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Hello,
I am performing an overheating study for future climate scenarios and as such I am testing different measures to be implemented into the design of en extra care scheme.
When assessing natural ventilation strategies I accidentally noticed that Vista reports extremely high values for natural ...

Is is the same principle for Radiance?

Does anyone have a better understanding on this?
Also, I assume that any assumption on glazing properties set in Apache would not be "read" by Radiance. I am referring in particular to visible light transmission Tvis: if I set that in Apache, do I need then to set it separately in Radiance for the ...

Mr CP,
thank you for your reply.
I am familiar with setting up a dimming profile having done it in the past. What I am not sure of is what in the LightPro tab (within the building template manager) is taken into account.
Also I am not entirely sure why within the sensors tab (RadianceIES module ...

I am using IES for an academic research project and I am trying to assess different facade options for a typical office room.
I have come across a useful software developed by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory called ComFen (based on energyplus engine) which does exactly that http://windows.lbl ...

The Radiance IES module, and consequently the whole IES VE, constantly crashes when trying to display the results from dynamic simulation.

Hummingbird wrote:Thanks andreabotti.

What about the simulation in Suncast. Did you manage to use the new Parallel Simulation???

Sorry for my late reply, I just did not see yours. Actually not, I haven't tried it yet.
Would anyone from the technical team be willing to address issues with Radiance?

Thanks,
Andrea

Hi hummingbird,
I have experienced very similar errors with IESRadiance. I am running windows 7 64bit as well.

Anyone?

Hello all,
I am experiencing issues when testing the DL distribution deriving from a central atrium for an office tower.
When performing the analyses (medium/high quality) for any floor overlooking the atrium, the atrium/lightwell itself is included in the calculations, altering the results quite ...