[Bldg-sim] Daylighting Rules of Thumb

[Reinhart, Christoph]

Dear colleagues:

 

It might be a complete 'faux pas' to send a design sequence based on
rules of thumb to a building simulation mailing list. But, I take the
risk. We recently developed and validated a rules-of-thumb based design
sequence for diffuse daylighting:
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/people/faculty/reinhart/documents/DiffuseDayl
ightingDesignSequenceTutorial.pdf. The series offers design advice for
daylighting at the programming and massing stage and - being based on
the daylight factor  - applies to climates with either mostly diffuse
sky conditions or heavily obstructed sites. Alternatively, the design
sequence can be used in combination with a direct shading study. The
supporting research can be found at
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/people/faculty/reinhart/documents/DiffuseDayl
ightingDesignSequenceInLRT.pdf.  

 

Christoph

Christoph Reinhart, Dr. Ing. 

Associate Professor of Architectural Technology

Graduate School of Design - Harvard University

Gund Hall 331b, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA

t: 617 384 7269, f: 617 495 8916, reinhart at gsd.harvard.edu
<mailto:reinhart at gsd.harvard.edu> 

Daylighting Design: Rules of Thumb
<http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/people/faculty/reinhart/documents/DiffuseDay
lightingDesignSequenceTutorial.pdf> , Simulation
<http://www.daysim.com/> , Executive Education
<http://execed.gsd.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/exec_ed/details.cgi?offering_id=1
01683> 

 

 

 

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