Evaluation of four artificial lighting simulation tools with virtual building reference

Shikder, Shariful H, Price, Andrew and Mourshed, Monjur ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8347-1366 2009. Evaluation of four artificial lighting simulation tools with virtual building reference. Presented at: European Simulation and Modelling Conference (ESM 2009), Leicester, UK, 28-29 October 2009. Published in: Al-Akaidi, M. ed. Proceedings of European Simulation and Modelling Conference (ESM 2009). EUROSIS-ETI, pp. 77-82.

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Abstract

There are number of software environments available to conduct lighting simulation to support researchers and designers. This paper compares and analyses performance of four lighting simulation programs, they are, AGI32, DIALux, RADIANCE and RELux. Along with the evaluation of modelling ability and output features, two significant aspects of lighting calculation focussed in this study are accuracy in calculating illumination level and luminaire number for interior spaces. Illumination level calculation is validated by Commission International de Eclairage (CIE) recommended methodology known as CIE test cases. Another virtual space is used to evaluate luminaire number calculation capability. Modelling and simulation were conducted by all four packages. Validation was done by comparing simulation results with analytical and manual method calculation.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Engineering
Subjects:	T Technology > TH Building construction
Publisher:	EUROSIS-ETI
ISBN:	9789077381526
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2022 11:04
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/87288

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