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Showing 1 to 20 of 216 for “"daylight"”.
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Daylight and planning in Europe
This work addresses issues related to daylight in urban canyons in predominantly sunny climates. Reflected sunlight from obstructions and ground is a major contribution to the illumination of buildings in orientations and at times when the sun is behind the building. Physical measurements collected …
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Daylight variability and contrast-driven architectural effect
… As a compliment to more traditional avenues of daylighting research that assess performance in terms of quantitative illuminance goals and glare-based discomfort, my thesis defines light variability and contrast as a finely tuned architectural effect. Under the rapidly growing context of energy …
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Daylight modeling for energy efficiency and visual comfort in buildings
… and selecting an adequate methodology for daylight modeling is essential in the design 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 …
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Spectrophotometric and photometric study of the Magda c2 [daylight] Lamp
Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Physics, 1918.
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The Design of Daylight Transporting Systems for Deep Space Illumination
Daylight penetration into a deep interior space can be achieved by using a light tube strategy. This research investigates how effective a room's ceiling cavity can be as a daylight transporting system. The design, therefore, tries to answer the question "What is the optimal geometry for a ceiling …
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Design for mental health : integrating daylight and nature into campus spaces
The spectrum of mental and emotional health is broad, as are the causes and the variables within one's environment, relationships, and day to day activities. However, one's physical environment can significantly affect how they sleep, work, and interact with others- especially on college campuses …
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Legibility prediction for flat-panel displays under fluorescent and daylight illumination
… (i.e., fluorescent) and various phases of daylight illumination. The models are intended to permit the manipulation of candidate display technologies and pertinent display characteristics such that legibility is maximized with respect to specified viewing conditions. Further, the legibility …
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Folding fan fac̦ade : designing an actuated adaptive fac̦ade system for fine-grain daylight control
… to achieve high quality results for customized daylight control.
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A system for optimizing interior daylight distribution using reflective Venetian blinds with independent blind angle control
… blind angle control is developed to optimize the daylighting performance of a system of reflective Venetian blinds. Numerical modeling and experiment confirm that independent control of alternating blinds yields adequate visual comfort and daylight distribution to a distance of 10 m from the …
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Form and daylight as a creative medium : Church of John Paul II in South End, Boston
… of this Thesis is to explore and clearly present daylighting methods and techniques and how important role they can play as the form-givers for an architectural design. This Thesis will also provide an answer for making daylight design process more inspiring and free from often misleading, graphic …
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Experience of light : the use of an inverse method and a genetic algorithm in daylight design
Integration of daylight availability in time and architectural 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. …
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Daylight in façade renewal : using new metrics to inform the retrofitting of aging modern-ear façade types
New methods for quantifying daylight are increasingly accessible to designers and planners. While these methods have enabled new building facades to better balance the admission of daylight with the maintenance of thermal control, they have generally not been applied to the existing building stock. …
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Valuing design and designing value : the financial impact of daylight and views in office building real estate
… I measure the premium of two visual attributes--daylight and views--in office spaces in the borough of Manhattan in New York. Combining computational building performance analysis with empirical commercial rent data, I evaluate offices simultaneously as designed spaces and as property. First, I …
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Integrated Thermal and Daylight Performance Comparison of Single and Double Glass Skin Facade for Hot Climate Conditions
Visual integration of the building interior and exterior is one of the charms of today's architecture. The Double-Skin facade system is a technology that can reduce the drawbacks of using glass in a building's elevation. In fact, the double-skin façade (DSF) offers transparency while reducing …
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Transforming Architectural Practice Through Computational Design and Machine Learning: A Decision-Support Framework for Energy and Daylight Optimization
… design, focusing on energy efficiency and daylight performance in Jordan's climatic conditions. Among the tested models, Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) proved the most effective, excelling in identifying critical design features and uncovering hidden influences among variables such as …
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In Broad Daylight: An Investigation of the Multiple Environmental Factors Influencing Mood, Preference, and Performance in a Sunlit Workplace
… mood and cognitive performance. The amount of daylight and sunlight penetration alone, however, was not evident for performance; instead, the combined effect of sunlight, outdoor view, privacy, and control was correlated to subjects' cognitive performance. This combined effect at a level of …
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