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Daylight simulations
Daylight quality makes the difference between usable space and spaces people truly value. Metabuild simulates daylight conditions realistically across the entire year, revealing how light, use and geometry interact — to create spaces that perform for occupants and retain their value.
We are convinced that daylight analyses require the highest level of precision to support sound decision-making.
For you, this means more attractive spaces, stronger marketability and well-founded decisions — without unnecessary additional cost.
Metabuild makes this easy.
Rely on 8 years of proven project experience.
High-precision daylight analysis
- Detailed daylight simulations with hourly resolution across all 365 days of the year
- Location-specific solar positions, cloud cover, and diffuse and direct radiation
- Consideration of shading effects from neighbouring buildings and façade elements
- Integrated assessment of daylight, comfort and economic implications
5 reasons to rely on Metabuild for daylight analysis.
Risk-mitigated: Metabuild identifies daylight-related risks before they are permanently locked into the building.
Glare, dark zones or summer overheating typically only become apparent once a building is in operation. Metabuild’s daylight simulations expose these risks at a stage when design adjustments are still possible.
Rigorous: We simulate daylight realistically — not based on standard assumptions.
Most daylight assessments rely on simplified normative assumptions and overlook building-specific and contextual conditions. Metabuild performs location-specific daylight simulations and calculates hourly illuminance levels on finely resolved sensor grids. This provides robust metrics such as the share of floor area with sufficient daylight (sDA, Spatial Daylight Autonomy) and the share of area exposed to potential glare or overexposure (ASE, Annual Sunlight Exposure).
Cost-efficient: Metabuild identifies the daylight solution with the highest performance impact.
Better daylight comfort is often understood as adding more glazing. Metabuild shows which parameters — such as building orientation, room depth, façade geometry or shading — offer the greatest leverage for daylight performance without unnecessarily increasing capital or operating costs.
Integrated: Metabuild assesses daylight not in isolation, but in context.
Daylight influences far more than the visual quality of a space. Decisions on geometry, window areas and glazing directly affect energy efficiency, indoor comfort, overheating risk and construction costs. Metabuild captures these interdependencies within an integrated digital twin and makes it clear which solutions perform holistically — and deliver economic value.
Certification-ready: Metabuild provides a robust data foundation for standards and rating systems.
Our daylight simulation results serve as a reliable calculation basis for a wide range of standards and certification schemes, including recognised daylight criteria as well as sustainability rating systems such as DGNB, LEED or BREEAM. Metabuild delivers the underlying simulation data, while formal certification and compliance assessments are carried out in coordination with our planning partners.
Take daylight decisions with a real data advantage.
Our experts show how to optimise daylight quality in a targeted way — while avoiding investment traps and comfort risks.
„We always want the best solution for our customers and tenants. And Metabuild’s analyses are fundamental to this.“
Dr. Lis Hannemann-Strenger, CEO
Strenger Gruppe
Our approach: Building simulation for your success.
Metabuild is the world’s leading provider of AI-driven building simulation. We bring data-based planning into your day-to-day work – precise, fast and reliable.
We advise. We simulate. We deliver. We stay involved.
Our experts actively review every result for plausibility and real-world feasibility. That is our quality commitment – and your assurance of sound, decision-ready outcomes.
Leading real estate companies rely on Metabuild.
- Over 8 years of market experience in new build and existing buildings
- More than 6 million m² GFA analysed
- Trusted by leading asset owners
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Retrofit roadmaps
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New building optimisation
Generic data leads to expensive new buildings. Metabuild uses real simulations to cut costs, de-risk decisions and reduce CO₂.