Yao, Jian, Chow, David Hou Chi ORCID: 0000-0002-5963-6228 and Chi, Yu-Wei
(2016)
Impact of Manually Controlled Solar Shades on Indoor Visual Comfort.
SUSTAINABILITY, 8 (8).
p. 727.
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Abstract
Daylight plays a significant role in sustainable building design. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the impact of manual solar shades on indoor visual comfort. A developed stochastic model for manual solar shades was modeled in Building Controls Virtual Test Bed, which was coupled with EnergyPlus for co-simulation. Movable solar shades were compared with two unshaded windows. Results show that movable solar shades have more than half of the working hours with a comfortable illuminance level, which is about twice higher than low-e windows, with a less significant daylight illuminance fluctuation. For glare protection, movable solar shades increase comfortable visual conditions by about 20% compared to low-e windows. Moreover, the intolerable glare perception could be reduced by more than 20% for movable solar shades.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | manual solar shades, indoor visual comfort, daylight glare probability, useful daylight illuminance, co-simulation |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
Date Deposited: | 03 Nov 2016 10:25 |
Last Modified: | 19 Jan 2023 07:26 |
DOI: | 10.3390/su8080727 |
Open Access URL: | http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/8/8/727/pdf |
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URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3004295 |