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Daylighting
Spring 2012
Topics
- Introduction to Daylighting
- The Source
- The Sensor
- Photometry and HDR Workshop
- Massing Studies
- Where is the Sun?
- Designing with the Sun
- Physical Model Building
- Daylight Simulations
- Light and Matter
- Midterm Student Presentations I
- Midterm Student Presentations II
- Circadian Effects of Light (Lockley)
- Daylight Availability
- Heliodon Measurements
- Visual Comfort & Occupant Behavior
- Envelope Design
- Heliodon Student Presentations
- Electric Lighting
- Presentation Group Meetings
- Integrating Electric Lighting & Energy
- Final Student Presentations
- Daylighting in Practice
- Field Trip: Philips Lighting in Burlington, MA
Readings
- [R] = Reinhart, Christoph. Daylighting Handbook I . 2014. ISBN: 9780692203637.
- Lam, W. Sunlighting as Formgiver for Architecture . Van Rostrand Reinhold Company, 1986. ISBN: 9780442259419.
- Rea, M., ed. The Lighting Handbook . 9th ed. Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, 2000. ISBN: 9780879951504.
- Guzowski, M. Daylighting for Sustainable Design . McGrawHill, 1999. ISBN: 9780070254398.
- Tanizaki, J. In Praise of Shadows . Leete’s Island Books, 1977. ISBN: 9780918172020.
- [R] Chapter 1: Introduction
- [R] Chapter 2: Designing for Daylighting
- LEC #: 2 · TOPICS: The Source · READINGS: [R] Chapter 3: The Source
- LEC #: 3 · TOPICS: The Sensor · READINGS: [R] Chapter 4: The Sensor
- LEC #: 5 · TOPICS: Massing Studies · READINGS: [R] Chapter 5: Massing Studies
- [R] Chapter 6: Where is the Sun?
- Duffie, John A., and William A. Beckman. Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes . Wiley, 2006. ISBN: 9780471698678.
- LEC #: 7 · TOPICS: Designing with the Sun · READINGS: [R] Chapter 7: Static Shading
- LEC #: 8 · TOPICS: Physical Model Building · READINGS: [R] Chapter 8: Physical Models
- Reinhart, C. F. “Simulation-based Daylight Performance Predictions.” In Building Performance Simulation for Design and Operation . Edited by J. Hensen and R. Lamberts. Taylor & Francis, 2011, pp. 235–53. ISBN: 9780415474146.
- LEC #: 10 · TOPICS: Light and Matter · READINGS: No required readings
- LEC #: 11 · TOPICS: Circadian Effects of Light (Lockley) · READINGS: Lockley, S., and R. Foster. Sleep: A Very Short Introduction . Oxford University Press, 2012. ISBN: 9780199587858.
- Reinhart, C. F. “Simulation-based Daylight Performance Predictions.” In Building Performance Simulation for Design and Operation . Edited by J. Hensen and R. Lamberts. Taylor & Francis, 2011, pp. 253–76. ISBN: 9780415474146.
- LEC #: 14 · TOPICS: Envelope Design · READINGS: No required readings
- LEC #: 15 · TOPICS: Electric Lighting · READINGS: No required readings
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗Historical OpenCourseWare
- MIT OCW syllabus ↗
- MIT OCW calendar ↗
- MIT OCW readings ↗
- Historical MIT OpenCourseWare offering. Named reading entries and schedule topics are automatically extracted from the linked source pages.