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This page contains links to World Wide Web sites of interest to Radiance users. The information is divided into the following categories:

• General Interest
• Studies/ Reference
• Business
• Educational
• International
• Freelance

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General Intrest

Interest groups and Websites about RADIANCE.

• Radiance Knowledge Database
  

  Created by Peter Apian-Bennewitz - The center of the RADIANCE online community

• Radiance Wiki
  

  Maintained by Francesco Anselmo

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Studies/ Reference

These studies and reference papers provide additional RADIANCE information.

• NIST Conference Room Comparison
  

  Real and Synthetic Image Comparison and Validation generated at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST). (US)

• NRC-IRC Lighting Quality in Design
  

  The National Research Council (NRC) Institute for Research in Construction (IRC) investigated the effects of lighting quality on office task performance. (Canada)

• Radiance Reference Manual in French
  

  Provided by Jean-Louis Maltret of Gamsau's Ecoled'Architecture de Marseille. (France)

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Business

These companies use Radiance software to provide services to their clients.

• Artifex Home Page
  

  Artifex is a research and design studio exploring applications in 3d visualization, animation, and World Wide Web Communications. (Bloomington, IN)

• Artifice, Inc. makers of DesignWorkshop.
  

  DesignWorkshop is a Macintosh and Windows modeling application which exports to Radiance and is closely linked to a version of Radiance which runs under MachTen on the Apple PowerMac. This site also features a gallery of images.

• Fraunhofer ISE Radiance Page
  

  Radiance raytracing software is used at Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) mainly for daylighting calculations. (Germany)

• Rayfront by Georg Mischler
  

  Rayfront is a full graphical user interface to Radiance for daylighting and electrical lighting designers, supporting Windows, Linux, Irix, and Solaris. It can be run as an AutoCAD or IntelliCAD application, or as a stand alone program that imports DXF geometry data. (Germany)

• NASA Graphics Research and Analysis Facility (GRAF)
  

  The Flight Crew Support Division at the NASA Johnson Space Center uses Radiance to prepare for complex maneuvers with the space shuttle. Go to the "Lighting Analysis" page for some stunning comparisons between actual photographs and simulated images.

• VisArc Architectural Visualization
  

  This company provides a range of image-based products to facilitate the communication of architectural intention in the design process. (Charlestown, MA)

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Educational

Radiance has been put to the test by university students and departments worldwide.

• Implementation of Radiance picture i/o routines
  

  Information about the RGBE file format from Bruce Walter. (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)

• Low Energy Architecture Research Unit
  

  The Low Energy Architecture Research Unit (LEARN) was created in 1987 to bridge the gap between architecture and research in low energy design. Research focuses on the efficient use of energy and its conservation in building design. (University of North London)

• The Energy Systems Research Unit (ESRU) at the University of Strathclyde
  

  Authors of whole building simulation software ESP, and ESP-r, the Radiance-based addition for lighting simulation.

• Materials and Geometry file format (MGF)
  

  MGF is a least common denominator language for describing scenes and objects.

• Radiance at the Design Integration Laboratory
  

  Radiance images, student and research projects, support and reference materials, and a tutorial at the Architecture Department of the University of Oregon.

• Radiance Studies and Validation by John Mardaljevic
  

  John's projects for the Institute of Energy and Sustainable Development validate the use of radiance software for real sky conditions (De Montfort University, UK).

• Theatre Computer Visualization Center
  

  The mission of the lab is to research and develop computer based collaborative and design tools which will enhance live performance and the Theatre Arts. (Indiana University).

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International

Radiance has had wide spread applications both theoretically and geographically.

• Institute for Computer Graphics
  

  Technical University, Graz (Austria)

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Freelance

Some people have the strangest hobbies...

• Mark Stock's Renderings
  

  Radiosity raytraced images and animations.

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