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Welcome to the Journal of Daylighting

Journal of Daylighting, 2014
I am delighted to welcome you to a newly launched Solarlits electronic journal: the Journal of Daylighting (JD). As the Editor-in-Chief of JD it is a great pleasure to introduce the inaugural issue of this new, open-access, bi-annual journal to readers ...
Irfan Ullah
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Review of Active and Passive Daylighting Technologies for Sustainable Building

International Journal of Photoenergy, 2021
According to the International Energy Agency, nearly 20% of worldwide electricity is used up by lighting. This is equal to the total electricity nuclear power generates.
Nneka Obianuju Onubogu, Kok-Keong Chong, Ming-Hui Tan   +2 more
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Investigating Daylight in the Apartment Buildings in Melbourne, Australia

Infrastructures, 2020
Daylighting improves users’ experience in visual comfort, aesthetics, behaviour and perception of space and plays an important part in enhancing the health and wellbeing of occupants inside a dwelling.
Sehar Abidi, Priyadarsini Rajagopalan
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Evaluation of the effect of integrating building envelopes with parametric patterns on daylighting performance in office spaces in hot-dry climate

Alexandria Engineering Journal, 2019
In the 21st century, many contemporary architectural trends and tools such as the parametric design are having an influence the design of building envelope.
Ahmed Rashwan, Lamis El Gizawi, Sherief Sheta   +2 more
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Daylighting, Space, and Architecture: A Literature Review

Enquiry: The ARCC Journal of Architectural Research, 2015
Daylighting dynamism and constant change can characterize buildings and spaces with a living quality that cannot be achieved with any other design element.
Dalia Hafiz
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A state-of-the-art artificial intelligent techniques in daylighting controller: models and performance

Science and Technology for Energy Transition, 2023
Lighting designers are always on the quest to develop a lighting control strategy that is aesthetically pleasing, comfortable, and energy-efficient.
Grace Colaco Sheryl, Varghese Susan G, Pearl Kurian Ciji, Kumar TM Sanjeev   +3 more
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Impact of Daylighting on Students’ Productivity in Academic Architecture Studios: A Self-Reported Study [PDF]

MSA Engineering Journal
Daylighting has been recognized for enhancing cognitive performance and well-being in educational spaces, yet its impact on productivity in architecture studios has received limited research attention. This paper investigates the effect of daylighting on
Kareem Alhefnawy, Hanan Sabry, Shady Shawky Saifelnasr   +2 more
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Back to the surface – Daylighting urban streams in a Global North–South comparison

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Many urban streams have vanished from the surface as a collateral effect of urban growth. Often, these buried streams have been forgotten, and only street names remind us of their existence. Reasons for stream burial include the gain of space for road or
Karl M. Wantzen, Karl M. Wantzen, Karl M. Wantzen, Téa Piednoir, Yixin Cao, Alvin M. Vazhayil, Chaozhong Tan, Chaozhong Tan, Franz Günter Kari, Mirja Lagerström, Nadine V. Gerner, Mario M. Sommerhäuser   +11 more
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Daylight Distribution Improvement Using Automated Prismatic Louvre

Journal of Daylighting, 2020
Louvre is a common type of shading devices and has been increasingly used in office buildings. Meanwhile, some reflective types of louvre have been used to provide shade and to redirect daylight deep into buildings interior simultaneously.
Ahmad Eltaweel, Mohamed Alaa Mandour, Qinghua Lv, Yuehong Su   +3 more
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Poetic Daylight – a pavilion for the perception of daylight

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Abstract Daylight provides us with an understanding of time and space, specifying where we are in the world, every day. We delight in experiencing the changeability of daylight – from morning to evening perceiving how light and darkness affect the spaces surrounding us.
Grønlund, L., Mathiasen, N., Sørensen, P., Frandsen, A. K.   +3 more
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