A Study of Different Building Energy Lighting Simulation Tools in Practice

摘要

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.