Abstract
For the past 50 years, wide varieties of lighting simulation software or tools have been developed to enhance use throughout the building energy lighting community to achieve the efficiency goals through daylighting. Architects and building designers require effective simulation design tools for analysis and understanding the complex behavior of building design. The government officials and the experienced lighting modelers are even also confused sometimes by a wide range of day lighting simulation software and feel uncertain about the validity and accuracy of the light energy calculation. These lighting simulation software or tools are used by the 3D architectural simulation tools. This research has been conducted into UWE Bristol, UK to reveal ECOTECT is more reliable and accurate daylighting simulation software and presenting study was a sub part. Its main aim is to discuss the important use of lighting simulation software for efficiency in building design. And to compare the most widely use lighting simulation tools that are claiming to predict accuracy for enhancing the daylighting performance in building design.
Highlights
A simulation is an imitation of some real thing, state of affairs, or process
According to [9] lighting simulation software is an attempt to provide an accurate simulation in building design, it is perceptually, mathematically and logically correct and [9] recommended that a great number of lighting simulation software and tools have been developed in the last 10 years, due to the availability of the many lighting simulation software in the built environment industry that makes ambiguity for the designers to select the right lighting simulation software
British Research Establishment (BRE) is an organization that carries out the research, consultancy and testing for the construction and build environment sectors in the United Kingdom
Summary
A simulation is an imitation of some real thing, state of affairs, or process. The art of simulating something generally entails representing certain key characteristics or behaviors of a selected physical or abstract system. Maximum benefits from daylighting are best obtained by integration of natural and artificial lighting sources early in the building design process. According to [9] lighting simulation software is an attempt to provide an accurate simulation in building design, it is perceptually, mathematically and logically correct and [9] recommended that a great number of lighting simulation software and tools have been developed in the last 10 years, due to the availability of the many lighting simulation software in the built environment industry that makes ambiguity for the designers to select the right lighting simulation software. Quantitatively derived lighting simulation software could serve to predict energy savings help architects or designers in making informed building design decisions [2]
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