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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222">It is our pleasure to announce the release of DIVA-for-Rhino 2.0,
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">a daylighting and energy modeling plug-in for Rhinoceros based on Radiance/Daysim and EnergyPlus. We began working on the tool about 2 years ago while we were at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. Following
our departure/graduation from Harvard we formed a company called Solemma with exclusive rights from Harvard to distribute and further develop DIVA.
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222">DIVA 2.0 is the commercial version of DIVA and includes key new features such as: annual glare maps, dynamic shading and electric lighting modules, a thermal
load calculation module based on EnergyPlus version 7.0.0 and graphical simulation reports, as well as LEED and CHPS simulations. We have further updated our DIVA-for-Grasshopper components, which can now launch parametric daylighting simulations without having
to be 'primed' by the toolbar. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222">Details of the new features follow below. We hope that some of you will enjoy using DIVA, and that you will join us in exchanging ideas, projects and thoughts on our new website:
</span><a href="http://www.diva4rhino.com"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">www.diva4rhino.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#500050">Happy Simulations,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Christoph Reinhart, Alstan Jakubiec, Jeff Niemasz, Jonnie Sargent and Kera Lagios</span><span lang="DE"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:10.0pt">Annual glare maps</span></b><span lang="DE" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">This feature uses the gen_dgp_profile program written by Jan Wienold that comes with Daysim. It generates an annual glare map that predicts for all view points in a scene the hours in the year when glare is
disturbing or intolerable. The results are displayed as an html report with embedded images. Please note, if annual dgp profiles have been calculated, they are used in the climate based metric calculations if a dynamic shading system has been specified.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span><a href="http://diva4rhino.com/user-guide/simulation-types/annual-glare" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1155CC">more>></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#500050"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Dynamic Shading Module</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The module allows users to specify up to two independently controlled dynamic shading systems. A shading system may be mechanical (venetian blinds) or switchable (electrochromics). Various manual or automated
control options are available. When a dynamic shading system has been specified, it is considered during an annual climate based metric calculation and the status of the shading system over the year is displayed in an html report with embedded images.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span><a href="http://diva4rhino.com/user-guide/rhino/advanced-shading" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1155CC">more>></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#500050"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Electric Lighting Module</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The module allows uses to specify up to ten electric lighting zones in a scene. Any lighting zone may be manually or automatically controlled. The electric lighting calculation is fully integrated with the
shading calculation and resulting hourly load profiles for electric lighting can be linked to EnergyPlus or other thermal simulation programs.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span><a href="http://diva4rhino.com/user-guide/rhino/lighting-controls" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1155CC">more>></span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#500050"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Thermal Load Calculation</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The thermal load calculation allow users to set up a single thermal zone in Rhino and specify some basic thermal construction properties and usage patterns. The occupancy, lighting and shading schedules are
taken from the daylighting module. Simulation results are displayed in an html report with embedded images.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"> </span><a href="http://diva4rhino.com/user-guide/simulation-types/thermal-analysis" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1155CC">more>></span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222">Grasshopper Improvements</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:5.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#222222">The daylighting analysis component has been overhauled to give users parametric control over project location and simulation type and settings. This means you don't
need to 'prime' the components with a toolbar run every time you want to initiate or change your analysis. The thermal components have also been updated with several bug fixes since the last release.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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