Energy Efficiency Calculations with DIALux

October 26th, 2012

Afra Lucas
International Business
Development
U.S. Representative Office
DIAL GmbH

DIAL GmbH
Center for Building Technology and Lighting Design

Light planning

Building technology

Software

Seminars

www.dial.de

Chicago

Headquarters,
Ldenscheid

Istanbu
l

Seoul

Mirano
Taiwan

Software development

PlugIns

The DIALux Concept

DIALux serves as an advanced marketing tool

for lighting manufacturers
Individual catalogs and products presentation
DIALux is available free of charge
More than half a Million users

www.dial.de

Advantages for manufacturers

Constantly connects their products with their target audience
Integration of products into the digital workflow of the lighting design
process
Provide customers with energy efficiency calculations that DIALux
enables you to do

DIALux Features

DIALux is free of charge

DIALux enables Architects and Engineers to make a lighting design
based on real product data
Lighting calculation, energy optimization and presentation

DIALux Features

DIALux offers an import and export to DXF, DWG or gbXML (BIM)

Direct interface (STF) e.g. to Autodesk MEP, Revit, DDS, Allplan...
Drag & Drop of required drawings, texts, diagrams or further information into
CAD application or any other programs like Word, Power Point, ... .
DIALux works with PlugIns or simple IES files

Lighting design process

Required illuminance level and other normative factors (foot-candles,

uniformity,)
Minimum number of fittings
Checking
Appealing luminaire arrangement
the values
Maximum maintenance cycles
Minimum maintenance effort
Calculating
the results

Selecting
lamps

Using Design Software

An interative process until the
optimum products
the correct number of products and
maintenance values are found

Placing
luminaires

Selecting
luminaires

Energetic optimization

Estimation of energy demands in the lighting design phase

Energetic optimization, finding the best product
Software aided design and optimization
Consideration of all parameters including daylight and control
systems

Calculating the energy costs

Detection of the best solution
Calculating the ROI

Automatic calculation of LENI

Proven method to calculate the energy demands for lighting is

LENI LENI stands for Lighting Energy Numeric Indicator
Most of the parameters needed for LENI calculation are already
given in a 3D lighting design
Some parameters have to be determined by the user, of course with
the help of software:

Daylight time usage / non daylight time usage

Availability of presence detection
Availability of daylight control

The calculation is done by software, the user just defines the

parameters

Data available in the 3D design

Location (lat., long.) ; Exterior obstruction, Building

Rooms, Stories, Windows, Roof lights
Luminaires, Total Power, Illuminance level

Daylit Zones

On the right hand side the software displays the calculated daylit area
Due to visual feedback, the designer selects a daylight control system for
this area and the lighting system therein
In real time the new LENI value is calculated and it decreases from
21.84 kWh/(m x a) to 18.06kWh/(m x a) = - 4% in this simple example

Energetic optimization

Shop lighting example:

Attract people, draw the attention to products, invite to stay, highlight the
products
good color rendering, emphasize important products

Identical light appearance

Tungsten Halogen
10 Beam
95W 1150lm

LED Spot
10 Beam
25W 1600lm

Different power consumption

LED
LENI: 111kWh/(a x m)
Energy: 7277 kWh/a
Costs (7ct/kWh): $510

Tungsten
LENI: 262kWh/(a x m)
Energy: 17,576kWh/a
Costs (7ct/kWh): $1230

DIALux for you?

DIALux is free of charge

DIALux has open interfaces
DIALux supports 26 languages
Interface to Autodesk- Revit

Helpful insights and tips as well as

information on the latest DIALux
updates:
DIALux Forum has over 11.000
active members
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DIALux:

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DIALux e- newsletter frequently

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PlugIn & Update information

Thank you for your attention!

For any question please contact:

Afra Lucas
Mail: lucas@dialux.com
Tel.: 312 377 6126
Web: www.dialux.com