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Graphical Representation of Climate-Based Daylight Performance to Support Architectural Design

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dc.contributor Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
dc.contributor Kleindienst, Siân
dc.contributor Andersen, Marilyne
dc.creator Kleindienst, Siân
dc.creator Bodart, Magali
dc.creator Andersen, Marilyne
dc.date 2014-05-28T14:19:24Z
dc.date 2014-05-28T14:19:24Z
dc.date 2008-07
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-01T18:07:16Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-01T18:07:16Z
dc.identifier 1550-2724
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/87550
dc.identifier Kleindienst, Siân, Magali Bodart, and Marilyne Andersen. "Graphical Representation of Climate-Based Daylight Performance to Support Architectural Design." LEUKOS: The Journal of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America 5.1 (2008). p.39–61.
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/278825
dc.description Many conventional daylighting design tools are limited in that each simulation represents only one time of year and time of day (or a single, theoretical overcast sky condition). Since daylight is so variable – due to the movement of the sun, changing seasons, and diverse weather conditions – one moment is hardly representative of the overall quality of the daylighting design, which is why climate-based, dynamic performance metrics like Daylight Autonomy (DA) and Useful Daylight Illuminance (UDI) are so needed. Going one step further, the annual variation in performance (condensed to a percentage by DA and UDI) is also valuable information, as is the ability to link this data to spatial visualizations and renderings. Trying to realize this combination of analytical needs using existing tools would become an overly time-consuming and tedious process. The challenge is to provide all information necessary to early design stage decision-making in a manageable form, while retaining the continuity of annual data. This paper introduces a climate data simplification method based on a splitting of the year into 56 periods, over which weather conditions are “averaged” and simulated using Perez's ASRCCIE sky model, while information on sun penetration is provided at a greater resolution. The graphical output of the produced data in the form of “Temporal Maps” will be shown to be visually, and even numerically, comparable to reference case maps created using short time step calculations and based on illuminance data generated by Daysim.
dc.description Boston Society of Architects
dc.description Belgian National Foundation for Scientific Research
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language en_US
dc.publisher Illuminating Engineering Society of North America
dc.relation http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15502724.2008.10747628
dc.relation Leukos
dc.rights Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.
dc.source IESNA
dc.title Graphical Representation of Climate-Based Daylight Performance to Support Architectural Design
dc.type Article
dc.type http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle


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