To help architects, engineers, lighting designers, and consultants meet or exceed the increasingly stringent requirements of the California building energy efficiency standard known as Title 24, Southern California Edison and other utility companies have been developing tools for the Savings by Design program. These tools aim to help building designers, owners, and managers who often lack an easy way to assess daylighting and electric lighting performance.
PERSPECTIVE ON VIRTUAL REALITY
From the 15th century through the 20th, architects worked with evolving techniques for presenting their designs to their clients. In the 1990s, this evolution seemed to quicken its pace with advances in computer modeling, animation, and "virtual reality." In their book, Artists' Impressions in Architectural Design, authors Giddings and Horne trace these developments, ending with a survey of the work of leading architects using computer-based technologies. — Editor