The most ambitious challenge for designers is an effective shading system that is able to
keep the balance between the daylight harvesting and view out maximization while …

Exterior static shading devices of buildings, if correctly designed, can control sunlight and
daylight to reduce glare while guaranteeing interiors' natural illumination and connection to …

Exposure to daylight significantly affects the psychological well-being of occupants by
diminishing headaches, eye tensions, or stress. Daylight penetration is a matter of …

The energy consumption for the artificial lighting in school buildings is one of the main
consumers of electricity. In Greece, there is a large number of school buildings with quite old …

In educational buildings, an efficient daylight design has significant influences on student's
visual comfort, well-being and productivity while it offers significant benefits for reducing …

The objective of the present research is to determine those daylighting design strategies that
may optimize the visual environment in preschool classrooms in the context of the climatic …

Glare is a kind of physiological phenomenon that influences occupants' visual comfort.
Discomfort glare scenes in comparison to other levels of glare have been difficult to estimate …

The present study includes a combined assessment of the energy efficiency and economic
performance of energy measures in five-story existing and newly constructed office buildings …

Different shading device systems and control strategies can be employed in different parts of
a window system to perform different functions, particularly for fully glazed façades. A split …

Visual comfort and energy consumption for lighting in large office buildings is an area of
ongoing research, specifically focusing on the development of a daylight control technique …