ABSTRACT
As part of Daylight Europe, the daylighting behaviour of 60 buildings was observed and measured during a three year period. Buildings of many different types, sizes and ages were included - from offices to museums, libraries, churches, houses, airports and factories; from Classical buildings to modern constructions, and from a small single room to an office of over 100,000 square meters. The results of the study of each building are presented, extensively illustrated in colour, with the unusual features and main lessons highlighted. The book also includes details of the monitoring procedures, the results of and comparisons with simulations, the outcome of post-occupancy evaluation, and a summary of the major findings. These show the extraordinary potential of daylighting techniques to improve amenity and energy performance for the benefit of the occupants and building managers. They also demonstrate how often opportunities are missed, and the frequency of problems of overheating or glare. Above all, they demonstrate the beauty, elegance and scope of daylight design.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |12 pages
Glazed streets
chapter |3 pages
A central atrium becomes a 170m long planted street
chapter |4 pages
A 19th century glazed street with unobtrusive but efficient natural ventilation
chapter |2 pages
A daylit gallery which fosters urban life in downtown Milan
part |10 pages
Transportation buildings
chapter |4 pages
Light surface finishes compensate for moderate size of roof apertures
chapter |4 pages
Daylight streams into International Railway Terminal
part |22 pages
Churches
chapter |4 pages
Daylight-related adjustments during the two-century construction of a medieval cathedral
chapter |4 pages
Mastery of daylight in an emblem of modern architecture
chapter |4 pages
Sunlight and daylight play on baroque interior features
chapter |4 pages
Vivid colours under focused and sparse daylight
chapter |4 pages
A two thousand year old example of daylighting with the 1% daylight factor standard
part |40 pages
Museums
chapter |4 pages
Daylight penetration attenuated by a sophisticated daylight control system
chapter |4 pages
More than one kilometre of north-facing rooflights filter and control daylight penetration in a museum
chapter |4 pages
A variety of roof daylighting solutions for a museum in a Mediterranean climate
chapter |4 pages
Awnings controlled by 27 light sensors, oriented according to the operation of each daylighting system
chapter |4 pages
Special prism-shaped roof lights mix sunlight and skylight
chapter |6 pages
Two-stage daylight transmission admits light to deep core areas of building
chapter |4 pages
Four arrays of north-facing clerestories designed to bring daylight without sunlight to a museum
chapter |4 pages
A study of daylighting devices at the beginning of the 19th century
chapter |4 pages
Three successive translucent layers adjust daylight penetration for display of paintings
part |190 pages
Offices
chapter |4 pages
Glazing adapted to each facade orientation provides different levels of daylight attenuation
chapter |4 pages
An atrium serves as a daylit link between new and renovated buildings
chapter |4 pages
Central courtyards compensate for lack of daylight penetration from overshadowed facade windows
chapter |4 pages
Daylight from large atrium benefits occupants in surrounding offices
chapter |4 pages
An open-plan three-storey architects' office provides optimal conditions for occupants
chapter |4 pages
Bright atrium maintains neighbour's access to daylight
chapter |4 pages
160m of aluminium lightshelves deviate sunlight on one entire facade
chapter |4 pages
Fourteen courtyards and a network of glazed streets distribute daylight thoroughly in a large-scale office building
chapter |2 pages
A renovated office building with automatic lighting control in response to daylight levels
chapter |4 pages
A large-scale office building built around four courtyards and four atria
chapter |4 pages
How to control shading devices? Results of experience in an office complex
chapter |4 pages
More than half the windows of the building use secondary daylight for energy conservation
chapter |4 pages
Prismatic external panels in double skin can be tilted to deflect sunbeams to desired angle
chapter |4 pages
South-facing clerestory brings sunlight into atrium on winter days
chapter |4 pages
Fixed awnings and movable blinds for low maintenance
chapter |4 pages
Open-plan offices with daylighting from four sides
part |46 pages
Educational buildings
chapter |4 pages
Glazed streets 450 metres long bring daylight deep into a university building
chapter |8 pages
Filtering sunlight: a challenge for daylighting design in southern Europe
chapter |6 pages
Direct bilateral daylighting leads to uniform luminous environment of engineering laboratories
chapter |4 pages
Circular clerestories create a uniform and glare-free environment for an anatomical theatre
chapter |4 pages
Two levels of gangways distribute daylight along a school 220 metres long
chapter |6 pages
Inclined glazing on borrowed light windows improves recovery of light from the atrium
chapter |4 pages
The luminous impact of retrofitting for energy conservation
chapter |4 pages
Sunlight protection and bright-coloured wall finishes inprove benefits from daylight under sunny conditions
chapter |4 pages
Sunlight protection with high daylight penetration: a solution for southern Europe
part |22 pages
Libraries
chapter |4 pages
Peripheral daylighting of a 25 metre wide cylindrical library hall
chapter |4 pages
View and glare versus seclusion and visual comfort
chapter |4 pages
Nine occuli of four metres diameter designed to balance the luminous environment
chapter |4 pages
Efficient bilateral daylighting achieved with a clerestorey above bookshelves in a 17th century building
chapter |4 pages
A four-storey library lit from a central atrium and facade windows with semi-mirrored indoor lightshelves
part |18 pages
Houses
chapter |4 pages
An example of multidirectionality of daylight penetration
chapter |4 pages
A bright terraced house with daylighting techniques adaptated to each space
chapter |4 pages
A variety of south-facing facade and roof apertures provide daylight to a home with site constraints
part |16 pages
Demonstration projects
chapter |4 pages
Daylight smoothes over rectangular components and rooms
chapter |6 pages
Four window systems compared in the same building give useful data concerning lighting control strategies
chapter |4 pages
Daylight and sunlight redirected to reflective ceiling for deeper daylight penetration
part |14 pages
Other notable buildings