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In parallel, current energy modeling tools lack the fidelity and adaptivity necessary to validate the multi-functional benefits of next-generation envelope technologies.\footnote{Wetter, Michael. A View of Future Building System Modeling and Simulation. In Building Performance Simulation for Design and Operation. Abingdon, Oxon; New York, NY: Spon Press, 2011.}   With currently available, conduction dominant tools, it is difficult to express the dynamic multi-functional convection and radiation effect of new strategies as they relate to established building physics models.\footnote{Kim, D.-W. and Park, C.-S. \textit{Difficulties and limitations in performance simulation of a double skin fa***INVALID BYTE SEQUENCE HERE***ade facade  with EnergyPlus. Energy and Buildings 43,} 12 (2011), 3635-3645.} In practice, this leads to models that are often created separately from BEM and then loosely connected through pre- or post-processing of data.  Development of active systems is impeded by current modeling workflows which do not provide adequate feedback or facilitate rapid design iteration within the context of build energy modeling (BEM).\footnote{Hensen, Jan, and Roberto Lamberts. Building Performance Simulation for Design and Operation. Abingdon, Oxon: Spon, 2011. Print.}   To integrate and characterize emerging climate responsive technologies, an approach to modeling is required that encourages information exchange between different types of models at different scales, such that adaptive, higher-fidelity models can interface with standard BEM frameworks.