{"title":"Assessing the allowable daylight illuminance from skylights in single-storey buildings in Malaysia: a review","authors":"K. Al-Obaidi, Muhammad Azzam Ismail, A. Rahman","doi":"10.1080/2093761X.2015.1129369","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"AbstractA skylight system casts uniform levels of natural light over an area with minimum obstruction either internally or externally. In tropical climates, especially near the equator, the levels of solar radiation and conditions of sky appearance represent the main limitation in this region. In Malaysia, the application of skylight systems to single-storey buildings is limited because of environmental constraints that discourage its adoption. Understanding the allowable level of daylight in an indoor environment is crucial. Many standards, guidelines, and studies have provided various levels, but the desired level is still under debate. Therefore, this research aims to review and evaluate the allowable useful illuminance of daylight in the indoor environment from a skylight in single-storey buildings (used for office work) under Malaysian sky conditions. This study provides a comprehensive review of previous research on understanding daylight illuminance and Malaysian sky conditions. Based on this compr...","PeriodicalId":38108,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2015-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/2093761X.2015.1129369","citationCount":"23","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2093761X.2015.1129369","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"Engineering","Score":null,"Total":0}
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AbstractA skylight system casts uniform levels of natural light over an area with minimum obstruction either internally or externally. In tropical climates, especially near the equator, the levels of solar radiation and conditions of sky appearance represent the main limitation in this region. In Malaysia, the application of skylight systems to single-storey buildings is limited because of environmental constraints that discourage its adoption. Understanding the allowable level of daylight in an indoor environment is crucial. Many standards, guidelines, and studies have provided various levels, but the desired level is still under debate. Therefore, this research aims to review and evaluate the allowable useful illuminance of daylight in the indoor environment from a skylight in single-storey buildings (used for office work) under Malaysian sky conditions. This study provides a comprehensive review of previous research on understanding daylight illuminance and Malaysian sky conditions. Based on this compr...
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The International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development is the official publication of the Sustainable Building Research Center and serves as a resource to professionals and academics within the architecture and sustainability community. The International Journal of Sustainable Building Technology and Urban Development aims to support its academic community by disseminating studies on sustainable building technology, focusing on issues related to sustainable approaches in the construction industry to reduce waste and mass consumption, integration of advanced architectural technologies and environmentalism, sustainable building maintenance, life cycle cost (LCC), social issues, education and public policies relating to urban development and architecture .