Occupants visual comfort assessments: A review of field studies and lab experiments

NS Shafavi, ZS Zomorodian, M Tahsildoost, M Javadi - Solar energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Many daylight metrics are developed to assess different aspects of visual comfort in recent
years. However, there are still some doubts about the robustness of these metrics. This …

Daylight in buildings and visual comfort evaluation: The advantages and limitations

S Tabadkani, A Roetzel, HX Li, A Tsangrassoulis - 2021 - dro.deakin.edu.au
Exposure to daylight significantly affects the psychological well-being of occupants by
diminishing headaches, eye tensions, or stress. Daylight penetration is a matter of …

Towards an integration of visual comfort and lighting impression: A field study within higher educational buildings

Z Kong, R Zhang, J Ni, P Ning, X Kong, J Wang - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Daylighting environments within higher educational buildings play an important role in
students' vision health and learning efficiency. Effective daylighting predictors can help …

Investigation of illuminance-based metrics in predicting occupants' visual comfort (case study: Architecture design studios)

NS Shafavi, M Tahsildoost, ZS Zomorodian - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Daylight and glare metrics are useful to quantify visual performance, minimize visual
discomfort, and promote energy savings. This study evaluates the performance and …

Assessing the effectiveness of dynamic metrics in predicting daylight availability and visual comfort in classrooms

ZS Zomorodian, M Tahsildoost - Renewable energy, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, daylight performance and visual comfort have been evaluated by a longitudinal
subjective survey (842 total responses) and simulation-based metrics in four classrooms in …

Long-term visual quality evaluations correlate with climate-based daylighting metrics in tropical offices–A field study

JA Jakubiec, G Quek… - Lighting Research & …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
In this paper, we present a post-occupancy study of 326 participants in 10 daylit office
buildings in Singapore and correlate the results with climate-based daylighting metrics and …

Improving the daylighting performance of residential light wells by reflecting and redirecting approaches

A Bugeat, B Beckers, E Fernández - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
The light well is a well-known architectural resource used in dense cities to provide daylight
to the core of residential buildings. Due to its elongated shape, the propagation of light …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation of daylight perception assessment methods

G Izmir Tunahan, H Altamirano, JU Teji… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Daylight is an important component in maintaining human health and wellbeing and plays a
key role in physiological, psychological, and behavioural regulation. Understanding the …

Calibration and validation of climate-based daylighting models based on one-time field measurements: Office buildings in the tropics

G Quek, JA Jakubiec - Leukos, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Calibrated climate-based lighting simulation models of buildings have the capacity to
perform an essential role in postoccupancy evaluations, such as annual frequency …

A critical literature review of spatio-temporal simulation methods for daylight glare assessment

S Wasilewski, LO Grobe, J Wienold… - SDAR* Journal of …, 2019 - arrow.tudublin.ie
A well daylighted space can provide a highly satisfying visual environment. However, if that
environment causes us visual discomfort, it can become such a nuisance that we …