#10 Optimizing Solar Panel Orientation with Ladybug + Galapagos - Ultimate Ladybug Course - LBT 1.6

[@alexwust1388]

Two (!) ads before this tutorial starts, each 15 or 16 seconds long, none of which can be skipped after five or whatever seconds. I am impressed! By the way, the tutorial has some nice Bob Ross vibes, in my opinion. Thank you!

[@PhilippGalvanDesign]

Ha ha nice! Soothing! I hope people don't fall asleep watching. Although also good so they watch the entire video...

[@PhilippGalvanDesign]

Nice if it becomes as successful as Bob Ross Joy of painting. :D

[@alexwust1388]

@@PhilippGalvanDesign Bob Ross is a cultural icon.

[@PhilippGalvanDesign]

Agree

[@manetho5134]

absolute respect, thanks for your time and effort

[@lithium3731]

Great Tutorial! You are a life saver for us students :)

[@PhilippGalvanDesign]

Glad to hear that! Let us know what you are working on. Always interested in how you guys use the stuff.

[@PhdQuicktips-DZ]

Hi Galvan! I like your channel! Thank you

[@PhilippGalvanDesign]

Thank you!

[@فلاترمياهدسوقبسعرأقلمنالسو-ط7ه]

u r amazing

[@PhilippGalvanDesign]

Thank You.

[@behnammohseni496]

Such a nice video and information, thanks a myriad

[@PhilippGalvanDesign]

You are very welcome!

[@waynethomas999]

just wonder, whether Galapagos can be used to optimize something else? like Window-to-wall ratio and EUI?

[@PhilippGalvanDesign]

Yes definitely!!

[@rajendrameena150]

How to add layers in grasshopper to add geometry automatically that is on that layer ? So we can add surrounding house on layer for adding surrounding in solar study.

[@PhilippGalvanDesign]

Good question. Would be quite interesting to have this feature. On the other hand it could get quite messy. Possibly there are already tools out there which can do that. You could look in food for Rhino.

[@4ddesignlab869]

Im no expert but Elefront or the Human plugin should be able to filter geometry by layer.

[@rajendrameena150]

i mean any node called "Layer" and then select desired layers either by panel. another way maybe to have node like "LayerSelect".

[@PhdQuicktips-DZ]

​@@rajendrameena150thé component exists : "pipeline"

[@dududadadede96]

@@rajendrameena150 Your best bet is geometry pipeline. You can select a layer, and choose to import either breps, surfaces, or curves from that layer.

[@mosstalk]

Could this process of optimising orientation be applied to a raised skylight/oculus?

[@PhilippGalvanDesign]

Yes, it probably could.

[@PhilippGalvanDesign]

Instead however, you would probably think about measuring the amount of light that comes through. BUT... as an Architect I would be careful. The light you want to come through an Oculus is indirect sky light and not direct sunlight. Or at least you don't want any glare. We will discuss direct and indirect light in one of the next videos.

[@maleki9626]

Hi, thank you for this great course. Is it possible to model and optimize dynamic solar panels with this method? for sun tracking solar panels or maybe a dynamic solar panel that changes the angle according to specific time steps. If yes, may I know how?

[@PhilippGalvanDesign]

Good question. Would be also good to compare if it yield much more... On the other hand it will also use energy to move... I'll think about it. It's a bit more tricky...

[@maleki9626]

​@@PhilippGalvanDesign that's exactly what I want to do! I want to check the efficiency of dynamic solar panels compare to fixed ones.

[@PhilippGalvanDesign]

Well you could for example Shorten the period to a design day(average day). And calculate one panel every hour of a day and sum up versus one fixed which you calculate the average of the day... Then you just need to find out how much energy you need to rotate the panel...

[@maleki9626]

​@@PhilippGalvanDesign Well, actually the project is a bit more complicated and I also need to calculate a couple of other things, so I need the data for the whole year... thank you for your help, I will try to find a way. If by any chance you were able to find a way to calculate it for the whole year, I would appreciate it if you can share it with me. Thank you

[@matyasenz3222]

dear Philipp thank you a lot for your tutorials, your helping me out a lot here! I wanted to ask where you would put in the time period for the orientation of the panel, since the directional solar irradiance panel doesn't show any hoy-input? my goal would be to adjust the orientation of my panels according to the seasons of the year, or even on a morning/evening basis.@@PhilippGalvanDesign