About this Course

On this course, you'll learn from Mingbo Peng, Sustainability Project Consultant at Thornton Tomasetti the basics of Ladybug Tools, a suite of varied plugin-ins and tools designed for architects and engineers to make environmentally conscious design decisions.

Why should you take this course?

Learning the skills taught on this course will allow you to gain awareness of climate conditions of your project early on in the design process to identify areas of opportunity and vulnerabilities to create more performative designs right from the start.

On this course, you'll learn a set of essential tools and analysis to evaluate your project's location weather conditions and obtain valuable insights. On this course, you'll learn a set of essential tools and analysis to evaluate your project's location weather conditions and obtain valuable insights.

Analyze and Visualize Weather Data

Learn how to analyze and visualize your Project Site's weather conditions to identify critical values to take into account for your designs.

Sun Path Studies

Learn how to perform different types of SunPath studies that will provide your awareness of how light and radiation levels will behave on your project during a day or a year.

Outdoor Comfort Study

You'll learn how to perform a comfort study of your project's site location, which will help you identify areas that are comfortable and areas that are not, this can hugely impact your design in terms of program positioning.

Radiation Benefit Study

Understanding your project's weather conditions will help you asses harmful and beneficial radiation levels, based on those you will be able to test different design options to optimize accordingly.