The Effects of Different Depth of Floor towards Internal Daylighting and Rules of Thumb for Office Room

Abstract:

Rules of thumb in daylighting have been expressed in a variety of modes in architectural. It can be divided into categories based on the parameters which constitute them. One of the categories is floor depth. This paper presents the impact of different floor depth on daylighting performance of the simulated office room using 1 meter shading device. Several parameters such as shading device, ceiling height, and material reflectance have been appointed. Overcast sky was chosen as tropical-compatible sky types. Models then were simulated and analyzed using an application of IES_VE software called RADIANCE. Existing daylighting rules of thumb has been modified and thus create new formula for Kuala Lumpur sky based on the smallest academic office room in public university.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 935)
• Pages: 92-96
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.935.92
• Online since: May 2014
• Authors: Muhamad Fadle Mohamad Abu Sadin*, Nik Lukman Nik Ibrahim, Kamaruzzaman Sopian, Elias Ilias Salleh
• Keywords: Daylighting, Floor Depth, Radiance, Rules of Thumb

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