Envelope Evidence Platform

Evidence-gated screening of external-wall options for warm-humid Kerala · B.Arch dissertation research demonstrator · v3

Evidence gate and weights

Weights are provisional researcher assumptions (no AHP yet). Changing a weight changes scoring only; the evidence gate stays at the baseline weights.

Ranking

Explanation layer

Every explanation is audited: numbers must come from the engine output, unsupported claims are rejected, and any model output that fails falls back to the deterministic text. The language layer never calculates or changes a score.

Climate analysis (exposure inputs, not scored)

BIM integration and envelope code screen (ENS RETV)

Load a project JSON produced by python engine/bim_ifc.py model.ifc (IFC walls, layers, windows, true north), or use the built-in sample model. RETV is a whole-envelope check, not a wall-material certification.

Material library

Sensitivity (one weight swept 0.05 → 0.50)

64-criterion framework and what the engine implements

Codes and rating-system requirements

Source register