The following screen shots demonstrate the user interface and technical capabilities of SPOT™. View overview and flow diagram to become familiar with SPOT.
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Project Setup
The project set-up page is displayed upon opening SPOT, shown in Figure 2-1. This page is for setting up initial project information and allows the user to define Advanced Options to be used in the analysis.
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Advanced Options
Advanced options allows the user to change some of the program calculation settings. The program's default values for these settings are listed and an input field is given for overriding each setting.
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Geometry Input
The Geometry Input page is where the user defines the geometry and electric lighting layout of the desired space to be analyzed.
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Site and Usage
The Site and Usage Input page allows the user to define the location of the building, occupancy and shade device schedules, and set the desired shade device control strategy.
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Electric Lighting Results
The Electric Lighting Results page presents nighttime workplane illuminance with the electric lighting on at 100%. This page is viewable once the electric lighting calculations have finished.
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Daylighting Results
The Daylighting Results page presents annual daytime workplane illuminances. By this point in the program, SPOT has only calculated a sampling of 10 representative sky conditions.
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Daylighting Report
Printable report that gives an indication of the annual daylighting performance for the given space
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Photosensor Generator
The last portion of the design tool provides photosensor location recommendations and allows the user to define other photosensor scenarios for further analysis.
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Interior Renderings
Shows interior renderings of the space from four different views.
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Photosensor Analyser
The Photosensor Analyzer allows the user to mix and match the various photosensor scenarios defined on the previous page and analyze how they will perform under a larger set of representative days and sky conditions.
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Annual Results
Provides annual performance calculations and electrical lighting savings.
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