Energies (Jul 2017)

Proposal for an Experimental Methodology for Evaluation of Natural Lighting Systems Applied in Buildings

  • Anderson Diogo Spacek,
  • João Mota Neto,
  • Luciano Dagostin Biléssimo,
  • Oswaldo Hideo Ando Junior,
  • Gustavo Pedro De Freitas Neto,
  • Rodrigo Da Silva Giansella,
  • Marcus Vinícius Ferreira De Santana,
  • Celia De Fraga Malfatti

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/en10071014
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 7
p. 1014

Abstract

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This work has the objective of developing a methodology for the evaluation of indoor natural lighting systems, which, with speed and practicality, provides from real conditions of use a reliable result about the quality and performance of the proposed system. The methodology is based on the construction of two real-size test environments, which will be subjected to a natural light system through reflexive tubes made from recycled material, and to a commercial system already certified and consolidated, creating the possibility of comparison. Furthermore, the data acquired in the test environments will be examined in light of the values of solar radiation obtained from a digital meteorological station, such that it is possible to stipulate the lighting capacity of the systems at different times of the year.

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