visualizing daylight factor & illuminance levels
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Sefaira’s newest updates allow architects to visualize Daylight Factor and variable illuminance levels.TRANSCRIPT
Visualizing Daylight Factor & Illuminance Levels
Extended Daylight Analysis Capabilities
Sefaira recently released two upgrades that expanded the scope and flexibility of our daylighting analysis:
● Daylight Factor visualization● Adjustable lux thresholds for
Spatial Daylight Autonomy.
Benefits for designers
● Toggle quickly between Daylight Factor & Spatial Daylight Autonomy visualizations and get early feedback when trying to hit specific daylighting targets.
Daylight Factor & sDA Visualizations
What’s the difference?
● Daylight Factor is a simple ratio of exterior and interior illuminance under an overcast sky.
● Spatial Daylight Autonomy, on the other hand, utilizes location-based weather data over the course of an entire year.
Daylight Factor vs. sDA
For more detail on these metrics, see our post on Measuring Daylight.
Additional software capability
Adjustable Illuminance Levels
Architects can also adjust the illumination threshold for the Spatial Daylight Autonomy visualization.
Additional software capability
Adjustable Illuminance Levels
This visual shows the % of occupied hours when work planes receive enough light.
Additional software capability
Adjustable Illuminance Levels
The threshold for “enough light” is
initially set to 300 lux — a standard level for an office — but
can be quickly adjusted, using built-in benchmarks as a
guide.
If you are a customer and would like to start using daylight visualization, simply reach out to your customer success
representative or email [email protected], and we’ll get in touch with you.
Learn more or Watch a demo
www.sefaira.com