Arch 570 Natural Lighting LIGHTING PORTFOLIO

Assignment #4: Computer Models 

You have free access to a powerful daylighting and electric lighting prediction program, AGi32. The AGi32 educational use version is the same as the professional version, except it expires in June. For download instructions, see the student user letter from AGi32. A Revit plug-in, ELUM is also available for download. CoveTool (thermal and daylight analysis of buildings). The free educational license has been applied to our uidaho account. Students who want to use the software, will be added to the same account as long as they sign up with a uidaho.edu email address. To sign up go to <https://www.cove.tools/>.These will serve as the main modeling packages for the course.

Other Software:  
SkyCalc (free download)
Light-Up for Sketch-Up
Schiler Glare Analysis [Culplite, Culplite2, Rascal, Rascal2, Users Manual] 
                    (Culplite2 and Rascal2 are for 64-bit processors)

 Perform two lighting analyses using each applicable software package:

1. Your study building as you have modeled it (as it exists)—this analysis serves as a base case to which other prediction techniques and proposed design changes can be compared.
2. A design proposal for remodeling your study building—this analysis can be used to assess the effectiveness of your redesign and a step in the design process.

Document your efforts in a Powerpoint or PDF presentation that includes:

1. An introduction explaining the problem, the method, the software used, and the redesign proposal.
2. An experiment description with the annotated data (appropriate software outputs).
3. A conclusion which explains what you learned about the space, its remodel, and the analysis methods.

Assignment due: November 18. Time limit is 10 minutes.