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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Visual Comfort"”.
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Daylight modeling for energy efficiency and visual comfort in buildings
… of energy efficient buildings that guarantee the visual, physical and psychological comfort of their occupants. The first step in determining the indoor building illuminance lies in knowing the outdoor illuminance. This dissertation addresses this key aspect through different strategies such as …
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Balancing Human Visual Comfort and Psychological Wellbeing in Private Offices
… for a given room based on evaluating discomfort glare sensation and interior light levels simultaneously. From a procedural perspective, the study assists the quality and quantity of daylighting distribution across the space based on accepted lighting standards, norms or guidelines. …
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The use of visual comfort metrics in the design of daylit spaces
… or intense reflections from daylight can cause visual discomfort or the inability to perform tasks. Typically, the total amount of luminous flux incident upon a surface per unit area - illuminance - present is used to predict visual discomfort due to questions about the benefit and validity of …
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Improving Design Decision-Making through a Re-Representation Tool for Visual Comfort Consideration in Dynamic Daylit Spaces
… of today's buildings are unsuccessful regarding visual conditions and comfort is because they are only focused on function and structure without considering the quality of the place. Design for spaces often does not fully consider the setting where the building is placed. This connection with the …
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A Human-Centered Approach for the Design of Perimeter Office Spaces Based on Visual Environment Criteria
… indisputable trend in modern architecture, human comfort has been in the scope of Building science; the necessity to improve occupants’ satisfaction, along with maintaining sustainability has become apparent, as productivity and even the well-being of occupants are connected with maintaining a …
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A system for optimizing interior daylight distribution using reflective Venetian blinds with independent blind angle control
… control of alternating blinds yields adequate visual comfort and daylight distribution to a distance of 10 m from the window under most clear sunny and overcast sky types. Under overcast sky conditions, all blinds are set to a uniform angle which optimizes light redirection to 10 m. For cases …
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Seeing Through the Headset: How Immersion Levels Shape User Experience in VR and AR-Assisted Physiotherapy
… control mapping, environmental awareness, and visual comfort. These findings inform the future design of AR and VR-based neck assessment and rehabilitation systems.
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Light, Shadow and Wind in Building Design
… used to bring an essential experience of visual comfort and outside world environmental stimulation for all building occupants. The History of Architecture, said Le Corbusier, is a history of the struggle for light, the struggle for the window. This thesis assembles the research, …
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A study on the indoor environment quality: its impact on occupants’ productivity of university library (Wolverhampton University libraries as an example)
… Environmental Quality (IEQ) determines occupant comfort, health, and productivity within built environments. As essential academic spaces, university libraries enhance student learning, research, and overall academic performance. While previous studies have primarily examined the health and …
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Measuring photometric and spectral radiometric bi-directional transmission and reflection in a video-goniospectrometer
… and managing solar gains while improving visual comfort in buildings.
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Efficient classroom lighting and its environmental consequences in schools in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
… the current lighting conditions and its thermal comfort consequences in classrooms of secondary schools in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Although improving school infrastructure has received a lot of attention recently, there have been several reports on poor visual comfort in the city's school …
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Il recupero dei vuoti: creare nuovi scenari urbani
… highst an dards of t h er m al , acoustic and visual comfort areas wi t h accessibility, safety and aesthet ic value necessary to persuade people to a more fruitful use of the road. It is fundamental , in the recovery of a road systems trip , to provide a holistic approach , and at avoiding the …
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Image Evolution Using 2D Power Spectra
… which could lead to further consideration of visual comfort and aesthetics.
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Atrium House solar revitalization
… with new glazing products thus allowing full and comfortable use of these spaces all around the year. One of these new products, the Louvered Glass, has been specially designed to fulfill the thermal and visual requirements of these projects. Its characteristics, as well as other proposed glazing …
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Comprehensive performance metrics for Complex Fenestration Systems using a relative approach
… fenestration system contributes to both occupant comfort and ambiance of the space. Complex Fenestration Systems (CFS) address these factors with a variety of innovative technologies but the language to describe, discuss, and compare them does not exist. Existing traditional metrics for …
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The Soralux Daylighting System : passive solar illumination for deep-plan building spaces
… The physical mockups were used to evaluate visual comfort and appearance. A monitoring campaign was also conducted for the Tokyo mockup and the measured data were compared with a Radiance model of the building space to validate the accuracy of the simulation results. The average error …
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Re-addressing the Window: Environmental Performance of Adaptive Fenestrations for Indian Climate
… in relation to design and the attainment of comfort. This research will contribute by portraying ‘window’ as an adaptive tool since they have the potential to create diversity, flexibility and social interaction on along with providing thermal and visual comfort for its users. This will be …
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Experience of light : the use of an inverse method and a genetic algorithm in daylight design
… space is a critical element in achieving optimal comfort and productivity, as well as in minimizing energy consumption. In recent years, there has been an increase in the demand of the better quality of the built environment. Accessibility and availability of information do not assurance success …
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Multi-brew : creative beer brewing facility for Pretoria CBD
… through its architecture. Problems such as visual comfort and public acceptance arising from this type of controversial integration must be addressed. The architecture applied to this new industry should be in character with its surrounding urban fabric. This integration also offers the …
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Colour videos with depth : acquisition, processing and evaluation
The human visual system lets us perceive the world around us in three dimensions by integrating evidence from depth cues into a coherent visual model of the world. The equivalent in computer vision and computer graphics are geometric models, which provide a wealth of information about represented …
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