Estimating Daylight In Buildings

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Energy conservation
ISBN : 0851252052

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Estimating Daylight in Buildings by Anonim Pdf

Part 2: This digest describes simple procedures for evaluating daylight factors in interiors. Part 1 deals with the calculation of sky component and externally reflected component. This part describes the calculation of the internally reflected component and of average daylight factor; correction factors are given to apply to final values of daylight factor to allow for glazing, maintenance and obstructions by window frames.

Author : Building Research Establishment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 6 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Daylighting
ISBN : OCLC:22449904

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Estimating Daylight in Buildings by Building Research Establishment Pdf

Author : Building Research Establishment
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0117210706

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Estimating Daylight in Buildings by Building Research Establishment Pdf

Author : Nick Baker,Koen Steemers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134257348

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Daylight Design of Buildings by Nick Baker,Koen Steemers Pdf

To complement the critical and objective view gleaned from the study of some sixty buildings, this design manual has been developed to provide a more synthetic approach to the principles which lie behind successful daylight design. These principles are illustrated with examples drawn from the case study buildings. The emphasis throughout has been on practical methods to improve design, rather than techniques studied for any intrinsic interest. The book provides the necessary tools to assist the designer to provide well daylit interiors, and shows that good daylight design is not a restriction on architectural expression but, on the contrary, acts as an inspiration and foundation for good architecture.

Author : Marc Fontoynont
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134257065

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Daylight Performance of Buildings by Marc Fontoynont Pdf

As part of Daylight Europe, the daylighting behaviour of 60 buildings was observed and measured during a three year period. Buildings of many different types, sizes and ages were included - from offices to museums, libraries, churches, houses, airports and factories; from Classical buildings to modern constructions, and from a small single room to an office of over 100,000 square meters. The results of the study of each building are presented, extensively illustrated in colour, with the unusual features and main lessons highlighted. The book also includes details of the monitoring procedures, the results of and comparisons with simulations, the outcome of post-occupancy evaluation, and a summary of the major findings. These show the extraordinary potential of daylighting techniques to improve amenity and energy performance for the benefit of the occupants and building managers. They also demonstrate how often opportunities are missed, and the frequency of problems of overheating or glare. Above all, they demonstrate the beauty, elegance and scope of daylight design.

Author : Peter Tregenza,Michael Wilson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781135882969

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Daylighting by Peter Tregenza,Michael Wilson Pdf

This authoritative and multi-disciplinary book provides architects, lighting specialists, and anyone else working daylight into design, with all the tools needed to incorporate this most fundamental element of architecture. It includes: an overview of current practice of daylighting in architecture and urban planning a review of recent research on daylighting and what this means to the practitioner a global vision of architectural lighting which is linked to the climates of the world and which integrates view, sunlight, diffuse skylight and electric lighting up-to-date tools for design in practice delivery of information in a variety of ways for interdisciplinary readers: graphics, mathematics, text, photographs and in-depth illustrations a clear structure: eleven chapters covering different aspects of lighting, a set of worksheets giving step-by-step examples of calculations and design procedures for use in practice, and a collection of algorithms and equations for reference by specialists and software designers. This book should trigger creative thought. It recognizes that good lighting design needs both knowledge and imagination.

Author : Derek Phillips
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-23
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781136412004

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Daylighting by Derek Phillips Pdf

Daylighting offers a general theory and introduction to the use of natural light in architecture. The fourth of Derek Phillip's lighting books draws on his experience to illustrate how best to bring natural light into building design. As sustainability becomes a core principal for designers, daylighting comes to the fore as an alternative to artificial, energy consuming, light. Here, Phillips makes a rational argument for considering daylight first, outlining the arguments in favour of a daylight approach, and goes on to show, through a series of beautifully illustrated case studies, how architects have created buildings in which natural light has been shown to play a major strategic role in the development of the design of a building.

Author : B. Gherri
Publisher : WIT Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-08
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781784660406

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Assessment of Daylight Performance in Buildings by B. Gherri Pdf

This title deals with the many advantages associated to the use of natural light, comparing architectural experiences, technological devices and calculation methods. It provides an introduction to the problems and solutions of enhancing and conveying the right dose of daylight inside buildings, giving attention to energy savings and visual comfort

Author : Marc Fontoynont
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 847 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-01
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134257133

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Daylight Performance of Buildings by Marc Fontoynont Pdf

As part of Daylight Europe, the daylighting behaviour of 60 buildings was observed and measured during a three year period. Buildings of many different types, sizes and ages were included - from offices to museums, libraries, churches, houses, airports and factories; from Classical buildings to modern constructions, and from a small single room to an office of over 100,000 square meters. The results of the study of each building are presented, extensively illustrated in colour, with the unusual features and main lessons highlighted. The book also includes details of the monitoring procedures, the results of and comparisons with simulations, the outcome of post-occupancy evaluation, and a summary of the major findings. These show the extraordinary potential of daylighting techniques to improve amenity and energy performance for the benefit of the occupants and building managers. They also demonstrate how often opportunities are missed, and the frequency of problems of overheating or glare. Above all, they demonstrate the beauty, elegance and scope of daylight design.

Author : Tariq Muneer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2007-03-30
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781136365942

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Solar Radiation and Daylight Models by Tariq Muneer Pdf

The cost of operating a building far exceeds the cost of constructing it, and yet until recently little attention was paid to the impact of solar radiation on the costs of heating, cooling and ventilation. And now that there has been a surge in interest in energy efficiency and solar design, architects and designers need a practical guide to the modelling and application of solar energy data. There are many different models and techniques available for calculating the distribution of solar radiation on and in buildings, and these algorithms vary considerably in scope, accuracy and complexity. This book demonstrates which of these predictive tools gives the best results in different circumstances, including explaining which models can be best used in different parts of the world. The author has had over twenty-five years of experience of dealing with solar energy data from four continents and has used that experience in this book to show the development not just of knowledge but also the growing sophistication of the models available to apply it.

Author : P. J. Littlefair
Publisher : Bre Press
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Architecture and solar radiation
ISBN : UIUC:30112108423572

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Site Layout Planning for Daylight and Sunlight by P. J. Littlefair Pdf

This highly regarded BRE guide gives advice on site layout planning to achieve good sunlighting and daylighting both within buildings and in the open spaces between them. New material covers dense urban areas, trees and hedges.

Author : Nick V. Baker,A. Fanchiotti,K. Steemers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2015-12-08
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781134074228

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Daylighting in Architecture by Nick V. Baker,A. Fanchiotti,K. Steemers Pdf

Typically one third of the energy used in many buildings may be consumed by electric lighting. Good daylighting design can reduce electricity consumption for lighting and improve standards of visual comfort, health and amenity for the occupants.As the only comprehensive text on the subject written in the last decade, the book will be welcomed by all architects and building services engineers interested in good daylighting design. The book is based on the work of 25 experts from all parts of Europe who have collected, evaluated and developed the material under the auspices of the European Commission's Solar Energy and Energy Conservation R&D Programmes.

Author : Helmut Köster
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 376436730X

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Dynamic Daylighting Architecture by Helmut Köster Pdf

When planning buildings in which people are to work and live, the efficient use of natural daylight and solar energy is increasingly important. The challenge is to compensate the different lighting requirements in winter and summer. Integrated daylight deflection systems buildings, utilize and store solar energy to save artificial lighting, air-conditioning and heating costs. Extensively researched and impressively illustrated with a large number of computer simulations and photographs of built examples, this volume is more than an introduction to the basic principles, functions, designs and calculation methods of advanced light-guidance technology for architects, lighting designers, building and climate engineers. In particular it provides detailed documentation of the new Retro-Technology systems, explaining the role they can and do play in integrated façade and building design and planning processes. distributed by Syndetic Solutions, Inc.

Author : London District Surveyors Association,John Stephenson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1612 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781135808938

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Building Regulations Explained by London District Surveyors Association,John Stephenson Pdf

This fully revised essential reference takes into account all important aspects of building control, including new legislation up to Spring 2000 with important revisions to parts B, K, M and N. Each chapter explains the approved document. Publication lists and relevant sources of information are also included, together with annexes devoted to legislation relevant to the construction industry, determinations made by the Secretary of State and sample check lists. Building Regulations Explained will be of wide appeal to architects, planners, surveyors, builders, building control professionals (including new non-NHBC approved inspectors), regulators and students.

Author : Christopher Meek,Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-10-17
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781317673378

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Daylighting and Integrated Lighting Design by Christopher Meek,Kevin Van Den Wymelenberg Pdf

Daylighting and Integrated Lighting Design provides architects, building designers, and students clear direction for the successful inclusion of daylight and integrated electric light in buildings. It presents design teams with the performance analysis resources, energy saving estimates and user satisfaction results they need in order to make informed decisions regarding daylighting and lighting design. Written by two well-known experts in the field, the book provides: critical geometric and material relationships along with proven design process activities, offered in a quick-reference format, with sufficient context to address the range of associated issues present in any building project both the "fundamentals" and "applications" which cover design concepts and practice activities applicable to all integrated lighting projects specific directives for how the concepts covered are applied in a range of common design scenarios, including architectural rules-of-thumb, instructions for ensuring visual comfort, and preferred approaches for electric lighting control integration. In demonstrating these necessary insights to designers, the authors employ an iterative analysis of common "daylighting patterns" and illustrate and annotate both successful and unsuccessful examples via built form and simulation. Part of the PocketArchitecture series, this is the ideal pocketbook for any designer serious about reducing the energy impact of their buildings.