In performing the daylighting model under option one for schools do you include the furniture in the model. The reference guide mentions that furniture and other surface will have a great effect on the daylighting but does not tell you if you should model the furniture in the space or not.
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Tim Hoeft
AIA, LEED APStraughn Trout Architects, LLC
94 thumbs up
November 11, 2010 - 9:28 am
Great question. I was wondering the same thing...
Eddy Santosa
Director of SustainabilityDBR Engineering Consultants
376 thumbs up
November 14, 2010 - 1:57 am
In my opinion, typical chairs and desks can be excluded since it may not affect significantly illuminance level. However, you may consult with your daylight consultant or modeler for further discussion. If you can include all furniture, it will be better.
To increase the accuracy, you may even try to adjust your grid position according to the height of typical desk in the classroom, but your reviewer may not accept that since the reference mentions the grid shall be at 2'-6".