Technical Review of Solar Distribution Calculation Methods: Enhancing Simulation Accuracy for High-Performance and Sustainable Buildings DOI Creative Commons
Ana Paula de Almeida Rocha, Ricardo C. L. F. Oliveira,

Nathan Mendes

et al.

Buildings, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(4), P. 578 - 578

Published: Feb. 13, 2025

Solar energy utilization in buildings can significantly contribute to savings and enhance on-site production. However, excessive solar gains may lead overheating, thereby increasing cooling demands. Accurate calculation of sunlit shaded areas is essential for optimizing technologies improving the precision building simulations. This paper provides a review shading methods used performance simulation (BPS) tools, focusing on progression from basic trigonometric models advanced techniques such as projection clipping (PgC) pixel counting (PxC). These advancements have improved accuracy efficiency simulations, enhancing occupant comfort. As designs evolve adaptive systems become more common, challenges remain ensuring that these handle complex geometries dynamic exposure. The PxC method, leveraging modern GPUs parallel computing, offers solution by providing real-time high-resolution even irregular, non-convex surfaces. ability continuous updates positions key tool next-generation adjust changing conditions. Future research could focus integrating appropriate modeling approaches with AI accuracy, reliability, computational efficiency.

Language: Английский

Technical Review of Solar Distribution Calculation Methods: Enhancing Simulation Accuracy for High-Performance and Sustainable Buildings DOI Creative Commons
Ana Paula de Almeida Rocha, Ricardo C. L. F. Oliveira,

Nathan Mendes

et al.

Buildings, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(4), P. 578 - 578

Published: Feb. 13, 2025

Solar energy utilization in buildings can significantly contribute to savings and enhance on-site production. However, excessive solar gains may lead overheating, thereby increasing cooling demands. Accurate calculation of sunlit shaded areas is essential for optimizing technologies improving the precision building simulations. This paper provides a review shading methods used performance simulation (BPS) tools, focusing on progression from basic trigonometric models advanced techniques such as projection clipping (PgC) pixel counting (PxC). These advancements have improved accuracy efficiency simulations, enhancing occupant comfort. As designs evolve adaptive systems become more common, challenges remain ensuring that these handle complex geometries dynamic exposure. The PxC method, leveraging modern GPUs parallel computing, offers solution by providing real-time high-resolution even irregular, non-convex surfaces. ability continuous updates positions key tool next-generation adjust changing conditions. Future research could focus integrating appropriate modeling approaches with AI accuracy, reliability, computational efficiency.

Language: Английский

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