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T1 Evaluation of the vertical sky component without obstructions for daylighting in Burgos, Spain
A1 Granados López, Diego
A1 Diez Mediavilla, Montserrat
A1 Dieste Velasco, Mª Isabel
A1 Suárez García, Andrés
A1 Alonso Tristán, Cristina
K1 VSC
K1 daylighting
K1 di use illuminance
K1 CIE standard sky classification
K1 Ingeniería eléctrica
K1 Electric engineering
AB Daylight availability knowledge is the first step for an energetic and visually e cientbuilding and city design. It can be estimated with the Vertical Sky Component (VSC), which isdefined as the ratio of the vertical di use illuminance over the unobstructed horizontal di useilluminance, simultaneously measured at the same point. These illuminance magnitudes are obtainedfrom luxmeter measurements but these data are scarce. Alternatively, VSC can be obtained fromprior knowledge of the sky illuminance distribution, which can be measured with a sky scannerdevice or by reference to the CIE (Commission Internationale de L’Éclairage) Standard classificationfor homogeneous skies. Both approaches are compared in this study. The coherence of the resultsobtained for the four cardinal orientations are analyzed by applying classical statistical parametersand luxmeter measurements as references for the results. The measurement campaign was completedbetween September 2016 and January 2019 in Burgos (Spain), as representative case study and specificcontribution of this work. It was observed that the VSC values were higher than 100 in many cases:21.94% for the south- and 33.6% for the east-facing vertical surfaces. The study highlights the gooddaylighting conditions in Burgos, mainly due to the predominance of clear skies over much of theyear. This fact implies high daylight availability that, with e cient city planning and building design,could potentially lead reduction energy consumption of buildings, improvements in visual comfort,and the well-being of occupants.
PB MDPI
YR 2020
FD 2020-04
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10259/5492
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10259/5492
LA eng
NO Regional Government of Castilla y León under the “Support Program for Recognized Research Groups of Public Universities of Castilla y León” (ORDEN EDU/667/2019) and the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation & Universities under the I+D+i state program “Challenges Research Projects” (Ref. RTI2018-098900-B-I00). Diego Granados López also thankfully acknowledges the economic support from the Junta de Castilla-León (ORDEN EDU/556/2019)
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 19-abr-2024