<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Germán<div><br></div><div>to control lighting power from a yearly data set (as I understand you would have as output of the Three-phase-method) you would probably best use the tdf file input as described by Jon.</div><div><br></div><div>The BSDF-files can hold more than one data set, basically. So, if you control your blind with a given set of possible settings (up, down horizontal, down 45 deg and down closed for example), you can probably have all the according data sets available and switch during run-time.</div><div><br></div><div>Best</div><div>Achim</div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On May 10, 2013, at 4:07 PM, Germán Molina Larrain <<a href="mailto:germolinal@gmail.com">germolinal@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Dear everyone, <div><br></div><div>I am thinking on coupling Radiance with ESPr using the Three-phase method. The plan is simple: Make a detailed simulation on Radiance, and create a schedule of artificial lighting power (energy consumption / internal gains) and, somehow, shading control.</div> <div style=""><br></div><div style="">On the lighting power part, I was thinking on creating a Zonal Casual Gain File, that will account for the internal gains generated by the lighting. <font color="#ff0000">Is this valid? should it be just convective? radiative?</font></div> <div style=""><br></div><div style="">On the other hand... in a recent e-mail I was told that ESPr can use Bidirectional Information (probably extracted from LBNLs WINDOW software) to make simulations; but, since a big advantage of the Three-phase method is to allow easy control,<font color="#ff0000"> I was wondering if it was possible to, on each timestep, modify the BSDF information (accounting, for example, opening or closing blinds) on ESPr.</font></div> <div style=""><font color="#ff0000"><br></font></div><div style=""><font>Anyway... consider this an open topic, and please feel free to comment. I know I am not the only one who has thought about these topics, so you experiences will be very welcomed.</font></div> <div style=""><font><br></font></div><div style=""><font>THANKS VERY MUCH</font></div><div style=""><font><br></font></div><div style=""><font>German</font></div></div> _______________________________________________<br>esp-r mailing list<br><a href="mailto:esp-r@lists.strath.ac.uk">esp-r@lists.strath.ac.uk</a><br>http://lists.strath.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/esp-r</blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><a href="mailto:achim.geissler@intergga.ch">achim.geissler@intergga.ch</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div> <br></div></body></html>