Daylighting Design: Planning Strategies and Best Practice Solutions 9783038214786, 9783038216889, 9783764377281, 9783038214, 3038214787

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Table of contents :
Historical Perspective......Page 8
Today’s Perspective......Page 10
Light as a Medium......Page 11
Light and Human Perception......Page 12
Daylighting and Energy Costs......Page 14
Economic Benefits of Daylighting Beyond Energy Savings......Page 24
Daylighting, Vitamin D, and Health......Page 28
Daylight and Seasonal Affective Disorder......Page 31
Daylight and Sleep Quality......Page 35
Restorative Powers of Daylight and Views......Page 36
Static Daylight Modeling Metrics: The Daylight Factor Method......Page 44
Dynamic Daylight Modeling Metrics......Page 45
Behavioral Metrics of Daylighting......Page 47
Visual Comfort and Glare from Windows......Page 51
CHAPTER 5. DAYLIGHTING PERFORMANCE OF SIDE-WALL WINDOWS......Page 54
Effect of Exterior Surface Reflectance of Opposite Building......Page 59
Effect of Building Form......Page 60
Sidelighting Systems......Page 62
Lightshelf......Page 63
Prismatic Panels......Page 65
Laser Cut Panels......Page 68
Anidolic Systems......Page 70
Louver Systems......Page 71
Toplighting Systems......Page 76
Skylights......Page 77
Atrium......Page 79
Lightpipes......Page 85
CHAPTER 7. CASE STUDIES......Page 96
ST Diamond Building Putrajaya (near Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia......Page 98
Research Support Facility at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Golden, Colorado, USA......Page 104
Augsburg City Library Augsburg, Germany......Page 108
TNT Centre Hoofddorp, the Netherlands......Page 114
Asian Development Bank Headquarters Manila, Philippines......Page 118
Adidas Laces Herzogenaurach, Germany......Page 124
Lewis Integrative Science Building University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, USA......Page 130
Changi Airport Terminal 3 Singapore......Page 136
Extension of the High Museum of Art Atlanta, Georgia, USA......Page 140
Extension of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Illinois, USA......Page 146
Sino-Italian Ecological and Energy Efficient Building Tsinghua University, Beijing, China......Page 152
Cathedral of Christ the Light Oakland, California, USA......Page 158
Schlaues Haus Oldenburg, Germany......Page 164
Bibliography......Page 170
Index......Page 174

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