Visualization and basic analysis tools for radiative cooling (ViBA Rad)

 

ViBA Rad is a comprehensive simulation tool for radiative cooling, written in Python. It features a user-friendly graphic user interface (GUI) to facilitate ease of use.

 

Features

• Basic cooling flux calculation
• Time-domain outdoor simulation with external climate
• Representation of global cooling flux map

 

Copyright

• Copyright (C) 2023 Bio-Nanophotonics System Lab., Department of Biomedical Engineering, Yonsei University
• Copyright (C) 2023 Nanophotonics Lab., School of Mechanical Engineering, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)

 

License

ViBA Rad is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL).

 

Installation

To use ViBA Rad, there is no need for compilation or installation processes.

1. Unzip a downloaded "ViBA_Rad" file.
2. Run the executable file "ViBA_Rad.exe" in the ViBA_Rad folder.

 

Instruction

For comprehensive instructions on how to use ViBA Rad, please refer to the user guide provided in the form of 'ViBA Rad_user guide.pdf'.

 

Contact

For any inquiries, please contact:

• dasol@yonsei.ac.kr
• m.kim@gist.ac.kr