GH_Solar
Annual hourly solar irradiation on meshed surfaces. Please refer to this publication for citation: Waibel et al. (2016)
Copy the .gha file into your Rhino Grasshopper components folder. You can find the folder by typing "GrasshopperFolders", "Components" into your Rhino command line.
Try out the *.gh files (in *.zip) as examples:
- Annual hourly irradiation
Simple example on how to perform annual solar irradiation calculation on surfaces (roof and facade). - Facade optimization
Facade optimization example with Galapagos. Maximizing annual irradiation in kWh/a on the solar shading - e.g. for placing PV.
Real time capture from Rhino
Real time capture from Rhino
Facade optimization example