Adaptive everything

Honeybee is Out and Flying! Illuminance study for the Hudson Yards Culture Shed. We are excited to announce that our own Integration Applications Developer Mostapha Roudsari has recently released Honeybee, his second plugin for environmental analysis, as well as a new version of Ladybug! Honeybee is an ongoing, open source project to connect Grasshopper with validated daylighting and energy simulation engines, such as RADIANCE , Daysim , EnergyPlus and OpenStudio . The current version of Honeybee includes 64 components that enable users to prepare and run a variety of daylight analyses. Here are some of the capability highlights of the current Honeybee release: Prepare geometry: Users can create geometry for simulations by either starting with a mass that can quickly generate zones, or creating the geometry surface by surface to maximize freedom and control. Generate RADIANCE materials: Users can generate a wide variety of Radiance materials by either specifying a material color o...