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A Novel Approach for the Definition of an Integrated Visual Quality Index for Residential Buildings
- Source :
- Applied Sciences, Vol 9, Iss 8, p 1579 (2019), Applied Sciences, Volume 9, Issue 8
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2019.
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Abstract
- Visual quality is an important component of indoor environment quality and greatly affects inhabitants&rsquo<br />perception of the living space. Nevertheless, the lighting design of residential buildings is usually underestimated by both designers and standards. This paper presents an integrated index for evaluating the visual quality of an indoor environment in residential buildings. The main parameters considered are daylight access, probability of glare from daylight and electric illumination, maintained illuminance, and color temperature. These aspects are evaluated throughout a whole year using a fixed set of metrics and are combined using relative weights. It was decided to also consider qualitative parameters in order to give more importance to some psychological aspects of visual comfort. Finally, the building visual quality index is obtained by a weighted average of the results of each room with the addition of the qualitative parameters. The applicability of the index was tested through the simulation of a dwelling that will be built and monitored in the context of the Comfort for Sustainable Buildings in the Alps (CASA) research project. The building visual quality index proved to be useful during the design process, allowing for improvements in both electric illumination and daylight access through a comparison of different solutions. This study could represent a step towards the holistic evaluation of indoor environment quality.
- Subjects :
- Architectural engineering
classification index
Index (economics)
Computer science
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0211 other engineering and technologies
Context (language use)
02 engineering and technology
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visual comfort
visual quality assessment
residential buildings
building performance simulation
lcsh:Chemistry
Component (UML)
Perception
021105 building & construction
General Materials Science
Quality (business)
Daylight
021108 energy
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Instrumentation
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Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes
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Process Chemistry and Technology
General Engineering
Glare (vision)
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Computer Science Applications
lcsh:Biology (General)
lcsh:QD1-999
lcsh:TA1-2040
ComputerApplications_GENERAL
lcsh:Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Engineering design process
lcsh:Physics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20763417
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Applied Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....09509bf29b7698f4652cbeaee2303b19