[Radiance-general] SPOT Beta 2.1 Release

[Zack Rogers]

Dear Colleagues,

The California Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research 
(PIER) program has provided funding for the development of the Sensor 
Placement & Orientation Tool (SPOT).  SPOT is a free software program 
that assists in the design and installation of photosensor systems in 
daylit environments.  In addition, SPOT is a useful tool for general 
daylighting and daylight and electric light integration analysis.  The 
program consists of a Microsoft Excel based user interface with a 
Radiance engine performing the calculations in the background.  The 
newest version SPOT Beta 2.1 can be downloaded from the SPOT website 
at:  (please uninstall any previous versions of SPOT)

www.archenergy.com/SPOT <http://www.archenergy.com/SPOT>

The main forum for Q & A, bug reports, product updates, and other 
announcements will be through a SPOT discussion list.  If you plan on 
using the program, please consider signing up for this list.  The home 
website, where you can sign up and access postings, is accessible 
through the main site or with the following URL:

http://www.archenergy.com/mailman/listinfo/spot

Previous list postings can be accessed with the SPOT Archives link on 
this website.  You can also choose to recieve various forms of e-mail 
reports containing the lists postings.

Note that SPOT is still in the Beta stages as further development will 
continue to occur.  We have been working hard getting out all the kinks, 
but bugs are inevitable, so please report any program errors, erroneous 
or suspicious data, or other awkward / misleading behavior to either the 
discussion list or to spotsupport at archenergy.com 
<mailto:spotsupport at archenergy.com> .  Feel free to submit any positive 
findings as well!  We welcome any comments, suggestions, interesting 
case studies!

You have recieved this e-mail cause either: a) you have downloaded the 
Beta v2.0 version b.) you are part of the SPOT Technical Advisory Group 
c.) you are on the Radiance online group d.) you have expressed interest 
e.) you are a photosensor manufacturer and we are interested in better 
integrating your system into the program f.) the SPOT Design Team just 
wants your feedback.  We apologize for any cross postings!

Thank you for your time!
Zack Rogers and the
SPOT Development Team

-- 
Zack Rogers
Staff Engineer
Architectural Energy Corporation
2540 Frontier Avenue, Suite 201
Boulder, CO 80301 USA

tel (303)444-4149 ext.235
fax (303)444-4304
www.archenergy.com

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