Daylighting—IEA task 21
Introduction
The CBPR has been involved since 1995 with the International Energy Agency Solar Heating and Cooling Programme research task on daylighting.The Task involves approximately 60 people in 30 research institutions in 15 countries, and comprises four subtasks: A, B, C, D.
Subtask D
The main objective of Subtask D is to demonstrate that daylight conscious design can significantly improve energy efficiency while maintaining a satisfactory visual and thermal environment for occupants. Subtask D will therefore monitor, evaluate and document a series of carefully selected buildings in different climate zones.The Faculty of Architecture and Design in Wellington (case study 13) is one of these selected buildings which has been monitored. This monitoring involves using a series of sensors in specific locations within studios and on the roof to record the illuminance levels at one minute intervals. (A series of 13 photocells monitor the illuminance outside and inside the building.)
The results of the case study can be downloaded below:
Post-occupancy evaluation
The aim of a POE-study is to carry out a systematic assessment of the performance of a facility once it has been occupied and used. It is to determine if the facility meets the level of expectation which was envisaged in the conceptual stages of the design, in terms of both the human occupants and the building services which it encloses.
This is done by a systematic gathering and analysis of the information collected from within the building when it is in use. The Faculty of Architecture and Design is the facility that has been monitored for this report, A survey form was issued and the results collated.