Building form parameters, including building orientation, exterior shape, and interior space,
interactively influence building performance. Nevertheless, few studies have reasonably …

Day lighting significance in architectural designs is well established for enhancing visual
comfort, energy-efficiency and low carbon buildings development. Practising the atrium …

Daylight is often considered an effective resource for saving energy and optical comfort in a
building. People at workplaces expect appropriate daylight. The quality and amount of the …

Atriums have recently been applied with increasing frequency for natural illumination,
though they produce a harsh indoor thermal environment. Cooling energy consumption is …

With the development of urbanization, more and more commercial buildings are built in
cities, which is resulting in a large amount of building energy consumption that threatens the …

This paper aims to review the achievements of previous studies addressing the capability of
atriums for providing adequate levels of daylight and visual comfort. This study also performs …

This work focuses on daylighting performance analysis and its energy savings potential for
residential building by using dynamic simulation and its experimental validation. The …

Building atrium design is crucial to maintaining a sustainable built environment and
providing thermal comfort to occupants. This study proposes a parametric framework to …

Passive design involves the utilization of natural forces such as natural ventilation and
daylighting without mechanical input of energy, and is a subset of environmentally …

Non-enclosed atriums, which give unobstructed access to the surrounding area, are
gradually becoming common in modern shopping malls. The environmental problems they …