TY - GEN
T1 - Evaluation of the daylighting performance in UAE traditional buildings turned into museums
AU - Al-Sallal, Khaled A.
AU - Abouelhamd, Amira R.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by funds from the Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies at UAE University under Fund Number 31N234.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/4/12
Y1 - 2018/4/12
N2 - Several studies revealed the importance of daylighting for museums. However, daylighting is not easy to control and poor indoor lighting environment could deteriorate the valuable artifacts and results in the sacrifice of visual comfort for visitors. In recent years, the UAE government has given a special consideration to conservation of its traditional buildings and turned many valuable ones into museums. Yet, these buildings were not designed or built as museums and thus concern about their performance is raised. The objective of this manuscript is to investigate the daylighting performance in traditional UAE buildings that were turned into museums with specific focus on museum lighting requirements. The study used several techniques such as on-site measurements, data collection and analysis, and computer simulation using DAYSIM (Diva plug-in for Rhino). The simulation tool was used to evaluate the lighting performance for several cases under UAE clear sky conditions. The tested climate-based daylighting metric was daylighting autonomy. The location and distribution of the sensor points depended on the size of the display room and possible locations of the artifacts. The daylighting analysis in this paper discusses the Southeast (SE) orientation. Only windows in outward walls (i.e.; looking upon the streets) are examined in this paper. The results were analyzed and improvements were suggested to improve the overall lighting environment. Suggestions included better spatial arrangement, better design and sizing of openings, and implementation of more effective shading systems.
AB - Several studies revealed the importance of daylighting for museums. However, daylighting is not easy to control and poor indoor lighting environment could deteriorate the valuable artifacts and results in the sacrifice of visual comfort for visitors. In recent years, the UAE government has given a special consideration to conservation of its traditional buildings and turned many valuable ones into museums. Yet, these buildings were not designed or built as museums and thus concern about their performance is raised. The objective of this manuscript is to investigate the daylighting performance in traditional UAE buildings that were turned into museums with specific focus on museum lighting requirements. The study used several techniques such as on-site measurements, data collection and analysis, and computer simulation using DAYSIM (Diva plug-in for Rhino). The simulation tool was used to evaluate the lighting performance for several cases under UAE clear sky conditions. The tested climate-based daylighting metric was daylighting autonomy. The location and distribution of the sensor points depended on the size of the display room and possible locations of the artifacts. The daylighting analysis in this paper discusses the Southeast (SE) orientation. Only windows in outward walls (i.e.; looking upon the streets) are examined in this paper. The results were analyzed and improvements were suggested to improve the overall lighting environment. Suggestions included better spatial arrangement, better design and sizing of openings, and implementation of more effective shading systems.
KW - Daylighting
KW - Daylighting autonomy
KW - Musuems
KW - UAE
KW - artifact
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U2 - 10.1109/ICREGA.2018.8337600
DO - 10.1109/ICREGA.2018.8337600
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85050479202
T3 - 5th International Conference on Renewable Energy: Generation and Application, ICREGA 2018
SP - 211
EP - 215
BT - 5th International Conference on Renewable Energy
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 5th International Conference on Renewable Energy: Generation and Application, ICREGA 2018
Y2 - 26 February 2018 through 28 February 2018
ER -