<div><font color="#000066"><font face="comic sans ms,sans-serif">IES is perfect for daylight calculations and it's approved for the Daylighting credit.</font></font></div>
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<div>I am a former IES consultant and worked for them for a few years so have carried out many such simulations along with LEED analysis and dynamic simulations.</div>
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<div>I'm currently working as a building analyst in Vancouver and use the software for LEED analysis here too.<br><br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 13:33, Eric O'Neill <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:elo@michaelsengineering.com">elo@michaelsengineering.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">Thanks for the heads up, this looks like something worth looking into. How was the learning curve with the program? And are high quality renderings fairly simple to produce if you have a dxf file? They have some nice photo-quality renderings on their website, but it’d be nice to hear that it doesn’t require gobs of time to produce.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">Karen, we currently use Rayfront, and I think it takes some workarounds to produce LEED documentation. I haven’t personally used it, and I think it has a pretty steep learning curve. On the other hand, it does produce some very nice renderings…If only reviewers appreciated pretty pictures </span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: Wingdings">J</span><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d"></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 12, 2010 3:05 PM<br><b>To:</b> Umesh Atre; Karen Walkerman; <a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a>
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<div class="h5"><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bldg-sim] Daylighting Calculations for LEED</div></div></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">I regularly use AGI32 for any daylighting studies, though I’ve not yet been involved in a project where that credit was not handled by the non-photometric options of documenting compliance.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">Here’s a quick writeup describing how you can use AGI32 to handle the daylight factor grids for LEED 2.1 and 2009: <a href="http://www.agi32.com/kb/index.php?article=857" target="_blank">http://www.agi32.com/kb/index.php?article=857</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <a href="mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Umesh Atre<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 12, 2010 2:48 PM<br><b>To:</b> Karen Walkerman; <a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Bldg-sim] Daylighting Calculations for LEED</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in"><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> <a href="mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">bldg-sim-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Karen Walkerman<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 12, 2010 10:58 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org" target="_blank">bldg-sim@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Bldg-sim] Daylighting Calculations for LEED</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in">Hi All,<br><br>What program do you use to complete the daylighting calculations for LEED IEQ Credit 8.1 using the simulation method?<br>
<br>Thanks,<br><br>--<br>Karen</p></div></div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Bldg-sim mailing list<br><a href="http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/bldg-sim-onebuilding.org" target="_blank">http://lists.onebuilding.org/listinfo.cgi/bldg-sim-onebuilding.org</a><br>
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