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Journal of Daylighting is a peer-reviewed international journal devoted to investigations of daylighting in buildings. It is the leading journal that publishes original research on all aspects of Energy, buildings, and lighting. Areas of special interest for this journal include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Energy
- Energy sources
- Energy systems
- Energy-efficient technologies
- Energy and environment
- Energy storage
- Artificial intelligence in energy systems
- Photovoltaic cells and systems
- Building-integrated photovoltaics
- Solar thermal
- Solar energy applications
- Buildings
- Architectural/Building engineering
- Smart buildings
- Building energy modeling
- Building physics
- Building envelopes
- Indoor environment quality
- Lighting
- Illumination optics
- Daylighting
- Artificial lighting
- Lighting simulation
- Lighting designs
- Luminaires
- Lighting metrology and light quality
- Lighting control
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RESEARCH ARTICLE
Assessing the Indoor Thermal Comfort and Adaptive Behaviours of Older
Population aging, extreme weather conditions, and rising energy costs present significant challenges, especially in developing Asian countries like India.
Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 190-214
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Balancing the Parameters of Perforated Solar Screens to Optimize Daylight
Perforated solar screens (PSSs) have been widely used as an outer skin for the fully glazed façades of office buildings for their environmental and aesthetic benefits..
Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 167-189
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A Framework for Integrating Zoning Regulations and Site Layout Design
Daylight is one of the primary sources to ensure a comfortable, healthy, and energy-efficient neighborhoods. Zoning regulations significantly influence daylight-driven site layouts by constraining design decisions, particularly at the neighborhood scale.
Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 148-166
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Uncertainty and Sensitivity Analyses of Switchable Slat Insulated Shades for
To balanced multi-criteria's daylighting performance in indoor spaces, several dynamic metrics have been proposed, but so far there is no convention on which daylight metrics thresholds are preferred and which objective weights are given priority in optimization of daylighting under certain climate.
Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 125-147
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Multi-Objective Performance Evaluation Framework for Integrated Fiber-Reinforced Shading
Shading systems are associated by their ability to control various factors such as energy consumption, visual comfort, and natural ventilation. To fulfill such economic, environmental, and social requirements, the use of integrated modular fiber-Reinforced Concrete (FRC) shading systems has become popular in recent years.
Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 111-124
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Multi-objective Optimization of Window and Shading Systems for Enhanced
Addressing the challenges of global warming and rising energy demands, this study explores fixed shading systems as passive and sustainable solutions to improve energy efficiency, thermal comfort, and daylight performance in office buildings.
Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 91-110
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Designing Adaptability Strategy to a Novel Kinetic Adaptive Façade (
The design and evaluation of adaptive facades (AFs) have become increasingly complex due to advancements in morphology, control strategies, and adaptability techniques.
Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 69-90
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Feasibility Study of Five Solar Thermal Power Plants in Arequipa,
Knowing the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) allows for evaluating the profitability of different energy generation technologies, identifying the options with the lowest costs, and, in turn, promoting the transition to more sustainable energy sources for governments and private companies.
Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 51-68
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Optimisation of Indoor Spatial and Temporal Aspects of Deep Architectural
Visual comfort in deep rooms with side lit openings varies by positions and time; thus, interventions are required to provide comfort for all users in a room.
Journal of Daylighting (2025) 40-50
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The Effect of Curved Light Shelves, Ceiling and Window Characteristics
Daylighting is related to the user's psychological and physiological effects in educational space. The amount of daylighting significantly influences visual comfort, work tasks, academic performance and productivity.
Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 21-39
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Daylight Optimization of the South-Faced Architecture Classrooms Using Biomimicry-
Building design is a product of multiple factors, such as concept and aesthetics, building materials and technologies, environmental conditions, and daylight requirements of the inner spaces.
Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 1-20
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Design Alternatives of Light Shelves using Altmann Linkage
This paper proposes a novel new light shelf design with Altmann linkage using its kinetic principles: geometry and rotational angles. As previous studies explain a light shelf’s design in two ways: static and movable, the proposed one in this study has the potential to track the path of the sun due to its diagonal movement. .
Journal of Daylighting 11 (2024) 391-407
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Optimum Geometry of Double-skin Self-Shading Facade of Classrooms
The significant energy consumption in educational spaces worldwide and its environmental impact greatly influence the quality of space, learning levels, and student comfort.
Journal of Daylighting 11 (2024) 372-389
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Parametric Optimization Approach to Evaluate Dynamic Shading Within Double-Skin
This research aims to support the choice of an appropriate dynamic louver shading system (DL-SS) within double-skin facade insulated glazed units (DSF-IGUs) as a high-performance integrated window system (DSF-IGUs/DL-SS) that meets both thermal and energy performance via daylight availability under a tropical climate.
Journal of Daylighting 11 (2024) 349-371
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Artificial Neural Network to Predict Curvature Light Shelf Design Related
Energy Optimization in building design field now has been revolutionized due to AI and machine learning applications. Leveraging daylight to reduce artificial lighting consumption holds promise for significant energy savings, yet the nonlinear nature of daylight patterns poses challenges in prediction and optimization.
Journal of Daylighting 11 (2024) 334-348
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Unfolding 3D Space into Binary Images for Daylight Simulation via
Daylighting plays a crucial role in building science, impacting both occupants’ well-being and energy consumption in buildings. Balancing the size of openings with energy efficiency has long been a challenge. .
Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 204-2013
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Integrative Lighting Design: How to Optimize Visual and Non-visual
The objective of this paper is to outline fundamental principles for the electric lighting design of workplace environments such as offices. The study considers both the suggested guidelines and values for non-visual light design and the specifications for visual tasks dictated by the EN 12464-1:2021.
Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 192-203
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The Effect of Parametric Patterned Façade Variations on Daylight
Parametric design influences on building envelope design are exponentially increasing in the current era due to the dominance of computational design on architectural outcomes.
Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 173-191
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Analysing the Daylighting Performance of the Main Prayer-hall in
This paper studies the daylighting quality of the indoor prayer-hall in The Great Upper Mosque of Hama city in Syria, highlighting this distinctive historical converted building that has been functioning as a mosque since the entry of Islam in the 6th century AD.
Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 153-172
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Sunlight-Daylight Signature: a Novel Concept to Assess Sunlight and
Daylighting and solar availability at urban scale has come to play a crucial role in the perception of discomfort conditions for people, both in outdoor and indoor spaces, and on the energy consumption of buildings.
Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 136-152
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Ray Tracing Algorithm to Simulate Laser-Cut Panel Light-Redirecting
Daylighting simulation software is an important tool to improve the quality of building design and to improve the quality of the built environment. For its application to correspond to reality, its algorithm needs to reflect real behaviour in the best possible way.
Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 87-98
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The Effects of Orientation and Width of Space Between Buildings
Excessive heat in the high-rise urban fabric has contributed to pedestrian and occupants' discomfort. Establishing wind circulation in space with an environmentally compatible and optimal configuration is necessary to improve comfort in this region.
Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 99-116
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Evaluation of the Visual Comfort and Daylight Performance of the
The daylight in classrooms is a crucial aspect that affects the quality of the learning environment and the overall performance of the students. Visual arts, such as painting, sculpture, carving, textile design and photography, require specific lighting conditions, which are different from the regular classroom standards.
Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 117-135
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Design Optimization of the Skylight for Daylighting and Energy Performance
In terms of sustainable design, lateral windows and skylights are important. Daylighting has become a vital component in office buildings because it increases occupants' productivity, well-being, and energy savings via windows and skylights.
Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 72-86
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The Architectural Design of Building Façade Models Related to
Lighting control integrated with daylighting is recognized as an important and useful strategy in energy efficient building design. One of the right factors to reduce energy consumption for artificial lighting during the day is the maximum utilization of sunlight.
Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 60-71
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Evaluation of Occupants’ Visual Perception in Day Lit Scenes: A
Daylight improves indoor environmental quality, the physical and mental health of occupants, and their efficiency. Research in the area of human-centric lighting that considers the visual and non-visual effects of light on human vision, have focused on examining human visual perception in response to a wide variety of lighting aspects.
Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 45-59
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Impact of Window Design on Dynamic Daylight Performance in an
Window design affects the building's appearance. Besides, it has a significant impact on daylight performance and the visual comfort of interior spaces.
Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 31-44
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Visual Comfort Assessment of Hospital Patient Rooms with Climate Responsive
As advanced technologies become prevalent, they are being used more widely in numerous fields. The building sector is not an exception. One of these cutting-edge technologies is responsive facades, which are used in buildings and have an undeniable effect on daylighting.
Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 17-30
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Biomimicry as an Approach to Improve Daylighting Performance in Office
Biomimicry inspired architects to solve complex design problems and develop adaptive solutions for enhancing the environmental quality. Fields of inspiration include energy efficiency, natural ventilation, daylighting, and structural stability.
Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 1-16
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Editorial Board
Prof. Yuehong Su
University of Nottingham, UK
Dr. Kacem Gairaa
center for renewable energy development, Algeria
Prof. Nabil Elminshawy
Port Said University, Egypt
Prof. Antonio Manuel Peña García
University of Granada, Spain
Dr Valerio Roberto Maria LO VERSO
Politecnico di Torino (Polytechnic University of Turin), Italy
Prof Hongfei Zheng
Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Dr Fabio Peron
IUAV University of Venice, Italy
Prof Laura Bellia
University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Prof. Lambros T. Doulos
Hellenic Open University, Greece
Prof Francesco Asdrubali
University of Perugia, Italy
Dr Umberto Berardi
Ryerson University, canada
Dr Canan Kandilli
Usak University, Turkey
Dr Guiqiang Li
University of Science and Technology of China, China
Dr Susana Lagüela López
University of Vigo, Spain
Dr Arsenio Barbón
University of Oviedo, Spain
Dr Seyed Morteza Hosseini
Aalborg University, Denmark
Dr Paula M. Esquivias
University of Granada, Spain
Prof. BANU MANAV
Kadir Has University, Turkey
Dr Karam M. Al-Obaidi
Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Dr. Francesco Nocera
Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania (ITALY), Italy
Dr Hui Lv
Hubei University of Technology, China
Dr. Michele Rocca
University of Pisa, Italia
Dr Doris Abigail Chi Pool
Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Mexico
Dr jian yao
Ningbo University, China
Dr Osama Mohamed Omar
University of Bahrain , Bahrain
Omid Nematollahi
Isfahan University of Technology, South Korea
Dr Lim Yaik Wah
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Alp Tural
Virginia Tech, USA
Dr Hui Shen
Texas A&M University-Kingsville, USA
Dr Marina Bonomolo
University of Palermo, Italia
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Lighting to Enhance Wayfinding for Thai Elderly Adults in Nursing
The main purpose of this study was to explore the effects of lighting and other environmental variables in terms of the colour, signage, and furnishings on the indoor wayfinding of Thai seniors in a nursing home.
Journal of Daylighting 7 (2020) 25-36
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Energy Saving Generated Through Automatic Lighting Control Systems According to
The standard EN 15193-1:2017 “Energy performance of buildings - Energy requirements for lighting” introduced a detailed method to calculate the energy demand for lighting in buildings. Th.
Journal of Daylighting 6 (2019) 131-147
RESEARCH ARTICLE
A Novel Approach to Multi-Apertures and Multi-Aspects Ratio
Daylightophil architecture concept is one of the most significant ways to reduce the electrical load consumption in building sector. In deep-plan buildings, or windowless buildings, advanced light transmission systems are used to compensate lighting demands in high-performance architecture theory.
Journal of Daylighting 7 (2020) 186-200
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An Approach to Determine Specific Targets of Daylighting Metrics and
This study comes from an integrated approach combining daylighting and thermal aspects of building spaces. Several room configurations derived from the combination of four main design variables are tested.
Journal of Daylighting 8 (2021) 1-19
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Towards New Design of Laser Cut Acrylic Panels for Windows
This paper builds upon existing research into laser cut panels and aims to find new design-patterns that would improve daylighting conditions of existing rooms when applying the laser-cut panels on vertical windows.
Journal of Daylighting 6 (2019) 1-10
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Metamodeling of the Energy Consumption of Buildings with Daylight Harvesting –
Daylight harvesting is a well-known strategy to address building energy efficiency. However, few simplified tools can evaluate its dual impact on lighting and air conditioning energy consumption.
Journal of Daylighting 8 (2021) 255-269
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Development of Fresnel-based Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV) System with Uniform
Different designs have been presented to achieve high concentration and uniformity for the concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) system. Most of the designs have issues of low efficiency in terms of irradiance uniformity.
Journal of Daylighting 1 (2014) 2-7
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Maximizing the Performance of Laser Cut Panel by Interaction of
The interaction between different ceiling geometries with laser cut panels (LCPs) is investigated using real experiments and computer simulations to maximize the daylight performance of the LCP.
Journal of Daylighting 1 (2014) 29-35
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Economic and Energy Efficiency of Artificial Lighting Control Systems for
The aim of the research is to determine the economic and energy efficiency usage of the artificial lighting control systems, with the help of astronomical relays and motion sensors, by various types of light sources for the stairwells (stair landings and staircases) of multistory residential buildings.
Journal of Daylighting 7 (2020) 93-106
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Phasor Method to Estimate Illuminances Due to Parallel Arrays of
Direct horizontal illuminance along a calculation row due to two parallel arrays of large numbers of identical light sources behaves like a periodic signal with a sinusoidal pattern, which contains useful information for design purpose.
Journal of Daylighting 7 (2020) 246-257
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An Improvement to Calculation of Lighting Energy Requirement in the
Daylighting has a recognized potential for electric energy savings when is used as a complement for artificial lighting. This study reviews the comprehensive calculation method for lighting energy requirement in non-residential buildings introduced by the European Standard EN 15193: 2007 and investigates its feasibility in China.
Journal of Daylighting 1 (2014) 16-28
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A Combined Method for an Exhaustive Investigation of the Anidolic
Lighting quality in office environments is a broad concept that must be taken into account in the design stage to deliver comfortable spaces to reduce workers' stress.
Journal of Daylighting 8 (2021) 149-164
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Exploring the Impact of Natural Light Exposure on Sleep of
Studies among people with dementia demonstrated that the sleep quality and rhythm improves significantly when people are exposed to ambient bright light.
Journal of Daylighting 5 (2018) 14-20
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Effect of Roller Shades on Chromaticity and Colour Rendering Performance
Several studies have focused on the performance of roller shades in terms of glare, outdoor vision, daylight availability and energy performance. Currently, other parameters linked to visual amenity, such as chromaticity and colour rendition, are becoming relevant.
Journal of Daylighting 9 (2022) 1-12
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Measurement, Simulation, and Quantification of Lighting-Space Flicker Risk Levels
Building owners are transitioning towards a smart lighting solution for illumination purposes. LED (Light Emitting Diode) lighting application has become a norm given its high efficacy and energy efficiencies.
Journal of Daylighting 8 (2021) 239-254
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Acrylic Panels Applications as Building Materials and Daylighting Devices
Enormous studies have been conducted to enhance the daylighting utilization in buildings either by direct lighting techniques, lighting reflection systems, lighting transporting systems, or by light tracking systems.
Journal of Daylighting 7 (2020) 258-272
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Optimization of Daylight Performance Based on Controllable Light-shelf Parameters
This study aims to achieve a balance of daylight availability in the work-plane environments of a fully glazed facade integrated with a light shelf system using an optimization procedure that can assist architects with assessing the daylighting performance of numerous design alternatives, and build-up the optimized design.
Journal of Daylighting 7 (2020) 122-136
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Daylighting Evaluation and Optimisation of Window to Wall Ratio for
A base case model is a more potent dose for applied research; the passive architectural design for sustainability requires optimised experiments. However, experimenting with physical developments require construction and deconstruction until they achieved the optimal scenario.
Journal of Daylighting 8 (2021) 20-35
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Daylight utilization with light pipe in farm animal production: a
Light pipes, which are complex optical systems, offer a passive way to bring daylight to deep buildings, such as agricultural buildings. However, the lack of reliable performance predictability methods for light pipes represents a major obstacle preventing their widespread use.
Journal of Daylighting 3 (2016) 1-11
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Heliostats Daylighting System for Multi-floor Buildings
Daylighting has been considered as a major part of sustainable buildings for saving electric lighting and providing benefits such as, health, visual comfort, and productivity of the occupants.
Journal of Daylighting 2019 (2019) 202-209
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The Role of Orosi’s Islamic Geometric Patterns in the
The form of the building facade significantly affects the amount of useful daylight admitted in the interior space. Striking a balance between the visual comforts of occupants and taking advantage of daylight is always a challenge and, therefore, investigating complex, geometric forms of Orosi patterns can be an effective way of improving visual comfort alongside the aesthetic aspects.
Journal of Daylighting 7 (2020) 201-221
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The optimization of louvers shading devices and room orientation under
This paper presents parametric and multi-objective optimization (MOO) approach in optimizing daylight and energy consumption by incorporating louvres shading devices depicting three different sky conditions: Birmingham, UK, Jakarta, Indonesia, and Sydney, Australia.
Journal of Daylighting 9 (2022) 137-149
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Evaluation of Daylight and Glare Quality of Office Spaces with
There has been an increasing awareness in recent years about the evaluation of daylight and glare quality in buildings. In the study, an office space with a flat and a dynamic shading system facade (triangular cell facade) is discussed in the province of Mardin, which is in a hot and arid climate zone.
Journal of Daylighting 9 (2022) 197-208
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Outdoor Investigation of High Concentrator Photovoltaic Under Uniform and Non-
This study was performed in outdoor conditions to quantify the level of influence on the electrical performance of the Multi-junction (MJ) solar cells.
Journal of Daylighting 7 (2020) 1-12
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Illumination and Lighting Energy Use in an Office Room with
This paper describes a field study of the illumination and lighting energy use in a full-scale test office in a building located in southern Norway. Natural light is provided to the office via southwest-oriented windows and a horizontal light pipe (HLP) with a daylight entrance facing the south.
Journal of Daylighting 9 (2022) 209-227