Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5444452 | Energy Procedia | 2017 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
Daylight access and indoor thermal comfort are key issues for high design level of sustainable buildings. In fact, daylight provides energy savings and visual comfort condition that can foster higher productivity and performance. This paper proposes a case study of sizing of daylight devices for zenith light. It enables the decision-making process of the designer to reach high levels of daylight factor. The proposed method is shown with an example of application. For the case study, a room in south of Italy, 24 different solar tunnels configurations and 12 cases with different number of skylights have been evaluated.
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Authors
Cristina Baglivo, Marina Bonomolo, Marco Beccali, Paolo Maria Congedo,