TY  - BOOK
AU  - Monisa, A. (PD000116)
AU  - Achari, Anand (Guide)
TI  - Determining suitable daylight redirecting systems for office buildings : Chennai  (Softcopy is also available )
U1  - MIAD TH-0140 
PY  - 2018///
N1  - CONTENTS
Abstract    5
List of Figures    8
Acknowledgement    11
Overview of this research:    12
1. INTRODUCTION    13
Background   14
Purpose of the study    16
Retrofitting of the daylighting systems in office buildings    16
Research question    16
Objectives    17
Significance of the study   17
Scope and limitations   18
Hypothesis    18
2. Literature study    19
Climatic data    20
Daylight Redirecting Systems    22
Introduction    22
Vertical pipes:    23
Horizontal pipes   23
Light shelves    23
Anidolic duct system:    26
Daylighting Metrics   29
Daylight factor    29
Dynamic daylight metrics   30
Daylight Autonomy    30
Spatial daylight autonomy (sDA)    30
Useful Daylight illuminance (UDI):   30
Annual sun exposure    31
Review    31
3. Methodology    32
Simulation Guidelines    34
Validated Tool for Simulation   35
Building Data    36
Simulation set up    38
4. Simulations   41
Parameters   42
Base Case Model     43
Case 2: With Anidolic duct    45
Case 3: With both the systems   46
5. Analysis and Observations    47
Performance of each devices:    48
Performance of light shelves and anidolic ducts for each orientation:    56
6. Conclusion    58
Further research   59
Nomenclature    60
BIBLIOGRAPHY    61
APPENDIX    64


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