Daylight and glare: inspect the question behind the image
A persuasive lighting image and a numerical daylight study are different deliverables.
How to use this idea
Radiance documents lighting inputs including scene geometry, materials and sky conditions, and outputs including illumination and glare quantities. Maha proposes attaching sensor locations, study times and thresholds to a result so a reader can tell what was tested.
Worked illustration
A hypothetical sunny-noon image shows a bright atrium. It does not answer whether reading desks receive suitable light during the occupied year. A desk-level time-based study asks a different question and may expose poorly served locations.
All numerical examples here are synthetic, not measured building results.
Checks before relying on a result
- Specify the work plane and evaluated locations.
- Preserve material and sky assumptions.
- Show failing locations alongside favorable images.
What this does not establish
No annual daylight calculation or glare assessment has been performed here.
Sources and review
Automated editorial preparation, not independent expert review. Examples and proposed workflows are Maha-authored.
Locator: Opening description; Modeling and Simulation Capabilities
Supports: Lighting analysis uses geometry, materials, luminaires and sky conditions, with numerical illumination and glare outputs.
Limit: A rendering alone does not establish annual daylight performance.
Inspection and reuse
Selected HTML sections inspected 2026-09-27. Linked original; original summary, no images or software redistributed.