Design | Solutions | Integration

Providing ideas, concepts, solutions and analysis to support and optimize high performance building design.

The services to the left engage the multifaceted expertise of RWDI and enables multidisciplinary collaboration with the design team.  Using  RWDI’s Consulting Process, projects receive simultaneous expert input on key design aspects that contribute to an optimized and responsible design.

Wind Engineering

RWDI’s wind-engineering consultants provide expert advice for the design of structures affected by wind. 

The consulting expertise of RWDI’s engineers and scientists is based on decades of invaluable experience working on many of the world’s landmark structures using physical modeling and computational techniques. 

Structural engineers, architects and developers receive the right information through all stages of design.

Wind + Thermal Comfort

Since its beginnings, RWDI has assisted designers and owners in creating climate responsive designs that result in safe and comfortable environments around buildings. 

From individual structures to entire communities, the firm's extensive consulting skills, creativity and project experience, supported with analytical tools, have been highly effective components of the planning and design process.

Air Quality

Numerical and wind tunnel modeling are effective technologies available to assess exhaust dispersion and the re-entry of contaminants into a building.

Our expert consultants help quantify the impact of pollutants on health and comfort for facility users and neighboring areas in this highly specialized field of study.

Early in the design process, RWDI works with owners and design teams to develop air intake and exhaust system designs that minimize re-entrainment of hazardous and/or odorous exhausts.

Energy

Our consultants’ expertise and knowledge working on projects of varing complexity with diverse regional, climatic and cultural influences aids a design through analysis and consulting at all stages to maximize building performance opportunities, reducing energy consumption.

Solar Benefits + Daylighting

Natural light is a key sustainable design component for high performance habitability.  It informs:

• Operational safety
• Energy conservation
• Productivity, wellbeing, comfort

Our expertise and advanced daylight modeling capability contributes to efficient responsible design integration of the following:

• shading / sunshade
• daylighting of indoor spaces
• direct and reflected glare
• insolation (solar radiation)
• vegetation health

Green Buildings

RWDI's interdisciplinary team is committed to assisting our clients in establishing and achieving their project's green building goals. 

RWDI brings a premium level of consulting services to our clients.  The approach proactively assesses specifics of each project to establish sustainability goals appropriate to the project, in the context of local influences and according to industry's best practices.  RWDI draws from many resources to contribute to higher levels of sustainability throughout all facets of building design and construction.

Renewable Energy

Wind Energy is one of the world's fastest growing renewable energy sources.  Photovoltaics, solar thermal and other strategies are also finding their place in sustainable designs. RWDI provides consultation at early stages and throughout the design process.

Snow Sand Rain

The movement / suspension of particles carried by the wind, whether snow, sand or rain, can pose serious design and operational issues for designers. 

Proper consultation in this field of aerodynamics using RWDI’s vast experience of fieldwork, physical model and computational study approaches can identify and minimize the adverse effects of these issues and lead to many project benefits.

Ventilation

RWDI’s consultants provide expertise in integrated design - to achieve effective ventilation, cooling and heating - to optimize building thermal performance at minimum energy cost. 

RWDI’s recommendations produce climate responsive designs that improve air movement and distribution and mitigate undesirables such as condensation on cold surfaces, exposure of building occupants to hazardous contaminants, and elevated levels of stack effect infiltration and exfiltration.

Vibration

RWDI's skilled team of consultants and technicians has used advanced technology and methodologies to guide clients to successfully adddress vibration design challenges throughout the world.

RWDI specializes in vibration control, having extensive expertise and experience with design issues related to vibration-sensitive equipment (MRI, NMR, SEM etc.), occupant comfort and control of vibration from building services.  Available technologies include state-of-the art measurement and modeling capabilities for detailed assessments of vibration impacts on a broad range of facilities including research and diagnostic imaging, healthcare, nanotechnology, long span floors in commercial and residential applications. 

Dynamics + Motion Control

Undesirable fluctuating loads, localized vibrations, and overall dynamic response of structures are caused by wind, pedestrians, occupants, machinery, and earthquakes. 

RWDI's experienced team uses advanced engineering tools and testing techniques to derive practical design advice and solutions.

Noise + Acoustics

RWDI Acoustics…..Designing environments for clear sound, acoustical comfort and quiet enjoyment to learn, live, work and play.Acoustics and noise issues are present in every building type.  

RWDI’s acousticians provide building specific solutions to address room acoustics, sound isolation, building services noise control, environmental noise and aeroacoustical issues on projects around the world.  We integrate our design recommendations with those of the design team in a timely, easily understood, responsive manner, being always cognizant of the overall project objectives.