[Radiance-general] Depth outdoor daylighting test facility

[Andrew McNeil]

Hi Giuseppe,

At LBNL we find that our window test bed (10 feet wide by 15 feet deep)
isn't deep enough to demonstrate all the full benefits of daylight
redirection. In this facility the redirected daylight often hits the back
wall.

Our new FLEXLAB (20 feet wide by 30 feet deep) we believe these dimensions
are deep enough, but we haven't yet tested daylight redirecting systems in
FLEXLAB (coming this spring!).

I like Christoph's suggestion of a standard reference office for testing
systems via simulation. And if physical test cells match the dimensions of
the simulation standard, all the better. A global network of identical test
cells at different institutions would be amazing.

Andy


On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 8:36 AM, Christoph Reinhart <tito_ at mit.edu> wrote:

>  Hi Giuseppe,
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> You might want to have a look at this document
> http://mit.edu/sustainabledesignlab/projects/ReferenceOffice/index.html
> which describe a reference office that can be used for the purposes
> described by you.
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> Best,
>
>
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> Christoph
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> *From:* Giuseppe De Michele [mailto:giudm.87 at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Thursday, January 22, 2015 11:28 AM
> *To:* Radiance general discussion
> *Subject:* [Radiance-general] Depth outdoor daylighting test facility
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> Dear experts,
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> I am involved in the design of an *outdoor daylighting test facility*.
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> I am trying to evaluate the *minimum depth of the lab* in order to be
> able to *study redirecting daylight systems* (i.e. light shelves or
> complex lamella).
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> Cell height: 2.7 m and cell width: 5.5 m.
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> Our idea is to cover, let's say, "90%" of the applications of these
> systems.
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> Do you have experience in that field? Or can you suggest a modeling
> approach to answer this question?
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> Thank you in advance.
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> Cheers,
>
> Giuseppe.
>
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