There is no comprehensive consensus about the way people operate blinds or the
motivating factors that influence their decisions. However, there is a substantial body of …

Daylighting is a parallel universe to Architecture, where architects benefit greatly from
daylight prediction techniques, which have witnessed a paradigm shift from simple methods …

With the exponential growth in population and commensurate increased density in urban
cities, access to daylight and views to nature is being severely curtailed in buildings. In …

In educational buildings, an efficient daylight design has significant influences on student's
visual comfort, well-being and productivity while it offers significant benefits for reducing …

When integrating photovoltaics into building windows, the photovoltaic glazing modules
inhibit the function that glass performs, with the additional function of energy production …

High-performance buildings require an integrated design approach for all systems to work
together optimally; systems integration needs to be incorporated in the earliest stages of …

A new capability that enables annual simulation of optically complex fenestration systems
has been added to Radiance. The method relies on bidirectional scattering distribution …

Abstract Climate-Based Daylight Modelling (CBDM) gives designers the possibility to
evaluate complex, long-term luminous environment dynamics. This complexity can be …

Window systems play a key role in establishing both the thermal and luminous environments
within buildings, as well as the consequent energy required to maintain these for the comfort …

This paper reports on the daylighting performance of switchable ethylene-
tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) foil in double-skin façades (DSF). In contrast to conventional …