[Bldg-sim] Daylighting Calculations for LEED

[Chris]

IES is perfect for daylight calculations and it's approved for the
Daylighting credit.

www.iesve.com
I am a former IES consultant and worked for them for a few years so have
carried out many such simulations along with LEED analysis and dynamic
simulations.

I'm currently working as a building analyst in Vancouver and use the
software for LEED analysis here too.

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 13:33, Eric O'Neill <elo at michaelsengineering.com>wrote:

>  Nick,
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> Thanks for the heads up, this looks like something worth looking into. How
> was the learning curve with the program? And are high quality renderings
> fairly simple to produce if you have a dxf file? They have some nice
> photo-quality renderings on their website, but it’d be nice to hear that it
> doesn’t require gobs of time to produce.
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> Karen, we currently use Rayfront, and I think it takes some workarounds to
> produce LEED documentation. I haven’t personally used it, and I think it has
> a pretty steep learning curve.  On the other hand, it does produce some very
> nice renderings…If only reviewers appreciated pretty pictures J
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> Eric
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> *From:* bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:
> bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of *Nick Caton
> *Sent:* Friday, February 12, 2010 3:05 PM
> *To:* Umesh Atre; Karen Walkerman; bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org
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> *Subject:* Re: [Bldg-sim] Daylighting Calculations for LEED
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> I regularly use AGI32 for any daylighting studies, though I’ve not yet been
> involved in a project where that credit was not handled by the
> non-photometric options of documenting compliance.
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> Here’s a quick writeup describing how you can use AGI32 to handle the
> daylight factor grids for LEED 2.1 and 2009:
> http://www.agi32.com/kb/index.php?article=857
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> ~Nick
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> *From:* bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:
> bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of *Umesh Atre
> *Sent:* Friday, February 12, 2010 2:48 PM
> *To:* Karen Walkerman; bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Bldg-sim] Daylighting Calculations for LEED
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> Karen,
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> We have been using Daysim for the past few projects.
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> Regards,
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> Umesh
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> *From:* bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:
> bldg-sim-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of *Karen Walkerman
> *Sent:* Friday, February 12, 2010 10:58 AM
> *To:* bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* [Bldg-sim] Daylighting Calculations for LEED
>
> Hi All,
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> What program do you use to complete the daylighting calculations for LEED
> IEQ Credit 8.1 using the simulation method?
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> Thanks,
>
> --
> Karen
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Chris
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