Abstract: “IT tools are currently employed in almost every aspect of our ive, and are being interwoven in almost every field of specialization. The enrollment of computer applications in the workflow of the AEC industry’s fields, increases the work competition and continuously upgrades the benchmarks of such fields. Computer Aided Environmental Control (CAEC) applications might be well known by architects and designers, however, there are some challenges that limit the use of such applications and it needs to be better understood and challenges need to be resolved to facilitate more engaging approaches and inclusion in the workflow.”

Keywords: EC (Architecture, Engineering, and Construction), CAEC (Computer Aided Environmental Control), computer applications, energy simulation, envelope system, solar/climate analysis