A number of packages on the market provide good rendered images of buildings, but they fall down on simulating the effects of natural and electric light, which greatly influence how people perceive a space. RadianceIES uses scientific data to create its images, so you and your clients will really understand the impact of light within a building. It generates detailed simulations from which you can obtain lux, glare and daylight factor information, enabling you to design and test natural and electric lighting systems − and make your building a better, more energy-efficient place to be.
What RadianceIES does:
RadianceIES is a powerful lighting simulation program enabling architects, engineers and lighting specialists to predict the light levels and appearance of a space prior to construction. It generates lighting design information for daylight and electric lighting, using sophisticated ray-tracing techniques. The images produced are of photographic quality and can display luminance, illuminance, daylight factors, glare and comfort indices (based on the material properties contained in the IES Integrated Data Model). The depth of insight gained from this information will enable you to design the optimum lighting system for your building.
How RadianceIES works:
A major advantage of RadianceIES is that there are no limitations on the geometry or the materials that may be simulated. Having created your IES Integrated Data Model, you can immediately start to use RadianceIES. You can add the surrounding site to your geometry and surface colours, to investigate its impact on daylight. You can also include components such as tables, chairs and people to make the simulation image more photo-realistic.
To simulate a daylighting case, you enter the time, date and sky conditions. Daylight and glare information is quickly generated, and you can easily undertake Right-to-Light-type studies.
RadianceIES can acquire electric lighting information from LightPro. LightPro allows you to define the lamps and luminaires from IES’s extensive lighting manufacturers’ database. When you have placed the luminaires, their position and photometric information can be used by RadianceIES.
RadianceIES enables you to analyse both luminance (what your eye will see) and surface or working plane illuminance (what the surface receives). Resultant images may be displayed and manipulated within RadianceIES, or converted to other file formats such as JPEG for export to other packages − facilitating your reports and presentations.
Commercial Benefits
Winning Projects
RadianceIES helps you to win projects because not only can you demonstrate the visual impact of the building, but also the technical issues associated with light − setting you apart from your competitors.
Technical Differentiation
As RadianceIES allows you to undertake rigorous simulation of daylight and artificial light, you can make better design decisions with an understanding of the design risks involved.
