Daylighting 103: Design guidelines

Name: Daylighting 103: Design guidelines
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A primer to integrating daylight in buildings

Created byEDS Global

Last updated 6/2021

English

What you'll learn

Define significance of daylight in buildings.
Enumerate daylight guidelines for overall building design.
List daylight design strategies for fenestration
Understand application in design

Course content

1 section • 8 lectures • 1h 11m total length

Course Introduction3:45
History of Daylighting5:27
Integration of daylight in buildings over time
The Dynamics of Light15:59
Focuses on the different aspects of light in the context of buildings
Daylight strategies for buildings13:10
Approaches for optimizing daylight in buildings
Daylight strategies for side lighting10:25
Approaches for optimizing daylight entering a building through windows
Daylight strategies for top lighting10:16
Approaches for optimizing daylight entering a building through openings located on top of the building
Other techniques for daylighting6:34
A discussion on innovative techniques for daylighting
Examples for Inspiration6:14
A compilation of interesting projects that demonstrate innovative daylighting
End of Course Quiz

Requirements

Although not required, I recommend that you take the first 2 course - Daylighting 101 and Daylighting 102 before taking this course. It will enhance your understanding of this topic.
But if haven't done so, its okay. You can get started with the course. You will need to be familiar with daylighting metrics such illuminance, flux, etc.

Description

This course is approved for 1 GBCI Continuation Education (CE) credits. After completing the course you can report your credit towards LEED credential maintenance.

Using daylight in buildings is a key strategy for passive design. Efficient daylighting schemes help achieve comfort by offering optimum illumination, excellent color-rendering; avoiding glare and excessive brightness ratios which has a positive impact on occupant health and well being.

This course will discuss strategies that are necessary to be implemented during conceptual design to integrate the right elements for daylighting. These are simple yet very important elements that need to be decided at the very beginning to steer the design in the right direction. For example, carefully orienting the building for solar access, and controlling the quality and quantity of light as it enters inside a space.

Since most of the light that enters buildings is through windows and skylights, comprehending the set of strategies for effective fenestration design would make one’s job easier at the early design stage. These thumb-rules do not require many calculations but it does impact the overall building form, volume and space planning. This course also enumerates many interesting projects that showcase the successful integration of daylight for enhancing the character of a space.

The entire lecture is structured in 7 modules with highly visual and engaging content. At the end of the course, you will walk away with knowledge that you can apply in your work.

Who this course is for:

If you are associated with the building industry either on the design side or the construction side, this course is relevant for you.