scholarly journals DESIGN EVALUATION OF WINDOW DESIGN TO DAYLIGHT EFFICACY IN IBU DAN ANAK MELINDA HOSPITAL’S INPATIENT ROOM, BANDUNG

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (01) ◽  
pp. 71-86
Author(s):  
Syadza Syarifah ; Ariani Mandala
Keyword(s):  
Material Design ◽  
Spatial Arrangement ◽  
Visual Comfort ◽  
Patient Room ◽  
Design Recommendations ◽  
Natural Lighting ◽  
Window Position ◽  
Hospital Building ◽  
Daylight Performance ◽  
Window Design

Abstract- Daylight performance in patient room is very important. Which in this research, daylight performanceis measured by its distribution, daylight factor and glare precaution. Those elements are calculated according tolighting standard for the hospital building and how the performance adapt to patient's visual comfort. Thereforewindow design is needed to be considered as its affected to daylight performance inside the room. The objectobservation shows a result of the contradiction between each combination of window design and room plan.This research evaluates how window design affects the performance of natural lighting and analyzewhich window design suitable for each room plans, and also the alternative design that will be more suitable forsome rooms’ plan and condition.This research is conducted by explanatory method, with quantitative and qualitative approach. Veluxvisualizer software is used to simulate how natural light is distributed to the inpatient room.Obtained data shows that natural lighting performance in RSIA Melinda inpatient room is still belowthe determined standard. And noticed that room orientation, window position and dimension, exterior existingconditions are factors that affected the daylight performance. The design recommendations are sun shading andglazing material. Design recommendations are given to the majority room type and also in consideration of thedesign applicable possibility.Key Words: window design, daylight, inpatient room, spatial arrangement

scholarly journals Optimum window position in the building façade for high day-light performance: Empirical study in hot and dry climate

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 211-220
Author(s):  
Messaouda Rais ◽  
Sara Elhadad ◽  
Adel Boumerzoug ◽  
Bálint Baranyai
Keyword(s):  
Indoor Environment ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Comprehensive Analysis ◽  
Visual Comfort ◽  
External Application ◽  
Environmental Investigation ◽  
Window Position ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
3D Software ◽  
Window Design

Abstract:Day-lighting studies in buildings play a major role in indoor environmental investigation and can be conducted at the early stages of building design. Window position significantly affects day-lighting performance. This paper assessed the impacts of the window position on the visual comfort through two main factors; daylight factor and light uniformity in the hot and dry climate zone. In this study different window positions have been examined to achieve optimal visual comfort, using a dynamic simulation through Vi-suit plugin for Blender 3D software that controls the external application Radiance software. The results revealed that the window position at sill start from 1.4 m of a room characterized by (4.30 m × 3.00 m × 3.00 m) is the best compromising solution that complies with the daylight factor and light uniformity standards in the indoor environment. The findings of this study provide a more detailed and comprehensive analysis of the window design for architects/designers in the early building design stages in the hot and dry climate region.

scholarly journals Daylight Performance of Classrooms in a Mediterranean School Heritage Building

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (10) ◽  
pp. 3705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Nocera ◽  
Alessandro Lo Faro ◽  
Vincenzo Costanzo ◽  
Chiara Raciti
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Cultural Value ◽  
School Buildings ◽  
Historic Buildings ◽  
Visual Comfort ◽  
Dynamic Simulations ◽  
Historical Building ◽  
Natural Lighting ◽  
Operational Energy ◽  
Daylight Performance

In school buildings, natural light has considerable physiological benefits, and increases energy efficiency while reducing the operational energy consumption of buildings. It is thus crucial to maximize the amount of daylight, as well as to improve its quality, in educational premises. In Italy and other European countries, many historic buildings are reused as school buildings, changing their original function. This process of adaptive reusing is one method for conserving heritage buildings, however sometimes this process sacrifices the quality of daylight and well being of pupils. It has therefore become apparent that it is difficult to reconcile the cultural value of historic buildings with comfort standards. This study aimed to investigate the natural lighting performance of a school located in an historic building, and proposes different technological solutions to improve the visual comfort in classrooms whilst also respecting the cultural value of built heritage. Daylight performance was carried out in a representative classroom in the ‘Caserma Gaetano Abela’, an historical building located in Siracusa (Italy). A daylight model built in Radiance was first validated against an illuminance measurement campaign, and was then used to run detailed dynamic simulations. Climate Based Daylight Modelling (CBDM) metrics were used to show the achievable improvements in visual comfort conditions by means of proposed retrofit interventions. These interventions may also be used in other areas of southern Europe with similar climatic and constructive/distributive characteristics of architectural heritage.

Review of the Current State and Future Development in Standardizing Natural Lighting in Interiors

2018 ◽  
pp. 5-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanislav Darula
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Natural Light ◽  
Artificial Lighting ◽  
Computer Tools ◽  
Natural Lighting ◽  
Current State ◽  
Minimum Requirements ◽  
Life On Earth ◽  
Window Design

Three elements mainly wind, water and sun seemed to determine in ancient ages the basic phenomena of life on Earth. Architectural history documented the importance of sun influence on urban and building construction already in layouts of Mesopotamian and Greek houses. Not only sun radiation but especially daylight played a significant role in the creation of indoor environment. Later, in the 20th century, a search of interaction between human life in buildings and natural conditions were studied considering well­being and energy conscious design recently using computer tools in complex research and more detail interdisciplinary solutions. At the same time the restricted daytime availability of natural light was supplemented by more efficient and continually cheaper artificial lighting of interiors. There are two main approaches to standardize the design and evaluation of indoor visual environment. The first is based on the determination of the minimum requirements respecting human health and visibility needs in all activities while the second emphasizes the behaviour and comfort of occupants in buildings considering year­around natural changes of physical quantities like light, temperature, noise and energy consumption. The new current standardization basis for daylight evaluation and window design criteria stimulate the study of methodology principles that historically were based on the overcast type of sky luminance pattern avoiding yearly availability of sky illuminance levels. New trends to base the daylight standardization on yearly or long­term availability of daylight are using the averages or median sky illuminance levels to characterise local climatological conditions. This paper offers the review and discussion about the principles of the natural light standardization with a short introduction to the history and current state, with a trial to focus on the possible development of lighting engineering and its standards in future.

scholarly journals PROJETO ARQUITETÔNICO PARA RELOCAÇÃO DA NOVA BIBLIOTECA PÚBLICA MUNICIPAL E PARQUE DE LEITURA – CIDADE DE PRESIDENTE PUDENTE/SP

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (Especial 2) ◽  
pp. 867-871
Author(s):  
Patrícia Portioli Mathias Teixeira ◽  
Korina Aparecida Teixeira Ferreira da Costa
Keyword(s):  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Visual Comfort ◽  
The Public ◽  
Natural Lighting ◽  
Great Circulation ◽  
The City

The project of the new municipal library comes with the intention of creating a space that is inviting for people to enter, use and stay doing the integration of the public with the place and promoting the approximation with the habit of reading, attracting the public through meeting points and leisure that allows you to stay. The project also brings a brief rescue to the memory of the former occupation of the building that was Cine Cine Gomes very well known in the city of Presidente Prudente. With the great circulation of pedestrians were proposed environments that start in the outside with a square and open parklets, and with the transparency of the building makes visible the interior attracting the public into the library, in addition to providing natural lighting and ventilation for greater visual comfort and thermal room inside the building, with spaces accessible for people with disabilities.

scholarly journals Valorization of Local Construction and Technique: Hygrothermal Behavior, Thermal and Visual Comfort of a Nubian Vaulted Construction in Sahelian Climate of Ouagadougou

2020 ◽  
pp. 110-123
Author(s):  
Fati Zoma ◽  
David Y. K. Toguyeni ◽  
Barkwendé Jude Kiemtoré ◽  
Emmanuel Ouedraogo
Keyword(s):  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Thermal Comfort ◽  
Time Lag ◽  
Visual Comfort ◽  
Comfort Zone ◽  
Time Step ◽  
Natural Lighting ◽  
Hygrothermal Behavior ◽  
Thermal Amplitude ◽  
Indoor And Outdoor Environments

This study allowed appreciating hygrothermal behavior, thermal comfort and the visual comfort of an existing Nubian vaulted building in the city of Ouagadougou. To achieve that purpose, we measured parameters such as the temperature and relative humidity of the indoor and outdoor environments as well as illumination by daylight inside the studied building. The measurement campaign consisted of two (02) series of three (03) days in January 2018: one series with insulation of the louvered openings by polystyrene and the other series without the insulation. We carried out the measurements of relative humidity and illumination at 7, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20 and 22 o'clock and adopted a one-hour measurement time step for temperatures. The analysis of these parameters showed that the level of natural lighting in the building was insufficient. In addition, for the indoor ambiance, we have obtained indoor thermal amplitude less than 1.5°C, a decrement factor of less than 6%, a time lag of 6 to 8 hours. As for operative temperatures, they are within the thermal comfort zone of the Givonni diagram. As for the couple (Temperature, Relative Humidity), the thermal comfort zone proposed by Givonni is reached when the louver openings are insulated.

scholarly journals Optimising Window Design on Residential Building Facades by Considering Heat Transfer and Natural Lighting in Nontropical Regions of Australia

Buildings ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 206
Author(s):  
Zixuan Chen ◽  
Ahmed W. A. Hammad ◽  
Imriyas Kamardeen ◽  
Assed Haddad
Keyword(s):  
Heat Transfer ◽  
Energy Savings ◽  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Residential Building ◽  
Pareto Optimum ◽  
Natural Lighting ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Simulation Based ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Window Design

Windows account for a significant proportion of the total energy lost in buildings. The interaction of window type, Window-to-Wall Ratio (WWR) scheduled and window placement height influence natural lighting and heat transfer through windows. This is a pressing issue for nontropical regions considering their high emissions and distinct climatic characteristics. A limitation exists in the adoption of common simulation-based optimisation approaches in the literature, which are hardly accessible to practitioners. This article develops a numerical-based window design optimisation model using a common Building Information Modelling (BIM) platform adopted throughout the industry, focusing on nontropical regions of Australia. Three objective functions are proposed; the first objective is to maximise the available daylight, and the other two emphasize undesirable heat transfer through windows in summer and winter. The developed model is tested on a case study located in Sydney, Australia, and a set of Pareto-optimum solutions is obtained. Through the use of the proposed model, energy savings of up to 8.57% are achieved.

Effect of the Window Position in the Building Envelope on Energy Consumption

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 1861
Author(s):  
Neveen Y. Azmy ◽  
Rania E. Ashmawy
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Light Intensity ◽  
Environmental Performance ◽  
Lower Energy ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Building Envelope ◽  
Natural Lighting ◽  
Energy Plus ◽  
Window Position

Windows play a significant role as they largely influence the energy load. Although there are many studies on the energy-efficient windows design, there is still a lack in information about the mutual impact of windows’ size, position and orientation on the energy loads. In this paper, the effect of different window positions and orientations on the energy consumption in a typical room in an administrative building that is located in the hot climatic conditions of Cairo city, Egypt is considered. This case study has been modeled and analyzed to achieve good environmental performance for architectural space, as well as assessing its impact on the amount of natural lighting required by using the Energy Plus program. The study concludes that the WWR (Window Wall Ratio) 20% square north-oriented upper  opening consumes 25% lower energy than the rectangular 3:1 opening in the lower west-oriented façade. The upper openings are the highest in terms of light intensity, as they cover about 50% of the room area. The WWR 30% rectangular north-oriented upper 3:1 opening consumes 29% lower energy than the rectangular lower 3:1opening in the façade. Regarding light intensity, the upper openings are the best for natural lighting as the light covers more than 60% of the room area.                                                                                                                                                               

scholarly journals The Control of Venetian Blinds: A Solution for Reduction of Energy Consumption Preserving Visual Comfort

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 1731 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Nicoletti ◽  
Cristina Carpino ◽  
Mario A. Cucumo ◽  
Natale Arcuri
Keyword(s):  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Building Design ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Visual Comfort ◽  
Test Environment ◽  
Natural Lighting ◽  
Solar Control ◽  
Reduction Of Energy Consumption ◽  
Energy Simulations

Glazing surfaces strongly affect the building energy balance considering heat losses, solar gains and daylighting. Appropriate operation of the screens is required to control the transmitted solar radiation, preventing internal overheating while assuring visual comfort. Consequently, in the building design phase, solar control systems have become crucial devices to achieve high energy standards. An operation based on well-defined control strategies can help to reduce cooling energy consumption and ensure appropriate levels of natural lighting. The present study aims at investigating the effect of smart screening strategies on the energy consumption of a test building designed in the Mediterranean climate. With the aim of automatically setting the inclination of venetian blind slats, the necessary equations are analytically found out and applied. Equations obtained are based on the position of the sun with respect to the wall orientation. In the case of a cloudy day or an unlit surface, empirical laws are determined to optimize the shielding. These are extrapolated through energy simulations conducted with the EnergyPlus software. Finally, using the same software, the actual benefits obtained by the method used are assessed, in terms of energy and CO2 emissions saved in a test environment.

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