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Architecture and daylight: Planning strategies for energy-efficient buildings

Building Design & Construction, 2021-04

Copyright SGC Horizon Building & Construction Group Apr 6, 2021 ;ISSN: 0007-3407

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  • Title:
    Architecture and daylight: Planning strategies for energy-efficient buildings
  • Author: Johnson, Loren
  • Subjects: Architects ; Architecture ; Cost control ; Daylight ; Decision making ; Decisions ; Design ; Energy ; Energy consumption ; Green buildings ; Outdoors ; Public buildings ; Solar heating ; Sun ; Thermal energy ; Winter solstice
  • Is Part Of: Building Design & Construction, 2021-04
  • Description: Recent years have seen an upswing in the use of solar technologies ranging from photovoltaic panels to solar thermal energy collection. The question that immediately comes up among building owners is, of course, “What’s it going to cost?” However, before building owners intent on harnessing the sun’s energy start making decisions about specific technologies, they should consider two aspects of architectural design that can maximize the delivery of daylight and views to the outdoors with no real cost impact: building orientation and massing-in other words, the building’s placement on the site and the building’s form in three dimensions. If all this points to anything, it’s this: architects need time and space to think about the consequences of early decisions. [...]I encourage building owners to resist the temptation to rush the early part of the design process to get to the “real” part of the project.
  • Publisher: Arlington Heights: SGC Horizon Building & Construction Group
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0007-3407
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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