Documentation

Although LEARNIX is a live system that runs off the CD-ROM, there are a number of ways of running and installing it. This document tells you how. It's primarily targeted at Windows users:

Running LEARNIX (PDF document, 2.6MB), Rev: 26 Nov 2008
Warning! This is an early draft!

Because both, Radiance and ESP-r run under a UNIX-like operating system which you might not be used to, we strongly recommend that you read at least the first part of

UNIX for Radiance (PDF document, 477kB), Rev: 25 Oct 2008

The hand-outs from our Building Simulation module. They get you started on using the Radiance and ESP-r packages for lighting and thermal simulation, resp.

ESP-r Tutorial (PDF document, 1.9MB), Rev: 13 Nov 2009
Radiance Tutorial (PDF document, 2.2MB), Rev: 25 Oct 2008
Files for the Radiance Tutorial (ZIP archive, 6.5kB)
Files for the Radiance assessment (ZIP archive, 26kB)

If you would like to dig deeper into Radiance, you might find this of interest:

Radiance Cookbook (PDF document, 4.9MB), Rev: 7 Oct 2009
Files for the Radiance Cookbook (ZIP archive, 348kB)
rtcontrib lesson (HTML page), Rev: 1 Feb 2010

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