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Daytime Lighting Assessment in Textile Factories Using Connected Windows in Slovakia: A Case Study

Version 1 : Received: 26 November 2017 / Approved: 27 November 2017 / Online: 27 November 2017 (08:39:15 CET)
Version 2 : Received: 9 January 2018 / Approved: 10 January 2018 / Online: 10 January 2018 (10:09:54 CET)
Version 3 : Received: 12 February 2018 / Approved: 13 February 2018 / Online: 13 February 2018 (08:05:05 CET)

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Katunský, D.; Dolníková, E.; Dolník, B. Daytime Lighting Assessment in Textile Factories Using Connected Windows in Slovakia: A Case Study. Sustainability 2018, 10, 655. Katunský, D.; Dolníková, E.; Dolník, B. Daytime Lighting Assessment in Textile Factories Using Connected Windows in Slovakia: A Case Study. Sustainability 2018, 10, 655.

Abstract

This paper highlights the problems associated with daylight use in industrial facilities. In a case study of a multi-story textile factory, we report how to evaluate daylight (as part of integral light) in the production halls marked F and G. This study follows the article in the Buildings journal, where Hall E was evaluated (unilateral daylight). These two additional halls have large areas that are 54 × 54 meters and are more than 5 meters high. The daylight is only on the side through the attached windows in envelope structures in the vertical position. In this paper, we want to present two case studies of these two production halls in a textile factory in the eastern part of Slovakia. These are halls that are illuminated by daylight from two sides through exterior peripheral walls that are against or next to each other. The results of the case studies can be applied in similar production halls illuminated by a ‘double-sided’ (bilateral) daylight system. This means that they are illuminated by natural illumination through windows on two sides in a vertical position. Such a situation is typical for multi-storied industrial buildings. The proposed approximate calculation method for the daylight factor can be used to predict the daylight in similar spaces in other similar buildings.

Keywords

sustainable architecture; industrial building; indoor environment; lighting conditions; computational simulation; luminance

Subject

Engineering, Civil Engineering

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