Publication detail

Windows Influence on Daylighting in Residential Buildings

ALTAN, H. MOHELNÍKOVÁ, J.

Original Title

Windows Influence on Daylighting in Residential Buildings

Type

journal article - other

Language

English

Original Abstract

Daylighting studies in buildings are key parts of environmental analysis and can be easily conducted at the early stages of design as part of environmentally responsive building design as well as to inform the final architectural layout and interior design. The main aim of this study is to demonstrate how such daylighting studies can be completed at the early stages of design and, at the same time, to show the impact of window design and positioning on building indoor environments. The paper is focused on a study of window influence on room daylighting in residential buildings and computer lighting simulations in software packages: Windows Daylighting System and Autodesk Ecotect Analysis, have been carried out for different style and positioning of windows using several case studies. The main findings clearly indicated that not only the window size and style matters, but also the positioning of windows considering external walls which would make a significant influence on room daylighting levels and, therefore, such daylight studies are very important for the early stage of environmental analysis during building design.

Keywords

Window, daylighting, daylight factor.

Authors

ALTAN, H.; MOHELNÍKOVÁ, J.

RIV year

2015

Released

27. 3. 2015

Publisher

David Publishing

Location

New York, USA

ISBN

1934-7367

Periodical

Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture

Year of study

9

Number

3

State

United States of America

Pages from

291

Pages to

299

Pages count

9

URL

http://www.davidpublisher.com/index.php/Home/Article/index?id=3903.html

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/201398

BibTex

@article{BUT113968,
  author="Hasim {Altan} and Jitka {Mohelníková}",
  title="Windows Influence on Daylighting in Residential Buildings",
  journal="Journal of Civil Engineering and Architecture",
  year="2015",
  volume="9",
  number="3",
  pages="291--299",
  doi="10.17265/1934-7359/2015.03.007",
  issn="1934-7367",
  url="http://www.davidpublisher.com/index.php/Home/Article/index?id=3903.html"
}