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Daylight Europe - JOULE Project CT94-0282
Poul E. Kristensen
Danish Technological Institute, Energy
Gregersensvej, DK-2630 Taastrup
ABSTRACT
Daylight Europe is a major collaborative JOULE II project between 20 research institutions. The project runs through 1994 -1997, and the objective is to communicate daylight research results to the practitioners of European building industry, architects and engineers. The focus is on exploitation of daylight to reduce artificial lighting and furthermore to improve indoor visual comfort and working conditions.
The actual performance of selected non-domestic buildings is being evaluated regarding energy performance and user reactions. Daylight Europe provides design data on the building performance with various fenestration and daylight control systems, and various design and control strategies of the artificial lighting systems. The main products of the project are two important publications: ?Daylight Design Guidelines for Europe? and ?Daylit buildings in Europe - Case Studies?.
Totally 80 case study buildings throughout Europe are being studied through monitoring, performance evaluation and documentation. Out of these, 21 buildings have been selected for detailed monitoring. The performance of 12 of these buildings is being evaluated in detail using computer simulation programmes. For 10 buildings, detailed user assessment studies are made using a procedure and a questionnaire developed within Daylight Europe.
Keywords: Daylighting, Visual Comfort, Design Guidelines, Lighting Performance.
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