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Investigates design solutions for an adaptive shading system in high-rise office buildings. High density of occupants, variation in comfort levels corresponding with different activity types and individuals' preferences, diverse occupation schedules and maximized exposure to outside environment relative to construction footprint exemplify the complexities associated with daylight control strategies in high-rise office buildings. Precedent daylight control strategies fail to address the glare issue and relative complexities associated with variation of criteria for occupants' comfort. Proposes a new method to evaluate glare issues relative to an individual's viewpoint and identifies the problematic region(s) on corresponding glazing surface(s) that can be addressed with an adaptive shading system.
Related Publications
- An investigation of the daylighting simulation techniques and sky modeling practices for occupant centric evaluations (2017) [Papers]
- GlareShade: a visual comfort-based approach to occupant-centric shading systems (2015) [Papers]
- GlareShade: a visual comfort based approach to adaptive shading systems (2014) [MArch Theses]