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Daylighting Handout

The document outlines the fundamentals of daylighting design, emphasizing the importance of window selection and placement to maximize natural light in buildings. Key aspects include understanding light requirements, types of windows, and shading techniques to enhance energy efficiency and human performance. It also provides examples and calculations for effective window placement and shading strategies.

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Daylighting Handout

The document outlines the fundamentals of daylighting design, emphasizing the importance of window selection and placement to maximize natural light in buildings. Key aspects include understanding light requirements, types of windows, and shading techniques to enhance energy efficiency and human performance. It also provides examples and calculations for effective window placement and shading strategies.

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Daylighting

Objectives
• Learn the basic fundamentals of
daylighting design
• Understand important aspects of window
selection

What is daylighting?
• the practice of placing windows, or other
openings, and reflective surfaces so that,
during the day, natural light provides
effective internal illumination.

Definition from Wikipedia

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Light Requirements
• Light measured in
foot-candle or
lumen/SF
• Difficulty in having
consistent lighting
throughout room

YES

www.absoluterestorationandconstruction.com
ehow.com

NO

Picture from www.artadox.com


www.beachhousemiami.com/

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What does it do?
• Increase light in
building
• Energy savings
• Increase human
performance

ugaecolivinglab.wordpress.com

Important Aspects
• No need to add extra
window area
• Proper Placement of
windows
• Type of windows
• Shading

Metal Architecture, Nov 2008

Window Placement
• South side – 0o
azimuth
• Outside cover

www.greenbuildingtalk.com

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Window Placement
• Orientation of building
• Window # on building
face

Window Placement
• Higher on wall
– Carries 1-2x height of
window
– Reduces glare
• High SRI colors for
walls & ceiling

www.natural-works.com

Light Placement

Windows

Lights

YES NO

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Type of windows
• Solar Heat Gain
Coefficient (SHGC)
• Visible Light
Transmittance (VT)
• Light to Solar Gain
Ratio (LSG)

LSG= VT
SHGC

www.efficientwindows.org

Window types
• Number of panes
• Low-E
• Low U factor

Type of windows

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Shading
• Tree distance away
from windows
d = SAF * h
• d = seperation
distance, ft
• SAF = solar angle
factor
• h = obstruction
height, ft

Example
• Find the seperation required to prevent
shading windows 4 ft from ground level by
a long 20’ high evergreen tree between 9
am and 3 pm during the winter heating
season at 40o north latitude.

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Shading
• Overhang length
OL = SAF * CH
• OL = Overhang
Length, ft
• SAF = Solar Angle
Factor
• CH = Collector
Height, ft

Example
• Find the length of overhang needed to
completely shade a 4 ft high window (4 ft
from the ground) at noon, May through
July, at 40o north latitude.

Shading
• Sun Penetration
Pen = SAF * h
• Pen = Sun
Penetration, ft
• SAF = Solar Angle
Factor
• H = eave height, ft

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Example
• Find the maximum sun penetration into a
south facing wall with a 10 ft eave height
between 9 am and 3 pm on June 21 and
Dec 21 at 40o north latitude.

Shading

Metal Architecture, Nov 2008 Metal Architecture, Nov 2008

Shading

www.taylormadeawning.com/fixed.html

www.kibbleproducts.com/awnings.html

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Shading
North South

East West

Skylighting

Metal Architecture, Nov 2008

femp.buildinggreen.com

Skylighting
• 5% of roof area to light room
• Not recommended for warehouses in cold climates

Both pictures are from Metal Architecture, Oct 2008

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More on the subject
• http://windows.lbl.gov/
• Energy Center of Wisconsin
• Energy Star

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