Essays about: "daylighting"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 essays containing the word daylighting.

1. 1. Influence of Varying Electric Light Distribution on Melanopic Equivalent Daylight Illuminance and Lighting Energy Use

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för arkitektur och byggd miljö; Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Energi och byggnadsdesign

   Author : Rebecka Ståhl; Parvathy Biju; [2023]
   Keywords : Alertness; Circadian Entrainment; Clear Sky; Correlated Colour Temperature; Daylighting; Direct Electric Lighting; Direct-Indirect Electric Lighting; Energy-Efficiency; Grasshopper; Integrative Lighting; LARK 2.0; Melanopic Equivalent Daylight Illuminance; Overcast Sky; Photopic Illuminance; Spectral Power Distribution.; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Human beings in modern society spend more than 90% of their time indoors to live, work, and socialize. To improve health, quality of life and task performance, integrative lighting is designed to give the right light at the right time at the eye to stimulate circadian entrainment. READ MORE

3. 2. Daylight qualities in student dorms in Sweden: computer simulations and subjective impressions.

   University essay from KTH/Ljusdesign

   Author : Mathilde Jesiek; [2022]
   Keywords : Student housing; Visual perception; Daylight simulations; Useful Daylight Illuminance UDI ; Scandinavia;

   Abstract : Humans are less exposed to natural light during the day and less to darkness at night. Good daylighting provides visual comfort for performing tasks but also influences non-visual comfort. According to various studies, good daylight conditions can influence human physiology and behaviour, like sleep, alertness, mood and cognitive functions. READ MORE

4. 3. Climate as a Design Factor

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Hanna Bergström; [2022]
   Keywords : thermal delight; comfort; daylighting; passive heating; passive cooling; climate; environmental; sustainable; timber; hälsingland; home;

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5. 4. User-centric approach in the pursuit of improved interior climate

   University essay from KTH/Hållbara byggnader

   Author : Roland Krausz; [2022]
   Keywords : indoor environment; interior climate; user-centric approach; daylighting; thermal comfort; energy consumption; office building;

   Abstract : The field of building services and the topic of interior user-centric climate has been gaining on importance in recent years. The pandemic of COVID-19 has resulted in an increased amount of time spent indoors, extensive energy usage in the built environment, and has also brought up the important issue of a pleasant interior climate. READ MORE

6. 5. The Home-Office Lighting Kit

   University essay from KTH/Ljusdesign

   Author : Cristina Mordeglia; [2021]
   Keywords : ome-office lighting; student accommodations; visual comfort; focus on tasks; market analysis; IKEA Trådfri; Philips Hue; LEDVANCE Smart ; OSRAM; CASAMBI; Home-Office Lighting Kit; lighting scenarios.;

   Abstract : This Master Thesis, inspired by the relevance that home-offices have assumed as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, originated from the architectural, quantitative, and qualitative analysis of lighting within the author’s student accommodation on KTH Main Campus, in Stockholm (Sweden). As a matter of fact, this background study proved that recommended lighting levels (Illuminance, Contrast Ratio, CCT, CRI, M-EDI, and DER values) were not met, making the space unsuitable and unhealthy to both live and work in. READ MORE