Atmospheres: proof of concept for web-based 3D energy modeling for designers with WebGL/HTML5 and modern event driven, asynchronous server systems

This paper describes a prototype of a web-based 3D design and energy modeling platform called “Atmospheres”. A WebGL based 3D geometry modeling and data visualization interface that runs in any modern web-browser is coupled with an event-driven, asynchronous server that runs transient, 3D energy simulations. Besides an easy to use geometry modeler and an intuitive spatial visualization of the simulation results, the web based character of the platform allows easy and instant access to state-of-the-art 3D energy simulations and thus can potentially broaden the energy modeling user group.