MBS Daylight
for Google SketchUp®

MBS Daylight for Google SketchUp®

Daylight Calculations within Google SketchUp®

MBS Elevations

MBS Daylight for Google SketchUp® supports a niche sector of the design market place, and has a valuable role in the prevention of abortive design work. Having the facility in house to quickly check design schemes has revolutionised many of our users working practices.

The software package runs as a ‘plug-in’ within the SketchUp® environment, allowing checks to be performed within one of the most increasingly popular and intuitive drafting packages available.

The software requires 3D models of the proposed development; calculations can then be performed to determine the Vertical Sky Component (VSC).

The results are delivered in both graphical format, as Waldram Diagrams and as a quick visual pass/fail/nearly ‘traffic light’ system within the SketchUp® programme itself. Any modifications or cutbacks to the proposed scheme can rapidly be re-analysed.

Recommendations for light levels in new buildings and surrounding properties are provided by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) within a document called ‘Site Layout Planning for Daylight and Sunlight - A Guide to Good Practice', 2011 by P J Littlefair. Many local authorities have adopted this guide, so these recommendations provide a foundation upon which planning permission is granted, or refused, in the UK.

Whilst the software has been designed to comply with the Daylight tests as laid out in the BRE Guide, the system is fully customisable by the end user.

Benefits:

  • The production of Waldram Diagrams allows an instant visual understanding.
  • Pass/Fail/Nearly ‘Traffic Light’ system, is quick and intuitive to interpret.
  • Automation of a previously extremely labour intensive manual process.
  • Allows modification of design schemes to be rapidly reanalysed.
  • MAC and PC versions available.

Minimum System Requirements:

  • Google SketchUp v.6, or newer

Please contact David, Charlie or our Office directly for further details and prices...

Who uses our MBS Daylight for Google SketchUp® package?

  • Architects & Building Designers  Click to open Architects & Building Designers

    The requirements to achieve planning consent are more restrictive now than they have ever been. When a building is designed it not only needs to be aesthetically pleasing, but efficient and sustainable too. Requirements within the Code for Sustainable Homes, award points for providing ‘well-lit’ spaces, within the Health and Wellbeing Section.

    Buildings must also be designed so that they fit within the space that they reside in, both in design and from an impact assessment on neighbouring properties.

    Benefits:

    • Vertical Sky Components can be calculated quickly and efficiently.
    • Meets the guidelines set out by the BRE in their publication, ’Site Layout Planning for Daylight and Sunlight - A Guide to Good Practice', 2011 by P J Littlefair.
    • Before and after scenarios can be easily analysed and re-analysed.
    • Graphical Waldram diagrams and Pass/Fail/Nearly ‘traffic light’ displays aid visual understanding.

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