Matt Franks, Arup Lighting Andrew McNeil, Arup Lighting
In this talk, we present several projects where we have used the Radiance software package to answer questions in real-world applications.
By using Radiancein combination with other software tools, we were able to assist the architect in determining the optimum skylight location and shape for an exhibit in the proposed California Academy of Science that will house a live coral reef. After determining the size and location of the skylight, we were able to apply historical weather data to predict yearly hours of sunlight landing on the coral.
To determine weather a proposed residential apartment block that is part of the Battersea Power Station development in London would meet the British Standard for Daylighting, the block was modelled to determine daylight factor on the façade. By using mkillum to “capture” the daylight distribution landing on the worst case apartments and applying that distribution to a model of the apartment interior, we were able to test multiple apartments for compliance with minimal modelling.
We also present a method under development to use Radiance to analyze the response of acoustical reflectors.