Daylighting of Buildings - Anyone interested ?
A new Group for Architects, Engineers, Building Scientists, and Building Owners. Daylighting is the practice of using natural light to illuminate building spaces ( and saving real money on electrical energy ),
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Absolutely interesting topic.
It's to time to move, oil is getting too much expensive and we must change mind while designing buildings and managing them.
Allan F
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I am intrested.
In fact I am preparing an intro LEEDS presentation to a CE firm for next week
Please invite me to the group
Thanks
Allan J Federman
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I work for Honeywell ACS in Miami Fl
I am in the new construction plan & spec market and some of my allocated time is spent going out on customer calls with "sales engineers" doing lunch and learn presentations for consulting engineers. I am always interested in learning new techniques of green building. I am very interested in the subject actually because most of the building controls that I specialize in are HVAC - even though South Florida is a unique environment, because we do not use economizers as the northern states, so I have been studying how building design can plan a critical role especially when it comes to the emissions footprint.
Last week I was specifically talking with some architects and CE’s about new designs and techniques that allow more natural air flow through a building.
As the cost of harnessing wind technology decreases because it is becoming more popular, I have some ideas that I do not believe are in commercial market as of yet, and would be interested in sharing and exchanging theses with the group.
Thanks
allanfederman@gmail.com
I recently toured the Melink Corporation's facility in Milford, Ohio. It is the first Gold LEED certification building in this area. The daylighting they implemented is truly incredible. You might want to contact them direct.
Mike,
I am a veteran of one project in this concept. For sure creates a positive atmosphere amongst building occupants..... have 1000 people who can vouch for it !! :-))
Hi Mike,
i have recently contributed to an RIBA book, "space craft: developments in architectural computing" on exactly this subject. it was a follow on from some work i did to produce an application that designs glazed facades to reduce solar radiation, while optimising natural daylighting within the building.
Richard
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Count me in. I'm hoping to get a LEED certified office building into design late summer and would like any good thoughts that are out there.
David S
Managing Director, Electrical and system integrator designer *LION*- No IDK's, Open Networker
For thousands of years until the advent of electric light, daylighting was a necessary element of architecture. “The history of architecture is the history of man’s struggle for light”
From ancient times daylight design, was the key was atrium components of the the roof fenestration system, the geometry of the atrium well, the reflectance of the wells surfaces and the daylight levels achieved in spaces adjacent to the well as well as letting day-lighting through the sides of the buildings.
For current times its about rediscovering these techniques all over again, and applying with the latest technology solutions. Daylight harvesting - using artificial lighting to supplement daylight within building spaces. Mixing the two for the best benefits. Giving electrical savings of over 45% if used correctly.
This is only possible if the architect and the engineer work together, not using engineers as an afterthought to the build.
A little fact, the construction cost (CAPEX) of a building is only say 4% max of the total cost over its lifetime. The lion share of the costs are the OPEX running and FM costs.
Now why do you think the leading designers and building operators are rethinking decisions to reduce buildings costs at the expense of OPEX anticipated costings?
The benefit it becomes a green building, LEED / BEEAM / ECO rated depending where the building is, and you save carbon emissions and becomes more friendly to the planet.
All commercial business associated with design of the building using natural light to illuminate building spaces look good, marketing its 'green' credentials, and the building operator gains the fuel savings from the design process.
Daylight harvesting need not be complicated—it just needs attention.
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Typo in my answer, should read BREEAM: BRE Environmental Assessment Method for buildings which is used in the UK, with BRE increasingly being approached by organisations outside the UK who want to replicate the highly successful BREEAM approach in their region or country.
ECO was short for Ecohomes which s a version of BREEAM for homes. It provides an authoritative rating for new, converted or renovated homes, and covers houses, flats and apartments.
What is LEED®?
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria.
All of these include daylighting considerations with them.
Hope this helps.
I am interested.
I am a Lighting Controls Specifications Sales Agent who helps Electrical Engineers and Architects with specifying and designing Lighting Control and Dimming Panels, Occupancy Sensors, and Daylight Controllers.
I work for a manufacturer's rep company (California Lighting Sales) who reps Wattstopper, Lehigh, and Hunt brands of Lighting Control Relaed products.
I am interested. I work mainly with single family homes and small commercial buildings. However, we have every intention to start working with larger buildings. Daylighting is an ancient discipline, somehow forgotten within the last 100 years. We need to look back into that and use thousands of years of experience.
Temur
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Absolutely. I have a genetic defect that makes me very sensitive to artificial lighting. I find that the lighting in most office and retail buildings is too bright and would welcome a switch to daylight lighting.
Please invite me to this group. I wrote an article about dayligthing controls in Architectural Record.
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Why??? Why not use energy saving lamps, ballasts, sensors, etc..
