Atrium / lightwell DL results

Daylight and electric lighting design analysis to calculate number of luminaires required and light levels for defined schemes/planes.
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andreabotti
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Atrium / lightwell DL results

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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 considerably (in terms of maximum and average illuminance).
I checked with care and the atrium is totally hollow (no windows on zones floors/ceilings but only holes).

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/bjm4rkcam8jxgxl/DL_L13.png

Any idea on how to go about it?

Thanks,
Andrea
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Re: Atrium / lightwell DL results

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Anyone?
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Re: Atrium / lightwell DL results

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I'm not an expert on the subject, but is not due the fact that you use interreflections on the medium and high level analysis and those analysis alter your results, I think you can dissable reflections in the advanced options,

I hope it helps
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David Garcia Sanchez
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