The system (software) for acoustic and lighting calculation (SCAL) program like support for acoustic and lighting conditioning in interior spaces

• Published in: The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Vol. 133; no. 5_Supplement; p. 3582
• Main Authors: Garzón, Beatriz S., Coria, Carlos R., Manson, Maria Josefina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.05.2013
• ISSN: 0001-4966; 1520-8524
• DOI: 10.1121/1.4806590

This work aims to show an alternative software tool for calculating the acoustic and lighting conditioning and comfort in interior spaces. This program is developed in a desktop version and it can run on different operating systems because it is multiplatform. It is easy to operate. Program tools allow a quick calculation because the system values are stored standards of acoustics and lighting through an intuitive interface. The calculations can be stored and open for future modification; also, the results can be summarized and printed. The activities for its development and validation were as follows: (1) Survey on the requirements and interest that the system should contain. (2) Implementation of the program: It was conducted jointly between subject architecture specialists and computer engineers. (3) Development of training materials for the understanding of the functioning of the application. 4) Testing and evaluation period: The functional and non-functional requirements were evaluated and verify if the obtained results would be the expected results.