Workflow for the generation of multiple illuminance files for distinct daylit spaces in apartment blocks: Abstract and oral presentation

This work presented the working scheme developed and used in order to conduct multiple daylight simulations for distinct rooms in a wide range of apartment buildings within the urban grid. The objective was to generate 3D models of the rooms under study and their urban surroundings, and to obtain the corresponding illuminance files and geometry information in a time-efficient, automated manner. The workflow utilized commercial and free software, all widely used by practitioners in the field of architecture and daylight simulation. At the core of this workflow was an algorithm used to seamlessly generate 3-dimensional geometry out of CAD plan layouts, assign visual properties, conduct lighting simulations and export resulting data in spreadsheet form. The workflow also allowed for the export of the simulations in batch files, for use with available compute resources of multiple nodes. This work was awarded with the IBPSA-Nordic Simulation Award (2017) for outstanding implementation work in building simulation.