The goal of the LowDown Showdown modeling competition is to engage participants in a collaborative and fun learning experience that explores new advances in building science, modeling and technology. Teams are comprised of building analysts, designers, architects, engineers and other participants. Teams will be responsible for creating the architectural design and a performance analysis model based on model building data. The teams may use any software or a combination of software to complete their projects.
Each team will create and submit a poster of their building design, complete the performance analysis model and results spreadsheet and write a one-page narrative on project workflow. Teams will present their projects at the BPAC conference and be judged by a panel of industry experts who will select the winners. Teams will be judged on eight categories: Creativity, Innovative Approaches, Sustainability/Durability, Energy Use, Indoor Environmental Quality, Workflow, Teamwork and Presentation.
The deadline to sign up to participate in the 2021 LowDown Showdown is April 1st.