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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. Read more
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Rapid Publication: Bi-annual (articles are published continuously throughout the year)
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Year Started: 2014
Time to Publication: 70 days
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RESEARCH ARTICLE
Tessellation-Based Origami-Inspired Movable Façade for Daylighting and
This study emphasizes the importance of daylight performance in interior spaces as a critical factor in achieving global Sustainable Development Goals, including energy efficiency, environmental sustainability, and healthy living conditions.
Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 252-264
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Sensitivity Analysis and Optimization of Facade Design to Improve Daylight
This study examines the daylighting performance of a classroom with bilateral opening typology and an adjacent building on one side. The openings are located on the east and west sides of the classroom, with the adjacent building situated on the west side.
Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 235-251
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Integrating Acoustic Comfort and Daylighting in Transparent Multi-Purpose Halls:
Multi-purpose halls are halls where many different activities, such as music, theater, speech, and shows, can be performed in the same space. Recently, multi-purpose halls illuminated with daylight have been frequently seen.
Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 215-234
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
Dr Susana Lagüela López
University of Vigo, Spain
Dr Canan Kandilli
Usak University, Turkey
Dr. Kacem Gairaa
center for renewable energy development, Algeria
Dr Boon Han Lim
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia
Prof Francesco Asdrubali
University of Perugia, Italy
Dr Paola Sansoni
CNR-INO, Italy
Prof. Antonio Manuel Peña García
University of Granada, Spain
Prof. Barbara Szybinska Matusiak
NTNU, Norway
Dr Umberto Berardi
Ryerson University, canada
Dr Fabio Peron
IUAV University of Venice, Italy
Prof Hongfei Zheng
Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Dr Arsenio Barbón
University of Oviedo, Spain
Prof Laura Bellia
University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Dr Valerio Roberto Maria LO VERSO
Politecnico di Torino (Polytechnic University of Turin), Italy
Prof. Yuehong Su
University of Nottingham, UK
Prof. BANU MANAV
Kadir Has University, Turkey
Dr Seyed Morteza Hosseini
Aalborg University, Denmark
Dr jian yao
Ningbo University, China
Dr Mohammed Salah Mayhoub
Al-Azhar University, Egypt
Dr Rizki A. Mangkuto
Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia
Dr. Michele Rocca
University of Pisa, Italia
Omid Nematollahi
Isfahan University of Technology, South Korea
Dr Karam M. Al-Obaidi
Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Dr Francesco Sommese
University of Naples Federico II, italy
Dr. Peng XUE
Beijing University of Technology, China
Wei Wang
Southeast University, 中国
Prof Jitka Mohelnikova
Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
Dr. Feride Şener Yılmaz
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Alp Tural
Virginia Tech, USA
Dr Ahmed A. Y. Freewan
Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Improving Daylight Availability in Heritage Buildings: A Case Study of
Refurbished heritage buildings usually lack in meeting the required standards defined for the new function especially when reused as educational buildings.
Journal of Daylighting 8 (2021) 120-133
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Optical Analysis of A Sliding-Type Cylindrical Fresnel Lens Concentrating
Agricultural greenhouses are commonly built around cities to supply residents with agricultural products or green plants. With an increasing demand for plants’ growing environment, the temperature and illumination inside the greenhouses are counted especially during cold winter. .
Journal of Daylighting 8 (2021) 110-119
RESEARCH ARTICLE
The Effect of Sky View Factor on Air temperature in
Urban geometry is defined by the height, length, width, and distance of buildings, which affect the urban environment and its microclimate, especially a high-rise and high-density urban environment, such as Tehran.
Journal of Daylighting 6 (2019) 42-51
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
REVIEW ARTICLE
Alerting Effect of Light: A Review of Daytime Studies
Light affects humans beyond only image formation. Several studies have reported that light can increase daytime alertness and can therefore be positively utilized to counter daytime fatigue and increase productivity in workspaces.
Journal of Daylighting 9 (2022) 150-163
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Development of a Machine-Learning Framework for Overall Daylight and
Application of machine learning methods as an alternative for building simulation software has been progressive in recent years. This research is mainly focused on the assessment of machine learning algorithms in prediction of daylight and visual comfort metrics in the early design stages and providing a framework for the required analyses.
Journal of Daylighting 8 (2021) 270-283
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Application of Different Circadian Lighting Metrics in a Health Residence
During the last three decades, various scientific researchers analysed the connection between natural elements and human life, both as far as well-being and productivity.
Journal of Daylighting 7 (2020) 13-24
RESEARCH ARTICLE
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
The Impact of Courtyard and Street Canyon Surroundings on Global
Exposing oneself to outdoor daylight in the morning can be healthy and harmful at the same time, due to the risk of ultraviolet exposure. The presence of surrounding buildings in the urban context may also influence the risk.
Journal of Daylighting 7 (2020) 167-185
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Daylighting as the Driving Force of the Design Process: from
This paper presents a study for the transformation of an industrial area in Turin, Italy. The area hosts two buildings (one of which appointed as listed) to be transformed into dwellings.
Journal of Daylighting 1 (2014) 36-55
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Simulation of Daylighting Conditions in a Virtual Underground City
From the Piranesi fantastic architectures to the animation movies and video games of the last thirty years, a new design approach has been introduced and developed: the design of the virtual space.
Journal of Daylighting 2 (2015) 1-11
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Biomimetic Kinetic Shading Facade Inspired by Tree Morphology for Improving
Many recent studies in the field of the kinetic façade developed the grid-based modular forms through primary kinetic movements which are restricted in the simple shapes..
Journal of Daylighting 8 (2021) 65-85
RESEARCH ARTICLE
A Comprehensive Evaluation of Perforated Façades for Daylighting and
New design tools have enabled architects to explore complex geometries for building envelopes. Perforated Screens (PS) have gained popularity but their design is still intuitive, often focused on aesthetic and morphological criteria.
Journal of Daylighting 6 (2019) 97-111
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Experimental Analysis on a 1:2 Scale Model of the
This paper is focused on the daylighting system named Modified Double Light Pipe (MDLP) designed by the authors as an evolution of the Double Light Pipe to eliminate the drawbacks due to its encumbrance and the high luminance of its upper portion.
Journal of Daylighting 9 (2022) 228-241
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
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Evaluation of Daylight Availability for Energy Savings
Dynamic daylight simulations are very useful instruments in daylighting design process. They allow an in depth analysis of indoor daylight availability levels and define if they are adequate to perform a particular visual task.
Journal of Daylighting 2 (2015) 12-20
SHORT COMMUNICATION
No-Greenery Line and Greenery-View Factor, New Architectural Design
The paper proposes a new tool for evaluation of the degree of visual contact with the outdoor greenery, the Greenery-View factor (GV), intended to be easy to grasp and simple to use.
Journal of Daylighting 7 (2020) 282-286
RESEARCH ARTICLE
An Investigation-Based Optimization Framework of Thermal Comfort Analysis in
Optimization becomes more valuable when the optimal variables decision can consider sensitivity analysis. To get optimum results quickly, this study established a synthetic sensitivity analysis and multi-objective optimization approach, which is combined with an energy simulation framework characterized by parallel processing.
Journal of Daylighting 9 (2022) 48-63
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Optimization of Daylighting Design Using Self-Shading Mechanism in Tropical
Despite its potential, daylighting strategies in school classrooms in the tropical climate regions is little explored in the literature. The use of two-sided or bilateral daylight opening, as well as the self-shading mechanism using sloped walls, are currently seen as potential strategies to achieve good daylighting in tropical buildings.
Journal of Daylighting 9 (2022) 117-136
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Impact of Furniture Layout on Indoor Daylighting Performance in Existing
Currently, home-based computing workspaces have developed substantially all over the world, especially in Malaysia. This growing trend attracts computer workers to run a business from their residential units.
Journal of Daylighting 5 (2018) 1-13
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Daylighting metrics: an approach to dynamic cubic illuminance
Advances in research work in the field of numerical analysis of daylight performance have generated in-depth knowledge on photometric measurements of daylight quality.
Journal of Daylighting 5 (2018) 34-42
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Experimental Investigation of Overall Energy Performance in Algerian Office Building
Building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) energy has now become one of the most significant renewable energy alternatives for providing natural daylight and clean energy.
Journal of Daylighting 6 (2019) 23-41
RESEARCH ARTICLE
An Intelligent IoT-enabled Lighting System for Energy-efficient Crop
In this paper, an intelligent lighting instrumentation and automation system is presented with the objective of achieving high energy-efficiency in greenhouse supplemental lighting based on the Internet of Things (IoT) technology.
Journal of Daylighting 8 (2021) 86-99
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Power Factor Correction of Compact Fluorescent and Tubular LED Lamps
Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) and Light-emitting Diode (LED) lamps have received wide acceptance in lighting applications during the last few years.
Journal of Daylighting 7 (2020) 73-83