Matt Franks, Arup Lighting
Andrew McNeil, Arup Lighting
In this talk, we present
several projects where we have used the Radiance software package to answer questions
in real-world applications.
By using Radiancein combination with other software
tools, we were able to assist the architect in determining the optimum skylight
location and shape for an exhibit in the proposed California Academy of Science
that will house a live coral reef. After determining the size and location of
the skylight, we were able to apply historical weather data to predict yearly
hours of sunlight landing on the coral.
To determine weather a
proposed residential apartment block that is part of the Battersea Power
Station development in London would meet the British Standard for Daylighting,
the block was modelled to determine daylight factor on the façade. By using mkillum to “capture” the daylight distribution
landing on the worst case apartments and applying that distribution to a model
of the apartment interior, we were able to test multiple apartments for
compliance with minimal modelling.
We also present a method
under development to use Radiance to analyze the response of acoustical reflectors.
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