Lead Performer: Ladybug Tools LLC – Fairfax, VA
DOE Total Funding: $143,044
Project Term: July 02, 2018 – July 02, 2019
Funding Type: Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Release 2
Related Projects: OpenStudio, Radiance
Project Objective
Ladybug Tools serves the architecture market with open-source analysis plugins like Ladybug (eponymous), Honeybee, and Butterfly for design platforms like Rhino/Grasshopper and Revit/Dynamo—these plugins currently run locally, on the user’s laptop or desktop limiting the type and scope of analysis possible. In this phase I project, Ladybug Tools will add integrated cloud-based lighting analysis using Radiance. This service will be available via the Ladybug Tools plugins, a web interface, and a web-API for integration with other CAD environments. The service model will also create a revenue stream for Ladybug Tools, which currently has a large user community but no scale-able means to generate revenue from them.
The project will leverage OpenStudio’s new elastic cloud capabilities to deliver a greater range of analysis services for architects, while creating a new revenue stream for the company.
Project Impact
The project targets the high-leverage architecture market and the existing offerings have a large user base. The project will deliver new, unique services that are tailored to this constituency.
Contacts
- DOE Technology Manager: Amir Roth
- Lead Performer: Mostapha Sadeghipour Roudsari, Ladybug Tools LLC