS administration
Back Revi Star Rate today and help make early-stage thermal performance modelling effortless.
With your support, Revi Star Rate will empower building designers across Australia to create more sustainable, compliant, climate-responsive homes — faster and with confidence.
Let’s put energy-efficient design where it belongs: right at the heart of the design process.
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About the Developer
He has more than 20 years’ industry experience in residential and commercial projects and is passionate about sustainable building, Passivhaus, and innovations in building & design technologies.
Anthony has been working in the architectural software development space for 5 years and is a qualified Building Designer, a Certified Passivhaus Designer, and a Registered Building Practitioner.
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