Assessment of daylight in rooms with different architectural features

Autor: Silvia Cammarano, Chiara Aghemo, Anna Pellegrino, Valerio Roberto Maria Lo Verso
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Building Research & Information. 43:222-237
ISSN: 1466-4321
0961-3218
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2014.922359
Popis: Results are presented from a parametric study that assessed the amount of daylight in rooms with different architectural features: the orientation, window size and visible glazing transmittance, room depth, external obstruction angle and site. Annual lighting simulations were run in order to understand how the daylight availability within a space changes as a function of the architectural features. A sub-dataset of the full result database is examined in detail for north- and south-facing rooms in Turin, north-west Italy, with a visible glazing transmittance of 70%. Each feature is analysed for its influence on the daylighting conditions. A simple graphical tool is presented to promote an easier reading of the results. This was developed to provide a synthesis of information to the design team. It shows the influence of preliminary design solutions on the amount of indoor daylight. This allows a design team to assess indoor daylighting from the earliest design phases onwards and to determine which combina...
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