Daylighting: Natural Light in Architecture

day seen from the interior, as compared to the view through a clear window. There are basically three main types of glazing as f ...

in security situations, and sometimes as a protection to vulnerable skylights. Laminated glasses Similar methods of manufacture ...

The first are the photochromic glasses, which respond directly to an environmental stimulus (temperature or light) rather like t ...

To assist with modern methods of production, the timber sections used for dividing the opening parts from the fixed glazed area ...

needs to be kept high, to avoid a conflict of brightness. Alternatively the architect may wish to break up the elevation of his ...

Provision of privacy This is really the ‘net curtain’ solution, if it is needed at all. Some form of translucent material whic ...

external device, since the heat which is generated has already entered the building, and is more difficult to extract; however t ...

INNOVATIVE DAYLIGHTING SYSTEMS In 1998 Paul Littlefair of the BRE wrote a seminal paper on this subject, listing as its aims: to ...

Light pipes. Of all the methods of innovative daylighting, the light pipe has had the most universal application. It is basicall ...

To quote but one example of leading edge technology; a window designed by the architects Studio E. and developed to a practical ...

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4Energy Reduction... artificial light... waste... daylight... control... solar... legislation The introduction has stressed the ...

Lighting accounts for between a third and a half of the energy use in commercial buildings and significant savings in energy can ...

Energy 39 Table 4.1 List of artificial light sources (originally printed inLit Environment,pp.92) Lamp Type Lamp efficacy (Lm/W) ...

One of the problems has been in the ‘cheap energy policy’ of Government; there may be other good reasons for this, but it has le ...

available during the day, to ensure that the combined lighting level meets the desired design level. This can be done by plannin ...

SOLAR There are two distinct aspects to the question of the relationship of energy to the power of the sun. First there is the h ...

The latter takes in offices, industrial buildings and those of multi- residential use, such as hotels, hostels, old people’s hom ...

SUMMARY The CIE have published a set of guidelines for lighting design for energy conservation, which if adhered to will ensure ...

5Calculations Early methods of calculation... model studies... computer analysis... artificial lighting... examples of daylight ...