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Applicability of climate-based daylight modelling
This PhD thesis evaluated the applicability of Climate-Based Daylight Modelling (CBDM) as it is presently done. The objectives stated in this thesis aimed at broadly assessing applicability by looking at multiple aspects: (i) the way CBDM is used by expert researchers and practitioners; (ii) how sta...
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| description | This PhD thesis evaluated the applicability of Climate-Based Daylight Modelling (CBDM) as it is presently done. The objectives stated in this thesis aimed at broadly assessing applicability by looking at multiple aspects: (i) the way CBDM is used by expert researchers and practitioners; (ii) how state-of-the-art simulation techniques compare to each other and how they are affected by uncertainty in input factors; (iii) how the simulated results compare with data measured in real occupied spaces. The answers obtained from a web-based questionnaire portrayed a variety of workflows used by different people to perform similar, if not the same, evaluations. At the same time, the inter-model comparison performed to compare the existing simulation techniques revealed significant differences in the way the sky and the sun are recreated by each technique. The results also demonstrated that some of the annual daylight metrics commonly required in building guidelines are sensitive to the choice of simulation tool, as well as other input parameters, such as climate data, orientation and material optical properties. All the analyses were carried out on four case study spaces, remodelled from existing classrooms that were the subject of a concurrent research study that monitored their interior luminous conditions. A large database of High Dynamic Range images was collected for that study, and the luminance data derived from these images could be used in this work to explore a new methodology to calibrate climate-based daylight models. The results collected and presented in this dissertation illustrate how, at the time of writing, there is not a single established common framework to follow when performing CBDM evaluations. Several different techniques coexist but each of them is characterised by a specific domain of applicability. |
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| spelling | rr-article-94551262017-01-01T00:00:00Z Applicability of climate-based daylight modelling Eleonora Brembilla (7046720) Other built environment and design not elsewhere classified Climate-based daylight modelling Building performance simulation Daylighting Radiance Annual daylight metrics Built Environment and Design not elsewhere classified This PhD thesis evaluated the applicability of Climate-Based Daylight Modelling (CBDM) as it is presently done. The objectives stated in this thesis aimed at broadly assessing applicability by looking at multiple aspects: (i) the way CBDM is used by expert researchers and practitioners; (ii) how state-of-the-art simulation techniques compare to each other and how they are affected by uncertainty in input factors; (iii) how the simulated results compare with data measured in real occupied spaces. The answers obtained from a web-based questionnaire portrayed a variety of workflows used by different people to perform similar, if not the same, evaluations. At the same time, the inter-model comparison performed to compare the existing simulation techniques revealed significant differences in the way the sky and the sun are recreated by each technique. The results also demonstrated that some of the annual daylight metrics commonly required in building guidelines are sensitive to the choice of simulation tool, as well as other input parameters, such as climate data, orientation and material optical properties. All the analyses were carried out on four case study spaces, remodelled from existing classrooms that were the subject of a concurrent research study that monitored their interior luminous conditions. A large database of High Dynamic Range images was collected for that study, and the luminance data derived from these images could be used in this work to explore a new methodology to calibrate climate-based daylight models. The results collected and presented in this dissertation illustrate how, at the time of writing, there is not a single established common framework to follow when performing CBDM evaluations. Several different techniques coexist but each of them is characterised by a specific domain of applicability. 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Thesis 2134/28239 https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Applicability_of_climate-based_daylight_modelling/9455126 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 |
| spellingShingle | Other built environment and design not elsewhere classified Climate-based daylight modelling Building performance simulation Daylighting Radiance Annual daylight metrics Built Environment and Design not elsewhere classified Eleonora Brembilla Applicability of climate-based daylight modelling |
| title | Applicability of climate-based daylight modelling |
| title_full | Applicability of climate-based daylight modelling |
| title_fullStr | Applicability of climate-based daylight modelling |
| title_full_unstemmed | Applicability of climate-based daylight modelling |
| title_short | Applicability of climate-based daylight modelling |
| title_sort | applicability of climate-based daylight modelling |
| topic | Other built environment and design not elsewhere classified Climate-based daylight modelling Building performance simulation Daylighting Radiance Annual daylight metrics Built Environment and Design not elsewhere classified |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/2134/28239 |