Results for tag 'visual comfort'
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Visual Comfort
Maintaining visual comfort means ensuring that people have enough light for their activities, the light has the right quality and balance, and people have good views.
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Shading and Redirecting Light
Using building elements to avoid excessive light or solar heat gain.
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Glazing Properties
The physical properties of the materials, coatings, and constructions that make up windows and skylights.
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Aperture Placement & Area
Strategic use of windows and skylights can help you achieve thermal and visual comfort passively.
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Lighting Operations & Maintenance
Lighting operations and maintenance ("O&M") are the practices that keep lighting systems working at peak performance during the life of the building.
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Controls for Lighting and Daylighting
Lighting and daylighting controls are systems that adjust the amount of natural and artificial light in a room, based on its brightness, occupancy, and other factors.
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Light Fixtures and Layout
Light fixtures and layout can be as important to good lighting as the light sources themselves.
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Artificial Light Sources
The choice of light source is very important, both for visual comfort and for energy efficiency.
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Views
Views are the ability for building occupants to see landscape, objects, and people outside the building.
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Colors of Light
Light can feel cool or warm. This is quantified by the "color temperature" and measured in degrees Kelvin.
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