Renewable Electricity Production Effect on the Energy Balance of Latvia

Solar-optimum design principles for office buildings

“…Office space areas -average weighted daylight factor distribution ES-SO and REHVA manual [5] compiles scientific research summary which shows impact of daylight use to the factors related to productivity of staff and students:…”

“…Carnegie-Mellon University discovered that by increasing use of daylight that does not cause glare and by providing daylight lighting control, on average 3.75% of productivity increase was obtained [5];…”

“…On average complains about serious illnesses decrease by 20% and 25% to residents that are located close to outer window in comparison to those who work deep indoors without access to daylight [5];…”

“…Access to window and daylight reduced not showing up at work by 15% [8]; Direct sun access to the classrooms, especially through non shadowed East or South windows is linked to negative performance of the students [5].…”

“…Such complex simulations must be done through help of simulation software. The whole building energy simulation programs must be employed in the first steps of the design process to help architectures and engineers to take the best decision, and to choose which alternatives design are more energy efficient and cost effective [5].…”