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Daylight calculations with Design Builder v3

NC-2009 IEQc8.1: Daylight and views - daylight
posted by Felipe Duran on Nov 14, 2011, 1:51 pm

Dear All,

I am using Daylighting module of Design Builder V3 for IEQc8.1 daylight calculations and it gives very different results (less light) than the calculations conducted with Ecotect...

Last reply: Eddy Santosa, Nov 17, 2011, 1:18 pm

Commercial Kitchen Refrigerated prep areas

NC-2009 IEQc8.1: Daylight and views - daylight
posted by Kenneth Bailey on Feb 25, 2011, 7:53 pm

Does anyone have experience with daylight in commercial kitchens. My hotel resort project has seperate, individually cooled, prep areas for seafood, pastry, vegetables and meat large within a...

Last reply: Candice Clark , Nov 16, 2011, 5:23 pm

Kitchens in Residential projects- regularly occupied?

NC-2009 IEQc8.1: Daylight and views - daylight
posted by Iris Amdur on Oct 25, 2011, 1:55 pm

I am working on a residential building, and we are deciding whether or not the kitchens in each residential unit would be included in the daylighting calculations. The units are mostly open...

Last reply: Eddy Santosa, Oct 27, 2011, 8:35 pm

Daylighting- Prescriptive Calc

NC-2009 IEQc8.1: Daylight and views - daylight
posted by Francisco Villela on Oct 12, 2011, 7:34 pm

Working on an Auto Dealership. Is it possible that I have too much window to qualify for Daylighting? All my calcs are resulting in VLT x...

Last reply: Emily Catacchio, Oct 23, 2011, 7:53 pm

Anyone used 3ds max for Option 1?

NC-2009 IEQc8.1: Daylight and views - daylight
posted by Erica Downs on Feb 23, 2011, 5:37 pm

Has anyone had success using 3ds max for the Option 1 simulation? Thanks.

Last reply: Daniel R Gutierrez, Oct 20, 2011, 10:07 am

Floor area calculating

NC-2009 IEQc8.1: Daylight and views - daylight
posted by Mohamed Ravuthar, LEED AP, BD+C on Sep 27, 2011, 7:06 am

my question is how to calculate the sq ft area of the particular room to find out the window to floor ratio ?How to assume that the window area is covered this much area.

Last reply: Eddy Santosa, Sep 30, 2011, 8:05 pm

Floor area calculating

NC-2009 IEQc8.1: Daylight and views - daylight
posted by Mohamed Ravuthar, LEED AP, BD+C on Sep 25, 2011, 9:52 am

I'm using the Option 2 - Prescriptive Approach for this credit, In particular room has 6 windows and each side two and one side no windows. Now i have calculated the window area and floor area...

Last reply: TODD REED, Sep 26, 2011, 10:14 am

Regularly occupied spaces for stadiums

NC-2009 IEQc8.1: Daylight and views - daylight
posted by Adriana Hansen on Sep 22, 2011, 5:53 pm

We are in doubt about the classification of regularly occupied spaces for a stadium.
It will have the administrative area that will obviously be regularly occupied, but what about the VIP...

Last reply: TODD REED, Sep 26, 2011, 10:11 am

Looking for an example

NC-2009 IEQc8.1: Daylight and views - daylight
posted by Eamon Geary on Sep 8, 2011, 2:49 pm

In the course of the 30+ LEED projects I have participated in, I have never successfully achieved this credit. Recently, an internal group has been working together to figure out what we can...

Last reply: Eddy Santosa, Sep 15, 2011, 12:17 pm

Over the Light Allowance

NC-2009 IEQc8.1: Daylight and views - daylight
posted by Emily Catacchio on Aug 30, 2011, 8:51 am

The project I am working on is over the light allowance, but does not have any money in the budget to add mechanical glare control devices. Is there an alternative compliance path... something...

Last reply: Jill Perry, PE, Sep 13, 2011, 12:49 pm