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Review noise and sun analysis results for two housing design proposals in multiple views.
Multiple analyses for different designs can be viewed side by side, to examine the trade-offs of each and make data-based decisions regarding the best design alternative.
In this example of a residential site located next to a railway in Oslo, Norway, two important considerations are sun exposure and noise. The relevant analyses have been run.
Looking at Alternative 2 for Sun hours on April 21st, the summary shows that 10,281 square meters, or 36% of the site, has more than 9 hours of sun on the ground.
Alternative 4 has more than 16,500 square meters, or 52% of sun, over 9 hours—a significant difference that may help with the decision to use one design option over the other.
Overall, Alternative 2 is better for noise than Alternative 4, but it does not offer as much sun exposure, whereas Alternative 2 offers better sun exposure, but is not as good for noise.