[Bldg-sim] Calculating solar reflectance using Ecotect

[Michael Donn]

Hi

What you describe sounds like an impossibility for all software, and is certainly I think impossible for Ecotect. Perhaps I am misunderstanding the question? You seem to be asking whether Ecotect (or other software products) can measure the physical properties of a building facade? Building physical properties are input parameters to simulation programs and to Ecotect. One needs a field instrument to do this, not a piece of software..?

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From: bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] On Behalf Of Priya Premchandran
Sent: Saturday, 12 December 2009 2:33 p.m.
To: bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org
Subject: [Bldg-sim] Calculating solar reflectance using Ecotect

Hello,

Has anyone used Ecotect to analyze solar absorption/reflectance for a surface , for example a building façade? Using Ecotect, it is possible to calculate the incident solar radiation values but I am more interested to find if the software could be used to  determine the solar reflectance/absorption values to help compare various design options.

Any thoughts or suggestions on this issue is very much appreciated.

Thanks,
Priya

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