TY  - BOOK
AU  - Arora, Mokshika (PBE22202)
AU  - Agarwal, Minu (Guide)
TI  - Early design approach for ensuring visual comfort using optimized shading for office buildings (Softcopy is also available)
U1  - MBEP TH-0104  
PY  - 2024///
N1  - 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

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