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Assessment and Improvement of Daylighting Quality in Classrooms with Double-Side Windows

Buildings
Daylighting in educational buildings is a key factor in ensuring visual comfort and maintaining indoor environmental quality. In this context, daylight quality plays a crucial role in enhancing the lighting conditions within classrooms.
Ezzaddeen Ali Mohammed Saeed AL-Mowallad, Xianfeng Huang, Zhen Lu, Xiaofan Li, Kaiwen Wu, Zhirui Zhu, Guohuan Liu   +6 more
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Daylight in the built environment

Relatively recent cultural and technological changes, particularly in Westernized societies, have led to habitat and lifestyle shifts that have gradually estranged us from daylight. Although human beings are resilient and appear able to cope with extreme
Schueler, Andreas, Solt, J, Scartezzini, Jean-Louis, Wienold, Jan, Wirz-Justice, A, Aarts, MPJ, Fournier, C, Coccolo, Silvia, Appelt, S, Andersen, Marilyne, Kaempf, J, Bodart, M, Szybinska Matusiak, B, Bueno, B, Kuhn, TE, Volf, C   +15 more
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Façade Geometry, Orientation, and Window-to-Wall Ratio: An integrated Energy and Daylight performance study for Kathmandu’s temperate climate

Journal of Daylighting
Window-to-Wall Ratio (WWR) influences building energy and daylight performance, yet its implications depend on both façade orientation and geometry. In rapidly urbanizing regions lacking energy regulations, WWR decisions are often made without systematic
Prashant Chhetri
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Evaluating responsive façade shading for enhancing daylighting performance in university classrooms across Egyptian regions

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Daylight quality and visual comfort are critical parameters in learning environments, particularly in climates with intense solar exposure. This study investigates responsive façade shading as a climate-adaptive strategy to improve indoor daylight ...
Manar Eltanbouly
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Business expectations and preferences regarding the introduction of daylight saving in Queensland [PDF]

This paper examines the role of organisational, industry and regional characteristics in determining business support for the introduction of daylight saving in Queensland, Australia.
Andrew Worthington
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Daylight Enhancement Strategies Through Roof for Heritage Buildings

Journal of Daylighting
Enhancing daylighting in heritage buildings is a complex challenge that requires a delicate balance between preserving architectural integrity and improving visual comfort.
Nurefşan Sönmez, Arzu Cılasun Kunduracı, Cemre Çubukçuoğlu   +2 more
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Daylight in buildings

Daylight should be a significant source of illumination for all spaces with daylight opening(s). Daylight is strongly favoured by building occupants as a way to adequately illuminate the indoor surfaces, and to save energy for electrical lighting ...
Wienold, Jan
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OPTIMIZATION STUDY OF VISUAL COMFORT AND DAYLIGHT AVAILABILITY AT CADL ITB

Dimensi: Journal of Architecture and Built Environment, 2016
One way to reduce energy consumption in buildings is to use daylighting. However, daylight can cause visual discomfort in the form of glare. Center of Art, Design, and Language (CADL) Institut Teknologi Bandung is a building that has windows on west and ...
SIREGAR Mhd. Akbar Anthony, HIBATULLAH Aflin Tris, MANGKUTO Rizki Armanto3, ATMODIPOERO R. Triyogo4   +3 more
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Beyond illuminance: daylighting performance and occupant satisfaction in tropical high-rise offices

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering
Despite abundant solar availability in tropical regions, achieving effective daylighting in high-rise office buildings remains challenging because measures used to control glare and solar heat gain may also reduce daylight access.
Atikah Nurulfajri Baharuddin, Baharuddin Hamzah, Felix Kin Peng Hui, Rebecca Jing Yang, Nurul Jamala, Rosady Mulyadi, Asniawaty Kusno, Rizki A Mangkuto   +7 more
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Effects of perceived indoor temperature on daylight glare perception

, 2015
This research investigates the effects of perceived indoor temperature on glare sensation. A laboratory experiment was carried out where volunteers (nº 19) performed an office-like computer task. Three scenarios with sunspots over thedesk were evaluated:
Yamin Garretón, Julieta Alejandra, Rodriguez, Roberto Germán, Pattini, Andrea Elvira   +2 more
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