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Occupants and daylight in office buildings under sunny skies.

Belakehal, A.; Tabet Aoul, K.; Bennadji, A.

Authors

A. Belakehal

K. Tabet Aoul

A. Bennadji



Contributors

R. Ellis
Editor

M. Bell
Editor

Abstract

It is expected that the climate of North Africa, one of the hottest regions of the world, will become still more extreme due to the effects of global warming. This would result in higher energy consumptions for cooling purposes in buildings. Daylight could be an efficient energy saving strategy as well as for enhancing productivity. This research aims to explore the relationships between occupants and climatic parameters, with a focus on sunlight and daylight. Previous research revealed the importance of daylighting design to office occupants. The POE method was used to assess the daylighting quality in South Algerian contemporary buildings where the sky is sunny and clear almost year around. This assessment investigates an office building that is over-protected against sunlight and aims to identify the occupant’s reaction (behaviour and satisfaction) to daylighting design. The results presented in this paper are the occupant’s appreciation of : i) The importance of daylight, ii) The illuminance levels under which the occupants are working, iii) The sunlighting control means operated by occupants, and iv) The current sittings (desks position and distance) of occupants in relation to the window location.

Citation

BELAKEHAL, A., TABET AOUL, K. and BENNADJI, A. 2004. Occupants and daylight in office buildings under sunny skies. In Ellis, R. and Bell, M. (eds.) Proceedings of the 2004 International construction and building research conference (COBRA 2004), 7-8 September 2004, Leeds, UK. London: RICS Foundation.

Conference Name 2004 International construction and building research conference (COBRA 2004)
Conference Location Leeds, UK
Start Date Sep 7, 2004
End Date Sep 8, 2004
Acceptance Date Sep 7, 2004
Publication Date Dec 31, 2004
Deposit Date Feb 21, 2022
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Publisher Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors Foundation (RICS Foundation)
ISBN 1842191993 ; 1842191933
Keywords Office buildings; Office architecture; Natural light in architecture; Daylight in architecture; Climate change; POE; Occupant
Public URL https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/911583

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