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CURTAIN WALL WINDOWSLET IN NATURAL DAYLIGHT

STEEL FRAME STRUCTURE

OPEN PLAN ADDS VISUAL CONNECTEDNESS

GREEN ROOF INTEGRATES PARK SPACE INTO FACILITY

CHANGE IN GRADE CREATES INTERESTING VIEWS

CONCRETE FLOOR AND ROOF SLABBING

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CAD | CAM LABORATORYEnergy & Design | Professor Gail Brager & Professor Charles Benton

Wurster Hall, Berkeley, CA

POST-OCCUPANCY EVALUATION STUDY OF NATURAL DAYLIGHTING

OBJECTIVE Study the amount and quality of light using a luminance meter tool. Determine if light is sufficient in the space. Document and illustrate your findings.

CONCLUSION It was determined that light was not adequate at the space opposite the windows. A small partition prevented what little light to penetrate the far end of the room.

GROUP Team members included Molly McNamara, Meaghan Whitehorn, Andrea Acuna, and Joanna Salem. Salem participated in measuring the light with the luminance meter, assisted with the documentation of the findings, and produced the presentation board, including the plan and sectional drawings.

LUMINANCESTUDY


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HYPOTHESISThere is an uneven, inadequate distribution of task lighting in CAD/CAM labfor machine use.

Luminance Tool and Task Lighting Sensor.

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Light levels in the room seem to be concentrated in the area closest to the windows and almost completely absent in the opposing side where the machinesare located.

Our recommendation would be to adjust the task lighting or over-head lighting so that it is able to cover the area of the room where natural light is currently unable to penetrate.

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS

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Both, artificial and natural light is unable to provide adequate light where it is needed at the laser cuttingmachines. The task lamps located next to the machines do not add significant luminance, which makes it more difficult for the machine user to accomplish his/her tasks.

The window shades seem unnecessary, since light does not reside in the locationwhere most work is done.

One benefit the room receives from its location is soft, non-direct natural light. Because the windows face north, natural light bounces off the face of the opposingbuilding, and into the CAD/CAM space (see photo 1 & 2). However, a short wall partition and pertruding machine ducts prevent most of this potential light from reaching the end of the room (see photos 3 & 4).

NARRATIVE DESCRIPTION


POSITION OF SUN DURING SUMMER SOLSTICE

POSITION OF SUN DURING WINTER SOLSTICE

Vertical Sun Shade

Ventilation Ducts causes additional obstruction

North-Facing Fenestration for Indirect sun exposure

Partition causes major light obstruction

LASER CUTTING AREA

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Open Plan for natural light exposure

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TASK LIGHTING TOOL: Illuminance MeterArti�cial Lighting

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TASK LIGHTING TOOL: Illuminance MeterNatural Daylighting

SURFACE BRIGHTNESS TOOL: Luminance Meter Natural Daylighting

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DATA POINTS: North to South (approx. 3’ apart)

DATA POINTS: North to South (approx. 3’ apart)

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Optimum Computer Task Lighting(50-100 lux) SOURCE: IES









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