Hello,

I am modeling a plant that has regularly occupied spaces classified as work spaces. These spaces have little to no windows which hurts overall...

For daylight credit, do the frits suffice as sun shading? 

Or would these rooms of the building not qualify for the daylight credit or just be hindered during a simulation?

of incidence to the skylight.  There's some good info on the Insight Forum (search for 'SolaTube'), and I can send you more extensive instructions and IES files if you like. Running a full annual...

I'm working in IES to evaluate the daylight LEED credit option 2 for a project, and one of the requirements is to input direct and diffuse horizontal irradiance. Does anyone know how this can be...

Dear,

We have made several daylight simulations with option 2 for different projects. So far, it seems nearly impossible to achieve even 1 point for this credit, mainly due to the 3000 lux...

Hello, 
I would like to clarify what exactly is meant by 'full annual simulation' for the...

1. Where can I find the surface reflectance values for some common materials like gypsum boards, ACT ceilings etc. I can't seem to find it listed in the product documents from manufacturers. Is...

On level -1 the club space is projected. According 'regularly occupied space' definition the club space is a an area where people spend more than one hour per person per day on average but the...

Hi,

we are currently evaluating daylight compliance of a building in which the majority of regularly occupied spaces has less than 250 sf. According to...

The design team wants to know if translucent glazing in clerestory windows would be a manual means of complying with glare control for the daylighting credit requiement for a V4 BD+C project.  I...