Discomfort glare in open plan green buildings

Hirning, Michael; Isoardi, Gillian; Cowling, Ian

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2013.11.053

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“…An X indicates that the health outcome was investigated, it does not give any indication on the strength or significance of the correlation between that health indicator and the office light conditions References Borisuit et al 33 Münch et al 34 Viola et al 35 Linhart et al 36 Mills et al 37 Figueiro et al 38 Das 39 Kozaki et al 40 Vetter et al 41 Maleetipwan-Mattsson et al 42 Geerdinck et al 43 Viitanen et al 44 Veitch et al 15 Villa et al 45 Hedge et al 46 Jafari et al 47 Hirning et al 48 Hirnign et al 49 Xia et al…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Eighteen out of twenty participants who felt their workplace was glary also reported discomfort glare at the time of the survey. In the extended study from Hirning et al, 49 there was a significant relationship between the mean luminance calculated from the HDR images and participant's experienced discomfort glare. In a larger study from Hirning et al, 49 the averaged field of view (FOV) luminance was significantly higher for discomfort occupants.…”

Section: Glarementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the extended study from Hirning et al, 49 there was a significant relationship between the mean luminance calculated from the HDR images and participant's experienced discomfort glare. In a larger study from Hirning et al, 49 the averaged field of view (FOV) luminance was significantly higher for discomfort occupants. The average vertical illuminances at eye level were on average 502 lx for discomfort and 389 lx for comfort occupants.…”

Section: Glarementioning

confidence: 99%

“…All our literature studies included in this review, there were only six articles 33,35,37,46,47,51 discussed and investigated physical or physiological health issues and six articles investigated on mental health 15,33,35,37,38,51 aspects when reviewing the influence of office light conditions on OH. The fact that there were eleven articles related to visual comfort 15,33,36,[42][43][44][45][48][49][50][51] and ten articles related to sleep parameters [33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51] indicates the focus of current office lighting research. This also highlights that sleep disorders and visual comfort are assumed to be important for OH.…”

Section: Occupational Healthmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Systematic review on the interaction between office light conditions and occupational health: Elucidating gaps and methodological issues

Duijnhoven

Aarts

Aries

et al. 2017

Indoor and Built Environment

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Purpose The International Commission on Illumination (CIE) recommends researchers to investigate a wide variety of behavioural and health outcomes. However, researchers often investigate only a part of occupational health (OH) in relation to light. A literature study (2002–2017) regarding the relationship between office lighting conditions and OH was performed to identify gaps and methodological issues. Method The OH outcomes investigated in this paper were grouped according to the International Classification of Diseases and analysed per category: physical and physiological health, mental health, eye health, sleep parameters and visual comfort. Results Findings from the literature study (20 eligible papers) showed that all OH aspects were mostly but not exclusively measured subjectively. Furthermore, most studies investigated only a fraction of office lighting parameters and OH aspects. Conclusions It seems that Correlated Colour Temperature (CCT) and illuminance mainly correlate with OH. However, this may also be explained by gaps and methodological issues in studies described in eligible papers. Based on the literature study, an overview was composed elucidating gaps and methodological issues of office lighting and OH studies. It can be used to design and target the purpose of light and health research.

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Section: Glarementioning

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Section: Glarementioning

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Section: Occupational Healthmentioning

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Systematic review on the interaction between office light conditions and occupational health: Elucidating gaps and methodological issues

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Aries

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“…Providing quality daylighting is more challenging than electrical lighting; since it is subjected to variable sky and whether conditions. It also presents issues with avoiding glare, particularly in subtropical climates where bright skies can cause discomfort glare [43][44][45].…”

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Appraisal of the Visual Environment in an Industrial Factory: a Case Study in Subtropical Climates

Pham

Hansen

Isoardi

2016

Journal of Daylighting

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The physiological and psychological benefits of daylighting for office occupants have been well explored. Current research usually focuses on visual comfort in office buildings. However, there is limited knowledge about daylight quality in industrial work environments. In Australia, most industrial buildings are built from standard factory structures that employ daylight from skylights and large door openings, with little consideration to daylighting design strategies and visual comfort. In bright sky conditions as those present in Australia, large openings can become a source of visual discomfort. It is important to understand how workers perceive the luminous environment in this type of work setting. This research explored the perception of daylighting in an industrial work environment. Qualitative measures (questionnaires, interviews, and observational mapping) and quantitative measures (physical data) were collected over a four week period to examine the type of visual comfort perceived by industrial workers. The results suggests that the desirability to have windows and to have access to a view were important features in this work setting. Access for task lighting and reports of uneven daylighting were indicative to the varying levels of illuminance under intermediate sky conditions. This was reflected in the daylight glare index results and comparisons to the background luminance and glare source luminance, indicating that adaptation may be the cause of responses to daylighting being uneven. The results suggests a need for further research into the quality of the luminous environment in industrial work settings.

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