Statistical methods applied to optimize perforated façade design for daylight availability

Perforated solar screens (PSS) are an important consideration in building façade design due to its contribution to sustainability through daylighting. PSS design requires the consideration of many potential design alternatives that involves a large number of simulations. This paper presents a method...

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Autores: Chi, Doris A., Moreno-Rangel, David, Navarro Casas, Jaime
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repositorio:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
OAI Identifier:oai:idus.us.es:11441/159773
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/159773
https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)AE.1943-5568.0000339
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Daylit area
Listing method
Orthogonal method
Perforated façade design
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Sumario:Perforated solar screens (PSS) are an important consideration in building façade design due to its contribution to sustainability through daylighting. PSS design requires the consideration of many potential design alternatives that involves a large number of simulations. This paper presents a methodology in which the orthogonal and listing methods are integrated to predict a set of optimum PSS design variables to enhance the Daylight Availability in office buildings located in Seville, Spain. An orthogonal array is selected to perform a transverse comparison of the simulation factors mean effects and to find their statistical significance. Then, a standard level is fixed and used for further detailed analysis of a greater number of factor levels, measuring their daylighting contributions. The main advantage of the integrated method is the reduction of the number of simulations from 720 to 32, so it could save time considerably and would help designers to make early-design-stage decisions. With the optimization, the actual daylit area increased by 29-57% and the over lit area reduced by 36-57%, relative to reference models with no PSS.