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Buildings consume tremendous energy for the improvement of living and working conditions. Control of daylight-artificial light has the potential to improve energy performance and occupant comfort in buildings.
Sanjeev Kumar T.M. +2 more
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Design Optimization of the Skylight for Daylighting and Energy Performance Using NSGA-II
In terms of sustainable design, lateral windows and skylights are important. Daylighting has become a vital component in office buildings because it increases occupants' productivity, well-being, and energy savings via windows and skylights. As a result,
Bahereh Vojdani Fakhr +3 more
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Comparative Investigation of Daylight Glare Probability (DGP) Comfort Classes in Clear Sky Condition
Glare is considered one of the most important variables to reach visual comfort and visual quality. It represents one of the fundamental barriers for an effective use of daylighting in buildings.
Juan Manuel Monteoliva +2 more
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Vertical Skylight Pattern Optimization for Public Spaces: Daylighting and Visual Comfort Analysis for Changing the Shape of Sawtooth Opening in Airport’s Holding Room in Cairo [PDF]
Well daylit public space, which ensures visual comfort, is one of the key design goals that architects and lighting designers seek. The public space such as airport’s waiting hall is characterized by large dimensions which can get efficient daylighting ...
Khalid Younes +3 more
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We conducted a daylighting and glare study for Bora Architects within their Portland business office space. The project was to examine the quality of daylight, consider the effectiveness of borrowed light, and strive to discover what LEED-compliant ...
Brook, Alyssa +6 more
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Daylighting Evaluation of Perforated Screen Façade with Light Shelf in the Tropics
The use of large glass facades in buildings without external shading devices leads to a high daylight level, uneven daylight distribution, and glare. A perforated screen facade (PSF) is one of the shading systems that can provide daylight and view and ...
Feny Elsiana, Lilianny S Arifin
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The acoustic and daylighting effects of external façade sun shading systems
External sun shading devices are increasingly used in sustainable buildings to reduce the greenhouse effect in the summer and the glare effect due to direct solar irradiation through transparent surfaces.
Simone Secchi +5 more
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Visual comfort includes the ability to provide sufficient daylight without exaggeration. When daylight levels are insufficient inside a place or when daylight is intense, inhabitants experience visual discomfort.
Lana Abubakr Ali, Faris Ali Mustafa
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Auxetic Structures and Advanced Daylight Control Systems
Building envelopes in general and, in particular, fenestrations are the places in which most interactions between indoor and outdoor environment take place.
Yun Kyu Yi, Ryan Sharston, Dua Barakat
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There are several alternatives to passive strategies in the early stages of the design process including orientation, window to wall ratio, shading device, material and colour that affect occupants’ visual comfort.
Seyed Morteza Hosseini +3 more
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