Table Of Contents
Abstract I
Undertaking Ii
Certificate Iii
Acknowledgements Iv
Abbreviations V
Table Of Contents Vi
List Of Figures Vii
List Of Tables Ix
Chapter-1: Introduction 10
1.1 External Shading Device 10
1.2 Early Design Stage 11
1.3 Existing Methods 11
1.4 Material Selection 12
1.5 Aim & Reliability. 12
Chapter-2: Literature Review 13
2.1 Indian Standards & Existing Daylight Metrices: 13
2.1.1 Projection Factor 13
2.1.2 Glare Metrics. 14
2.1.3 Daylight Access: 14
2.2 Performance Quantification Of Shading Devices: 15
2.3 Basis Of Glare Mitigation Methodology: 15
2.4 Perforation Geometry Exploration 17
2.5 Existing Early Design Methods For Shading Device: 18
2.6 Multi-Dimensional Approach For Shading Devices. 18
2.7 Summary 18
Chapter-3: Methodology 19
3.1 Input Parameters: 19
3.1.1 Constants: 20
3.1.2 Variables: 21
3.2 Key Performance Indexes (As An After Check): 21
3.3 Base Case (No Shading): 22
3.4 Step 1 (Base Overdesigned Geometry-Ecbc Compliant): 22
3.5 Step 2 (Optimising Geometry With Shaderade): 23
3.6 Step 3 (Projecting Guth Position Index For Visual Comfort): 26
3.7 Step 5 (Overlapping Results & Introducing Perforations): 27
3.7.1 Method Of Creating Openness Ratio/Percentage In Shading Device 28
3.8 Summarizing Methodolgy 28
Chapter-4: Results 29
4.1 Thermal Performance 29
4.2 Dgp V/S Da 30
4.3 Physical Model 31
4.4 Lightstanza Results 32
4.5 Inter-City Comparison 34
4.5.1 South Orientation 34
Chapter-5: Conclusion 35
References 37
Appendix 39
Appendix A 39