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Evaluation of daylighting performance in a retrofitted building facade
conference contribution
posted on 2017-07-26, 13:36 authored by Doris A. Chi Pool, Eleonora Brembilla, John MardaljevicJohn MardaljevicThis paper analyses two main renovations of a University building façade retrofit from the viewpoint
of annual daylighting improvement. Currently, this building consists of some teaching rooms connected by a
hall but it is expected that this arrangement will change in order to accommodate two open-plan spaces for
architecture students. The renovated design will increase the height of the North-East windows and introduce
shading devices on the South-West facade. These renovations were explored to determine if the internal
luminous conditions will maintain adequate levels. Five degrees of visual screening (100, 90, 70, 45 and 34%)
and two slats positions (horizontal and vertical) were evaluated in relation to the building with no screens.
Climate-based daylight modelling (CBDM) was carried out by using Diva-for-Grasshopper. The study revealed
that effectiveness of convergence testing depends strongly on the choice of CBDM metrics employed as a
diagnostic – an important consideration when modelling light transfer through louvres. Results recommended
using louvred panels with no more than 70% of visual screening as higher percentages decrease useful
illuminances over the range 300-3000 lux (UDI-a), to less than 50% of the occupancy time. Furthermore,
vertical louvres were better suited to increase UDI-a than horizontal slats.
Funding
Ms. Chi Pool acknowledges the support of CONACYT (Mexico), IUACC (Spain) and Erasmus+; Ms. Brembilla acknowledges the support of the EPSRC and industrial partner Arup (London, UK) and Prof. Mardaljevic acknowledges the support of Loughborough University.
History
School
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering
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Passive Low Energy Architecture (PLEA)Citation
CHI POOL, D., BREMBILLA, E. and MARDALJEVIC, J., 2017. Evaluation of daylighting performance in a retrofitted building facade. IN: Proceedings of PLEA 2017, Edinburgh, 3rd-5th July 2017.Publisher
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This paper was presented at PLEA 2017 and is also available at http://plea-arch.org/plea-proceedings/.Publisher version
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