daylighting-design

Daylighting optimization evaluates room depth and orientation to recommend window, skylight, atrium, and shading strategies. It balances useful natural light against excessive glare and overheating using metrics like sDA, ASE, and UDI.

Analyze metrics including Daylight Factor (DF), spatial Daylight Autonomy (sDA), Annual Sunlight Exposure (ASE), and Useful Daylight Illuminance (UDI). Evaluating these alongside glare risk helps ensure comfortable and uniform illumination across the space.

Yes, this approach coordinates daylight with electric lighting, dimming zones, and circadian targets. It supports diverse occupied buildings including offices, schools, healthcare facilities, and galleries by aligning natural light with biological lighting needs.

Compare shading devices, light shelves, and clerestories by modeling solar geometry and shading masks against your performance goals. This comparison determines the optimal strategy to block direct sun while redirecting useful daylight deeper into the space.

Yes, daylighting analysis coordinates natural light with electric lighting and dimming zones. By calculating daylight availability and glare metrics, it establishes lighting-control criteria to trigger dimming and maintain visual comfort.

Relying solely on windows is insufficient for deep spaces due to uneven illumination and glare. When daylight metrics indicate low UDI at the back of the room, integrate skylights, atria, or clerestories to distribute natural light more evenly.