Autodesk’s Green Building Studio calculates the potential PV performance on every exterior surface a submitted building model and reports on those surfaces with better than the user-specified payback period. GBS passed all of the validation criteria.
The PV calculations performed by GBS were validated using the National Renewable Energy Labs (NREL) calculation methods– Perez model Primary comparison is Surface Irradiance per NREL calculations using Perez methods described in:
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“Solar Radiation Data Manual for Flat-Plate and Concentrating Collectors” _- NREL
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“Modeling Daylight Availability and Irradiance Components from Direct and Global Irradiance” _- Perez
More detailed results to be posted soon.
