Technology Overview

Lighting is critical for both human beings (vision, health, and emotion) and plants/crops (quality and quantity). However, how to provide appropriate light for the stakeholders in different space, time, and weather conditions is rarely evaluated in a rigorous manner. Our extensive experiences of lighting simulations and empirical assessment could give you the higher level of evaluation on your products and design related to built environment and urban farming. We offer professional assessment using a variety of lighting simulation techniques to evaluate the lighting performance (involving daylighting and artificial lighting) and energy efficiency, examples include the lighting assessment for glare, visual comfort analysis in office buildings, industry facilities, hospitals, and horticulture lighting layout design and evaluation.

Technology Features, Specifications and Advantages

Simulation-based lighting assessment is a method for evaluating the lighting conditions which offers advantages over the traditional mockup method in terms of cost-effectiveness, time-efficient, and high-level of accuracy. Specifically, simulations could allow for the types of evaluation listed below in buildings, district, and urban farming facilities in temporal and spatial approach.

1. Daylighting and solar irradiance: daylight availability and impacts of solar heat gain and urban context
2. Artificial and horticulture lighting distribution and intensity
3. Use of standards for qualitative and quantitative benchmarking
4. Evaluative metrics: illuminance, luminance, glare (DGP, UGR), human-centric lighting (EML, M/P), urban farming (PPF, PPFD, DLI).

Potential Applications

Primary application areas include office buildings, schools, retail, industry facility, urban farming facilities, outdoor lighting environment. Other potential areas include the lighting in aircraft, underground spaces.

With the support of lighting simulations and evaluations, the potential product/outcome include luminaire product, the design strategies of interior/exterior of lighting environment and building façade design.

Customer Benefit

Lighting is critical for both human beings (vision, health, and emotion) and plants/crops (quality and quantity). However, how to provide appropriate light for the stakeholders in different space, time, and weather conditions is rarely evaluated in a rigorous manner. Thus, the lighting simulation techniques could help for the higher level of evaluation on your products and design related to built environment and urban farming.