[Bldg-sim] Daylighting Calculations for LEED

[Eric O'Neill]

Nick,

 

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.

 

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

 

Eric

 

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
Subject: Re: [Bldg-sim] Daylighting Calculations for LEED

 

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.

 

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

 

~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

 

Karen,

 

We have been using Daysim for the past few projects.

Regards,

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,

What program do you use to complete the daylighting calculations for
LEED IEQ Credit 8.1 using the simulation method?

Thanks,

--
Karen

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