5th International Radiance Scientific Workshop
13-14 September 2006, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK
Organised by John Mardaljevic and Greg Ward
Hosted by the Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development

Workshop photos (mostly taken by Greg Ward)
| Wednesday September 13th 2006 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Day 1 - Arrival | 9:15 | Registration - Tea/coffee |
| Welcome & Introduction | 9:45 | Welcome
address John Mardaljevic |
| 9:50 | New
Features in Radiance 3.8 Greg Ward |
|
| 10:00 | Tracing
forward, bouncing back Axel Jacobs |
|
| Rendering | 10:30 | MOAR:
The Mother of All Renderers or Radiance in
Real-Time Alan Chalmers and Kurt Debattista |
| 11:00 | Rendering
with Radiance on the GRID Kurt Debattista |
|
| 11:30 | Mid-morning break - tea/coffee | |
| 12:00 | Accelerating Radiance
using Novel Hardware David Coulthurst |
|
| 12:30 | Radiance on
Mobile Devices Matt Aranha |
|
| Lunch | 13:00 | Including optional tour of the Queens Building (~20 mins) (Repeated Thursday) |
| Human factors, validation & materials | 13:45 | Radiance
modeling of translucent glazings for architectural
daylighting Allan MacMillan |
| 14:00 | Measurement
of Light Spectrum and Intensity Variation by Changing
Wall Texture: A work in the frame of circadian cycles
consideration Adriana Lira-Oliver |
|
| 14:30 | Calculation of
circadian illuminance distribution with
Radiance Krzysztof Wandachowicz |
|
| 15:00 | Comparing Real
and Virtual Scenes Timo Kunkel |
|
| 15:30 | Afternoon break - tea/coffee | |
| 16:00 | Update on BRTF
measurements Peter Apian-Bennewitz |
|
| High Dynamic Range Imaging | 16:30 | WebHDR Luisa Brotas |
| 17:00 | High
Dynamic Range Imaging as a Means to Quantify Luminous
Flux John Mardaljevic, Birgit Krausse and Marilyne Andersen |
|
| 17:30 | 2006
Photosphere Developments Greg Ward |
|
| Workshop Official Dinner | 19:30 | The Tiffin
(Indian) Restaurant 1 De Montfort Street (15 minutes walk from the Queens Building) |
| Thursday September 14th 2006 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Day 2 | 08:30 | Morning tea/coffee |
| Rtcontrib: theory & application | 09:00 | Climate-Based
Modelling and Daylight coefficients John Mardaljevic |
| 09:30 | Applying
the Radiance rtcontrib program (Note: this is a
"click-to-advance" QT movie file - start from QT player
rather than a browser) Greg Ward |
|
| 10:00 | Night
Lighting Simulation: Design Evaluation Using Radiance's
Rtcontrib and Mksource Programs Jack de Valpine (delivered in absentia) |
|
| Design case studies | 10:30 | Crystal
Palace Lighting Simulation Chris Jessee |
| 11:00 | Mid-morning break - tea/coffee & HDR Display Demonstration | |
| 11:30 | Experiments
with a digital 'light-flow-meter' in daylit art museum
buildings Merete Madsen & Michael Donn |
|
| 12:00 | Daylighting design
with climate Francesco Anselmo |
|
| 12:30 | Radiance
in Lighting Design Thomas Bleicher |
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| 13:00 | Lunch including optional tour of the Queens Building (~20 mins) | |
| 14:00 | Design
optimisation with Radiance Giulio Antonutto |
|
| 14:30 | Visualization of
Radiance Results with OpenDX & Generating Design
Options using String Testing (slide 31 may not render
in Acrobat) Andrew McNeil |
|
| 15:00 | Advancing
Daylighting Design with Radiance Philip Greenup |
|
| 15:30 | Afternoon break - tea/coffee | |
| Radiance in "end-user packages" | 16:00 | Integrating
Radiance in the IES <Virtual Environment> Don Stearn |
| 16:15 | Radiance in
ECOTECT Andrew Marsh |
|
| Coda | 16:30 | Problem solving session Greg Ward / all |
| 17:00 | Open discussion | |
| 17:30 | Workshop end | |
All daytime refreshments and both lunches are included in the conference fees. The (optional) Workshop Dinner at the Tiffin is extra (£20.50p without drinks).