Patent Document ID: 9836557
Application ID: 14328553
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer implemented method for real-time daylighting analysis of an architectural structure design, comprising: receiving in a computer, data specifying a geographical location for a three-dimensional architectural structure; computing, using the computer, a sky model for the geographical location to determine lighting contributions of a plurality of light sources for each of a plurality of permutations of dates, times and atmospheric conditions; performing, using the computer, daylighting analysis, in real-time or near real-time, on the three-dimensional architectural structure using values of the computed sky model, the performance of the daylighting analysis comprising computing at least one of spatial daylight autonomy and glare for the light sources on work spaces defined in the three-dimensional architectural structure by applying the values of the computed sky model to the three-dimensional architectural structure; displaying, on a computer display, to a user a graphical representation of the at least one of spatial daylight autonomy and glare, wherein the displaying comprises rendering increasingly discretized representations of the at least one of spatial daylight autonomy and glare for the three-dimensional architectural structure, the rendering comprising: defining, using the computer, locations for the placement of virtual sensors at one or more workspaces of the three-dimensional architectural structure, the locations comprising an analysis set; and determining, using the computer, an intensity of the plurality of light sources impinging on the virtual sensors; performing, using the computer, the daylighting analysis on one or more subsets of the analysis set in accordance with a predetermined queue order, the one or more subsets being defined in accordance with predetermined areas of interest, the predetermined areas of interest having varying levels of granularity with respect to the one or more workspaces.