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Visual Comfort in Buildings: Lighting Solutions
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Visual Comfort in Buildings: Lighting Solutions

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Architectural Design, Urban Science, and Real Estate".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2021) | Viewed by 3537

Special Issue Editor

Prof. Dr. Monica Billger

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Guest Editor
Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
Interests: architecture; visualization; urban planning; colour; light; dialogue tools

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue addresses the area of visual comfort in buildings with a focus on lighting solutions, spanning from design strategies to technical systems. The purpose of this Issue of Buildings is to present the latest research results related to the exploration of lighting quality.

Deepened knowledge is needed to develop design strategies and technical solutions for sustainable built environments that provide high-quality visual comfort, well-being, and spatial experience. Solutions to this challenge require more profound understanding of the interaction between the user of the space, the color design, the qualities of the materials, the light sources, and the technical system.

We welcome high-quality contributions from different disciplines focusing on visual comfort and lighting. We look forward to contributions from studies with qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches.

This Special Issue covers the following main topics:

  • Lighting quality criteria;
  • Visual comfort and its relation to spatial experience;
  • User perspectives on lighting system solutions;
  • The significance of spectral composition for visual comfort;
  • Visual comfort for different ages;
  • Visual comfort and visual appearance.

Prof. Dr. Monica Billger
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • Lighting quality criteria
  • Visual comfort and its relation to spatial experience
  • User perspectives on lighting system solutions
  • The significance of spectral composition for visual comfort
  • Visual comfort for different ages
  • Visual comfort and visual appearance

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An Evaluation of Annual Luminous Exposure from Daylight in a Museum Room with a Translucent Ceiling
by Marcin Brzezicki
Buildings 2021, 11(5), 193; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11050193 - 2 May 2021
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Abstract
The current study investigates the issue of computer-aided daylight evaluation in a museum room with a dropped translucent ceiling. In this type of room, daylight is admitted through classic windows located in the facade and then distributed in the plenum, which is located [...] Read more.
The current study investigates the issue of computer-aided daylight evaluation in a museum room with a dropped translucent ceiling. In this type of room, daylight is admitted through classic windows located in the facade and then distributed in the plenum, which is located above the exhibition space and transmitted through the translucent ceiling into the museum room. This illumination method enables guiding daylight deep into the room, excluding the impact of direct solar radiation. The presented study is based on data obtained through computer-aided daylight simulation by DeLuminæ (DL-Light, ver. 11.0.9) software using the Radiance software for all calculations and real weather data for Wroclaw, Poland. A museum room of 12 × 12 m with three different heights of the plenums was simulated to establish an optimal relation of the width to height plenum ratio. Next, the annual exposure in K lx·h/year was calculated, as sensitive works of art may be subjected to damage caused by light exposure. To further reduce illumination, the simulation of an automatic shading system in the form of horizontal louvers was performed. The system was activated when certain illumination values were detected by the sensor on the building’s roof. Full article
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