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COMPARING VISUAL COMFORT METRICS FOR FOURTEEN SPACES USING
SIMULATION-BASED LUMINANCE MAPPING
by
William Vicent
________________________________________________________________________
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF BUILDING SCIENCE
August 2012
Copyright 2012 William Vicent
Object Description
| Title | Comparing visual comfort metrics for fourteen spaces using simulation-based luminance mapping |
| Author | Vicent, William A. |
| Author email | wavicent@gmail.com;william_vicent@yahoo.com |
| Degree | Master of Building Science |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Building Science |
| School | School of Architecture |
| Date defended/completed | 2012-06-19 |
| Date submitted | 2012-06-19 |
| Date approved | 2012-06-20 |
| Restricted until | 2012-06-20 |
| Date published | 2012-06-20 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Schiler, Marc |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Kensek, Karen Carlson, Anders Papamichael, Konstantinos Heschong, Lisa |
| Abstract | As annual daylight simulation methods become more prominent in the building design industry there exists a stronger need and a clearer path for daylight simulation programs to calculate annual visual comfort metrics. A single metric for predicting visual comfort for an entire space and for an entire year could be incredibly useful if one could be created. Though nascent and very time-intensive, capabilities for calculating annual glare probabilities for whole spaces currently exist. However, unlike daylight sufficiency metrics, there seems to be no clear, undisputed industry consensus when it comes to visual comfort metrics in daylight conditions, making annual glare capabilities slightly preemptive. Accordingly, this work aims to highlight some of the strengths and weaknesses of some of the leading visual comfort metrics (DGP, DGI, UGR, VCP and CGI) under annualized processes. Ultimately, this work outlines a luminance-based simulation process for predicting annual visual comfort and correlates these results with an existing dataset of field administered occupant surveys. The two metrics developed for this work, DGPmax and DGPave, are shown to have the high potential for metric candidacy. |
| Keyword | daylighting; daylight; visual comfort; glare; luminance; illuminance; simulation; luminance mapping |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m |
| Rights | Vicent, William A. |
| Access conditions | The author retains rights to his/her dissertation, thesis or other graduate work according to U.S. copyright law. Electronic access is being provided by the USC Libraries in agreement with the author, as the original true and official version of the work, but does not grant the reader permission to use the work if the desired use is covered by copyright. It is the author, as rights holder, who must provide use permission if such use is covered by copyright. The original signature page accompanying the original submission of the work to the USC Libraries is retained by the USC Libraries and a copy of it may be obtained by authorized requesters contacting the repository e-mail address given. |
| Repository name | University of Southern California Digital Library |
| Repository address | USC Digital Library, University of Southern California, University Park Campus MC 7002, 106 University Village, Los Angeles, California 90089-7002, USA |
| Repository email | cisadmin@usc.edu |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume4/etd-VicentWill-893.pdf |
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| Full text | COMPARING VISUAL COMFORT METRICS FOR FOURTEEN SPACES USING SIMULATION-BASED LUMINANCE MAPPING by William Vicent ________________________________________________________________________ A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF BUILDING SCIENCE August 2012 Copyright 2012 William Vicent |
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