2009 - Daylight Symposium
DAYLIGHT AND COMFORT IN THE INDOOR ENVIRONMENT by Myriam Aries and Laurens Zonneveldt
Speakers
Myriam Aries
Energy, Comfort, and Indoor Environment
TNO Built Environment and Geosciences
Laurens Zonneveldt
Energy, Comfort, and Indoor Environment
TNO Built Environment and Geosciences
Daylight is not only the natural source for lighting, it is also proposed as one of the sources to save energy and reduce energy consumption. However, in order to save energy, comfort and health conservation are required prerequisites. To asses comfort in the indoor environment, most authors only differentiate between comfort and discomfort. A more refined scale for assessing the level of comfort is proposed. The use of this scale is illustrated with a number of examples, in this context based on daylight conditions. Simultaneously, several interactions of the complex interactions of these daylighting parameters with other comfort aspects are demonstrated.
Myriam Aries is currently working with the Energy, Comfort, and Indoor Environment group of TNO Built Environment and Geosciences. After a Building Technology master project related to daylight and visual comfort at the TU Delft, she conducted a Ph.D. research project at the TU Eindhoven with regard to human visual and nonvisual lighting demands and the realization of healthy lighting. She expanded her knowledge while working as post doctoral fellow within the lighting group of the NRC Canada.
Laurens Zonneveldt is currently working with the Energy, Comfort, and Indoor Environment group of TNO Built Environment and Geosciences. He studied Physics and Meteorology in Utrecht and has been working for over 25 years in lighting research with the focus on daylighting. Over the years, he has participated in numerous international projects on energy efficient lighting and visual comfort.
