Building Lighting and Integrated Lighting Design Toward High Comfort and Low Carbon
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Energy, Physics, Environment, and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 December 2025 | Viewed by 130
Special Issue Editors
Interests: kinetic and responsive facade; daylighting performance; visual comfort; smart architectural technology; biomimetics; energy efficiency; smart lighting
Interests: visual–thermal comfort; daylighting in architecture ; carbon neutrality; design approaches to energy efficiency ; high-performance architecture
Interests: lighting and daylighting; building envelopes; smart materials; healthcare design; bio-inspired design; individualized comfort; data sensing and processing for sustainable built environment; BIM parametric methods; outdoor lighting
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Reducing the environmental impacts of buildings is crucial, as they account for 39% of total greenhouse gas emissions. The increasing demand for visual comfort has significantly amplified energy consumption and related emissions. Current studies focus on integrated lighting systems that combine daylighting strategies with conventional and smart lighting technologies to optimize energy efficiency.
Studies on conventional lighting systems highlight the effectiveness of replacing traditional lights with high-performance LEDs, resulting in significant energy savings and carbon emission reductions. Research across various countries demonstrates reductions in lighting energy consumption ranging from 23% to 85%, depending on the intervention. Few studies have assessed the environmental impacts of lighting systems on overall building energy use. A recent study found that the environmental impacts of materials used in lighting systems contributed between 1-12%, while the energy consumed during their operation accounted for 6-24%.
This Special Issue will cover a wide range of topics related to building lighting and integrated lighting design, aiming to communicate emerging issues, advanced technologies, new findings, and scientific theories. Cross-cutting and multidisciplinary research is encouraged, focusing on advanced building facade design, intelligent sensing and control, lighting retrofitting strategies, life cycle assessment and cost analysis, simulation tool development for sustainability, building information modeling (BIM) and IoT for integrated lighting design, and integrated systems (electric lighting, photovoltaics, and solar shading systems).
Dr. Seyed Morteza Hosseini
Prof. Dr. Mohammadjavad Mahdavinejad
Dr. Julian Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- integrated lighting systems
- intelligent sensing and control
- BIM and IoT for integrated lighting design
- lighting retrofitting strategies
- advanced building facade design
- life cycle assessment and cost analysis
- comfort and efficiency
- hybrid lighting
- daylighting of workspaces
- health, safety, and environment
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