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Towards New Design of Laser Cut Acrylic Panels for Windows

Andreas Weibye, Barbara Matusiak

Research article This paper builds upon existing research into laser cut panels and aims to find new design-patterns that would improve daylighting conditions of exist ...

Published on 15 January 2019
http://dx.doi.org/10.15627/jd.2019.1

Optimum Glazing Configurations for Visual Performance in Algerian Classrooms under Mediterranean Climate

Mesloub Abdelhakim, Yaik-Wah Lim, Mohd Zin Kandar

Research article Daylight quality and quantity in Algerian schools show serious problems in ensuring visual comfort of students and teachers. Some problems are due to ...

Published on 10 April 2019
http://dx.doi.org/10.15627/jd.2019.2

Application of Micro-structured Sunlighting Systems in Different Climatic Zones

Helmut F.O. Mueller

Research article Two-sided micro-structures on windowpanes have been developed for redirecting sunlight into the depth of rooms in order to improve daylighting. In a j ...

Published on 04 September 2019
http://dx.doi.org/10.15627/jd.2019.7

A Review on Solar Concentrators with Multi-surface and Multi-element Combinations

Xinglong Ma, Hongfei Zheng, Shuli Liu

Review article Solar concentrator always plays an important role in solar energy collection as it could enhance the energy density effectively. Various structures of ...

Published on 09 October 2019
http://dx.doi.org/10.15627/jd.2019.9

Daylight Transport Systems for Buildings at High Latitudes

Biljana Obradovic, Barbara Szybinska Matusiak

Review article This paper is a literature study of daylight transport systems aiming at selecting the most appropriate ones for application at high latitudes. It is ...

Published on 29 September 2019
http://dx.doi.org/10.15627/jd.2019.8

The Effect of Sky View Factor on Air temperature in High-rise Urban Residential Environments

Golnar Baghaeipoor, Nazanin Nasrollahi

Research article Urban geometry is defined by the height, length, width, and distance of buildings, which affect the urban environment and its microclimate, especially ...

Published on 30 August 2019
http://dx.doi.org/10.15627/jd.2019.6

Journal of Daylighting

Journal of Daylighting is an international journal devoted to investigations of daylighting in buildings. It is the leading journal that publishes original research on all aspects of solar energy and lighting.

ISSN: 2383-8701
Frequency: Bi-annual issues (articles published continuously throughout the year)
Year started: 2014
CiteScore^TM 2018: 1.5
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) 2018: 0.367

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Research Articles

Annual Performance Assessment of Complex Fenestration Systems in Sunny Climates Using Advanced Computer Simulations

Chantal Basurto, Jérôme H. Kämpf, Jean-Louis Scartezzini

Research article Complex Fenestration Systems (CFS) are advanced daylighting systems that are placed on the upper part of a window to improve the indoor daylight distr ...

Published on 09 October 2015
http://dx.doi.org/10.15627/jd.2015.6

Solar Energy Gain and Space-Heating Energy Supply Analyses for Solid-Wall Dwelling Retrofitted with the Experimentally Achievable U-value of Novel Triple Vacuum Glazing

Saim Memon, Philip C Eames

Research article A considerable effort is devoted to devising retrofit solutions for reducing space-heating energy in the domestic sector. Existing UK solid-wall dwell ...

Published on 07 February 2017
http://dx.doi.org//10.15627/jd.2017.2

Solar shading in low energy office buildings - design strategy and user perception

Steinar Grynning, Nicola Lolli, Solvår Wågø, Birgit Risholt

Research article Moving towards passive house-level envelopes, zero-energy buildings, or zero-emission buildings, where the carbon footprints of the buildings are mini ...

Published on 02 February 2017
http://dx.doi.org/10.15627/jd.2017.1

Daylighting metrics: an approach to dynamic cubic illuminance

Juan Manuel Monteoliva, Ayelén Villalba, Andrea Pattini

Research article Advances in research work in the field of numerical analysis of daylight performance have generated in-depth knowledge on photometric measurements of ...

Published on 28 November 2018
http://dx.doi.org/10.15627/jd.2017.6

Thermographic Mobile Mapping of Urban Environment for Lighting and Energy Studies

Susana Lagüela López, Javier Cereijo García, Joaquín Martínez Sánchez, David Roca Bernárdez, Henrique Lorenzo Cimadevila

Research article The generation of 3D models of buildings has been proved as a useful procedure for multiple applications related to energy, from energy rehabilitation ...

Published on 22 December 2014
http://dx.doi.org/10.15627/jd.2014.2