Daylighting and Environmental Interactions in Building Design

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue will explore how daylight interacts with architectural form, materials, and environmental systems to shape sustainable building performance. It welcomes research that deepens our understanding of daylight’s role in creating visually comfortable, energy-efficient, and responsive environments. Its scope encompasses experimental and simulation-based studies on daylight distribution, adaptive and kinetic façades, solar control strategies, and integrated design methods that link daylight with thermal and ventilation performance. Contributions are invited from architecture, environmental design, and building engineering, including both theoretical approaches and case studies. We particularly encourage interdisciplinary submissions that connect design intent with quantifiable environmental outcomes, bridging architectural creativity and environmental responsibility. By gathering these perspectives, the Special Issue will highlight daylight as a central agent influencing the environmental behavior of buildings and a catalyst for innovative, human-centered design strategies.

Dr. Marcin Brzezicki
Guest Editor

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