The performance criteria considered are the passive solar and daylight potential, respectively quantified by the energy need for space heating and cooling (given certain assumptions) and the spatial daylight autonomy at the ground-floor level.
When tested on designs provided by professionals, the metamodels with the highest accuracy within the compared types (MLR versus GPs) portray a prediction error below 10% in 87% (respectively 60%) of the cases for the passive solar (resp. daylight) potential.
"Rather than creating more typical double-loaded corridors on multiple floors," the architects said, "the Science Center was planned as a single-story L-shaped structure that creates a three-sided courtyard with the nearby library, while also exploiting the north-south and east-west axes for introduction of daylighting and passive solar design".
The Frederick Lanchester Library at Coventry University, UK, incorporates natural ventilation, daylighting and passive cooling strategies.
This study describes the passive zenithal light pipe daylighting technology's performance through the scale model method.
This paper describes a study on the savings achieved by using daylight in passive solar design of buildings and, in this case, the size of windows.
In particular, the passive solar design concept of daylighting is gaining favor among educators due to evidence of improved performance by students working in daylit classrooms.
Emphasis is placed on passive solar design for heat and daylighting, but also examines passive ventilation and cooling, green roofs, and building materials.
This paper presents a method to quantify the potential of facades and roofs located in urban areas for active and passive solar heating, photovoltaic electricity production and daylighting.
The building has been designed including all the passive concepts for thermal comfort as well daylighting to maximize the use of natural lighting for the occupants in day to day activities.
