SkyVision

This paper provides an overview of Daylight1-2-3, a new daylighting/energy analysis software for design professionals and architectural students with an interest in daylighting and sustainable design, but no required previous knowledge of either daylighting concepts or simulations. The initial version of Daylight 1-2-3 focuses on private offices, open-plan offices, and classrooms.

The daylight coefficient method has been introduced in computer simulation as an efficient approach to compute indoor daylight illuminances through building static fenestration systems. A set of coefficients are calculated only once prior to simulation start for a given number of elemental patches making up to sky vault and ground.