Daylight Simulation & Analysis using Ladybug & Honeybee

Analyze how sky conditions, cloud cover, and macro- and microclimate influence daylighting. Assess how site orientation, window size, and surrounding buildings shape daylight availability and sun path.

Explore daylight performance metrics by analyzing dynamic luminance data, factors affecting daylight in spaces, and miscalculations, highlighting limitations of occupancy-based and spatial data in daylight simulations.

Create an sld on autocad by organizing layers for office areas, excluding corridors, and aligning the plan with occupancy, window placement, and facade lines for daylight analysis with honeybee.

Learn the fundamentals of modeling in Rhino for daylight simulation, organizing geometry with layers and colors, managing model and unit types, importing geometry, and preparing the scene for daylight analysis.

Model windows and daylight projections in Rhino, select and exclude windows, set window heights, and create closed daylight surfaces to visualize and analyze daylight in the space.

Learn grasshopper scripting in part 1, focusing on transferring data from grasshopper to a modeled environment and configuring inputs, zones, and objects.

Use grasshopper scripting to attach windows to surface zones and assign materials to every surface, enabling daylight simulations with glass properties and defined reflectance for floor and ceiling.

Learn to configure Grasshopper inputs and materials in a daylight analysis recipe using Ladybug and Honeybee, set up projections, and interpret zone data to evaluate area against thresholds.

Learn to structure daylight data and visualize results with Grasshopper scripting by building a color mesh, tuning thresholds and legend, and separating data for clearer analysis.