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<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Dear
colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Some
of you might be interested in a new Radiance/Daysim plug-in that we have
developed for the Rhinoceros - NURBS modeling for Windows application. The
plug-in, called DIVA-for-Rhino, supports a series of performance evaluations
including:<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>-
Physically-based scene visualizations (Radiance)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>-
Annual radiation maps (Radiance/GenCumulativeSky)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>-
Climate-based daylighting metrics (Daysim)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>-
Glare analysis (Evalglare)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>-
LEED IEQ Credit 8.1 compliance (Radiance)<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>The
plug-in offers a highly optimized simulation workflow within Rhinoceros and can
be combined with parametric Grasshopper scripting in order to generate animated
Radiance/Daysim simulations.   <o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>More
information can be found at <a
href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/gsdsquare/ABPS.html">www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/gsdsquare/ABPS.html</a>.
You can download the plug-in from <a href="http://www.diva-for-rhino.com">www.diva-for-rhino.com</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Happy
simulations!<o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Christoph
Reinhart, Alstan Jakubiec, Kera Lagios and Jeff Niemasz<o:p></o:p></span></p>

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