Daylighting as a passive solar energy option: an assessment of its potential in non-domestic buildings

Document Status

Current

Supplement

Building Supplement

Series

Report

Abstract

To use daylight successfully, designers need to take a wide range of factors into account. In particular, as this report shows, they need to make careful choices about the size, location and construction of windows; and these choices have to be made with due regard to other decisions about heating and lighting controls. In making such judgements, designers need to weigh the aesthetic and visual advantages of daylight against its implications for both the thermal balance of windows (heat gain versus heat loss) and its other consequences (such as glare) for the visual environment. This report examines the opportunities for exploiting daylight in non-domestic buildings and it assesses the factors which need to be considered if such exploitation is to be successful.

Author

Crisp, V. H. C. et al

ISBN

9780851252872

Subjects

• Lighting, natural
• Special subject areas

Publisher History

BRE is a building science centre that generates new knowledge through research. This is used to create products, tools and standards that drive positive change across the built environment. BRE helps its government and private sector clients meet the significant environmental, social and economic challenges they face in delivering homes, buildings and communities. BRE is owned by the BRE Trust, a registered charity. The Trust uses the profits made by the BRE companies to fund research and education that advances knowledge of the built environment.