Annual Lighting Studies

[Anonymous]

Hi there, 

Is it currently possible to run a daylighting analysis in Revit that returns a light exposure over time result (i.e. in lux-hours for a day, month, year?)

Thanks!

[mmathai]

Hello.

Currently the only way to do it is through Dynamo.  That process is ot super elegant right now either, so we are mostly working with a few early-adopters to work out the bugs.  If you'd like to try it, let me know and I can get you started.  As we work on automated solutions, we'd like to know what sorts of things you'd like to do with multi-hour analyses.  Currently we are targeting daylight autonomy such as sDA and UDI, and it sounds like you are suggesting some additional workflows I'd be interested in hearing about.

David

[Anonymous]

Hi David,

Here in Sydney, Australia when we design a new developments, we have to prove that :

"Living rooms and private open spaces of at least 70% of apartments in a building receive a minimum of 2 hours direct sunlight between 9am and 3pm at mid winter in the Sydney Metropolitan Area"

Can you please advise what is the best tool to calculate and assess a large scale project (500 residential apartments) that we have already modeled in revit?

Can we use LIGHTING AND DAYLIGHTING ANALYSIS to ashive that? 

Thanks in advance,

Moh

[scheerd]

Hi Moh.

I posted to a new thread a full explanation of the process here:

http://forums.autodesk.com/t5/lighting-and-daylighting/hours-of-sun-studies/m-p/5887056#M266

David

[Anonymous]

I appreciate that

[Anonymous]

Hi David,
I also want to do the daylight autonomy. Can you help me? I have already installed Dynamo 0.9 add-in. Thanks!