_DA - Daylight autonomy is defined as “the percentage of the
operating period (or number of hours) that a particular daylight level
is exceeded throughout the year.” _
This is different than SDA - SPACIAL DAYLIGHT AUTONOMY output that is
available in Des...
When running an annual daylighting simulation I am getting the
following error:
- AN INTERNAL ERROR HAS OCCURRED. DAYLIGHT SIMULATION HAS BEEN
ABORTED.
To fix this please unzip the attachment and replace the
file DS_EL_LIGHTING.EXE at the installation f...
1. Check the DesignBuilder session logs
https://designbuilder.co.uk/helpv6.0/#Diagnostics.htm
[https://designbuilder.co.uk/helpv6.0/#Diagnostics.htm]
2. If the logs are showing:
_Temporary folder: C:UsersYourUsernameAppDataLocalTemp_
Daylighting::DoD...
Question: Do annual daylight simulations use the weather file
associated to thermal model on site level?
Answer: Yes, the weather file is used to produce a matrix of sky
patch values using the Perez all weather model. The input file
contains a short hea...
There are 2 known causes of this problem:
1. Failure in the installation of the Radiance software. You can
check to see if this is the cause by going to the DesignBuilder
Radiance folder ("File > Folders > Radiance folder" menu command opens
the fol...
