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Journal of Daylighting, 2022 Daylighting has become an essential feature in libraries since it can boost productivity, well-being, and energy savings. It is crucial to prevent discomfort glare irritation while maintaining the quality of view, and daylight demands.
Banafsheh Dabaj +2 more
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A Study on the Improvement of the Evaluation Scale of Discomfort Glare in Educational Facilities
Energies, 2019 The lighting environment is a factor that significantly affects the physical and psychological aspects of occupants of a building. In particular, educational facilities should be designed to provide adequate natural lighting because it has a profound ...
Sewon Lee, Kyung Sun Lee
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Auditory discomfort in visually sensitive individuals
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 IntroductionSensory discomfort occurs in clinical and non-clinical populations. While some of the parameters that evoke visual discomfort have been identified, the parameters of sounds that evoke auditory discomfort are largely unknown.MethodsWe ...
Sarah M. Haigh +3 more
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A Critical Literature Review of Spatio-temporal Simulation Methods for Daylight Glare Assessment
Journal of Sustainable Design and Applied Research in Innovative Engineering of the Built Environment, 2019 A well daylighted space can provide a highly satisfying visual environment. However, if that environment causes us visual discomfort, it can become such a nuisance that we, sometimes literally, turn our backs on this powerful connection to the outside ...
Jan Wienold +3 more
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Applied Sciences, 2022 The broad application of LEDs for automotive lighting purposes, together with new discoveries in vision physiology, is creating new challenges in the field of glare perception.
Ladislav Stanke +2 more
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Assessment of Glare Caused by High Consumption Cars Headlights in Iran
Muhandisī-i bihdāsht-i ḥirfah/ī, 2021 Background and Objective: The number of road accidents and casualties is considerably high in Iran. In addition, car headlights, especially on two-way roads, cause glare in the eyes of oncoming drivers.
Ahmad Mehri +5 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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An Energy Efficient Lighting Design Strategy to Enhance Visual Comfort in Offices with Windows
Energies, 2017 A high luminance contrast between windows and surrounding surfaces can increase the risk of discomfort glare, which can diminish office workers’ satisfaction and productivity.
Mehdi Amirkhani +3 more
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Brief Communication: Impact of Sign Panel Luminance on Visual Comfort
Interdisciplinary Journal of Signage and Wayfinding, 2019 Signs should produce useful visual information to road and sidewalk users without creating undue glare or visual distraction. In order to assist in navigation and wayfinding, signs must be sufficiently conspicuous. For this reason their brightnesses are
John D. Bullough
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Indoor EnvironmentsThe Unified Glare Rating (UGR) method defined by the International Commission on Illumination is practically the only one used for evaluation of discomfort glare in the lighting design process. However, it is unclear if this method aligns with subjective
Zeynep Ekim Olsson +4 more
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