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HELIOS – Climate Energy CAD and Architecture Ltd.              

 

 Prof. Edna Shaviv – Dr. Abraham Yezioro – Dr. I. Guedi Capeluto

Gutwirth Science Based Industries Center. Technion City – Haifa 32000, ISRAEL         

Tel/Fax: 972-4-8294013. Tel: 972-54-738555

Email: helios@solarch.technion.ac.il

 

 

 


 

The Company

HELIOS was founded by Professor Edna Shaviv, Dr. Abraham Yezioro and Dr. I. Guedi Capeluto to help promote the idea of building with the environment instead of against it.

 

“We believe that bio-climate, solar and low energy building design are important factors that should influence the design of buildings and their surroundings. Our premise is that we can achieve thermal comfort without using so much energy and without compromising the aesthetics of the buildings.”

Using our own self developed computer-aided design tools, Helios provides consulting services to architects' offices, government offices, public and private bodies for the environmentally conscious design of buildings, urban spaces, and new materials.

This includes:

·                                       Strategies for Bio-Climatic design

·                                       Energy Conservation in Buildings

·                                       Passive Solar Design

·                                       Green Architecture

·                                       Bio-Climatic design of open spaces

·                                       Mutual shading among buildings and on open spaces (solar rights)

·                                       Maximum available volume to build without violating solar rights

·                                       Proper design of sunshades for windows

·                                       Natural ventilation of the building and open spaces

·                                       Natural and artificial illumination

 

Development of Methods, Models and CAD Tools

·        SUNSHADES - Determining the Form of Fixed & Movable Sun-Shades. 

·        ENERGY - simulating and predicting the Thermal Performance of Buildings.

·        SOLAR_RIGHTS - Solar Rights Determination.   

·        SHADING - Evaluating Mutual Shading Among Buildings.

·        MULRES-ENERGY - Determining the Optimum Configuration of Multifamily    Residential Buildings.

·        PASYS - Design Strategies for Passive Solar Systems.

·        SUSTARC - Modeling the Design & Evaluation of Sustainable Architecture.

·        FROMDXF: - Linking DXF files and SHADING.

·        BDA-RADIANCE - Linking Building Design Advisor and RADIANCE (LBL).

 

HELIOS is jointly owned by the Technion   R&D Foundation Ltd and by the group of founders.

 Selected Recent Consulting Works

As Technion professors and lecturers, we conduct basic and applied. Part of the duty of being in the academy is to pass this knowledge to practitioners to help them improve their own projects. Helios recent projects are on different scale:

 

 

Selected Recent Research Works

We have founded the national laboratory "Climate and Energy in Architecture", sponsored by the ministry of Energy and Infrastructures and we have carried research works for different Governmental Offices in Israel. Some recent works are:

·      Kyoto Protocol for "Reducing greenhouse gas emissions" - Israel policy. Ordered by: The Ministry of the Environment.

·      A New Energy Code for Buildings in Israel. Ordered by: The Ministry of the Environment.

·      Climatic and Energy Aspects of Urban Design in Hot-Humid Region of Israel. Including: Principles for Climatic and Energy Design. Determination of Design Strategies. Recommendations for the Urban Tissue, Square, Block, and Street. Ordered by: The Ministry of Energy and Infrastructures.

·      Climatic and Energy Conscious Design Guidelines for Residential Buildings in the different Climatic Zones of Israel. Ordered by: The Ministry of Housing.

 

·        urban design

·    South Entrance to BeerSheva: Theme Park and Shopping Mall. Ordered by the Developer.

·    Holyland Complex Hotel and Residential Towers, Jerusalem. Ordered by private bodies.

·    Marina Hotel and its surrounding, Ashdod. Ordered by the Developer.

·    New project for the Old Parliament Building and its surrounding, Jerusalem. Ordered by the Jerusalem Development Authority.

 

·        buildings

·    The Department of Energy and Environment. Weizmann Institute of Science. Ordered by the Construction & Physical Plant Maintenance Division.

·    "Achuzat Bait" A Tower Building Including Offices and Apartments, Tel Aviv . Ordered by the Developer.

 

·        new passive solar systems and materials

·    The Administration Bldg. Weizmann Institute, Rehovot. Shading Devices. Ordered by the Construction & Physical Plant Maintenance Division.

·    Renanim 2001, Second Stage (Shopping Center), Raanana. Skylights. Ordered by the Architect and the Developer.

·    Two Greenhouse Types in Munich and London. New Translucent Insulation material. Ordered by Polygal Plastic Industries Ltd.

 

Being involved in R&D, we offer innovative solutions accompanied by exhaustive analysis. We suggest new concepts and response to any new idea concerns in Energy Conservation in Buildings and Solar Architecture. We work in Urban Design, Buildings, New Passive Solar Systems, and New Materials.

 

 

 

The Team

 

EDNA SHAVIV Architect and Town Planner, M. Sc. President.             

Email: arredna@techunix.technion.ac.il

Professor of Architecture. Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

 

Head of the "Climate and Energy Laboratory in Architecture", Faculty of Architecture & Town Planning, Technion.

 

Significant awards and honors:

·               Four Distinctions for high performance in studies, Technion, Israel. 1960-65.

·               Kellog Prize for high performance in graduate studies, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 1968.

·               Goldstein Award for "developing a method to aid the design of external sunshades", The Israeli Building Center.    1977.

·               Arnan Award for "the use of mathematical models and computers in architectural design", The Israel Association of Engineers and Architects. 1978.

·               Dori Prize for "the book “Climatic and Energy Conscious Design Guidelines for Residential Buildings in Temperate-Cool and Hot-Humid Mediterranean Climate", The Division of Culture - Haifa Municipality. 1994.

·               Honouring with the Title: "PIONEER IN RENEWABLE ENERGY" For special achievements in the field. "The World Renewable Energy Congress", together with the "World Renewable Energy Network" 1998.

 

Graduated students: Supervising more than 20 D.Sc and M.Sc students.

 

Lectures and Conferences: Member of the Organizing Committee and Invited lecturer in many international conferences; USA, UK, Germany, Italy, Finland, Holland, Switzerland Israel and Slovenia.

 

Scientific and Professional Publications: More than 90 original papers in professional refereed journals, chapters in books, and conference proceedings.

 

ABRAHAM YEZIORO Architect, M. Sc. D. Sc. General Manager.       Email: array01@techunix.technion.ac.il

Adjunct Lecturer and Research Fellow, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

 

 

Significant awards and honors:

·               Gutwirth Prize for high performance in graduate studies. Technion, Israel. 1993.

·               Abraham and Beborah Sagorsky Prize for developing a Computerized Archive of Architectural Projects. Faculty of Architecture, Technion, Israel. 1993.

·               Gutwirth Prize for high performance in studies. Technion, Israel. 1994.

·               Arthur Shragenheim Prize for Doctor Research. "FORM AND PERFORMANCE  IN INTELLIGENT CAAD SYSTEMS FOR EARLY STAGES IN SOLAR BUILDING DESIGN", Faculty of Architecture, Technion. 1995.

 

ISAAC GUEDI CAPELUTO Architect, M. Sc. D. Sc. Vice-President. Email: arrguedi@techunix.technion.ac.il

Lecturer, Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

 

Significant awards and honors:

·                Ministry of Transport Training Award, for final project. Universidad de la Republica-Montevideo, Uruguay. 1986.          

·                Gutwirth Prize for high performance in graduate studies. Technion, Israel. 1990-92.

·                Abraham Sagorsky Prize for the M.Sc.Thesis, "A CAD SYSTEM FOR THE DESIGN AND EVALUATION OF SOLAR APARTMENT BUILDINGS", Technion, Israel. 1992.

·                Wolf Prize for D.Sc. proposal, on Sustainable Architecture, Wolf Foundation, Herzlia, Israel. 1994.

·                Dori Prize, for special achievements in technology for the book  "CLIMATIC AND ENERGY CONSCIOUS DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS-In Temperate-Cool and Hot-Humid Mediterranean Climate", The Division of Culture, Haifa Municipality, Haifa, Israel. 1994.

·                Gerhard Karplus Prize for the D.Sc.Thesis: "ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENT - MODELING A SUSTAINABLE ARCHITECTURE", Technion, Israel. 1996.              

·                Ladislas and Vilma Segoe ACADEMIC LECTURESHIP IN TOWN PLANNING, Technion, Israel. 1997-9.