Light and the Building - Selected Topics

Course guarantor:

Lenka Maierová, Jaroslav Vychytil

Lecturer:

Lenka Maierová, Jaroslav Vychytil

Tutor:

Lenka Maierová, Jaroslav Vychytil

Supervisor:

Department of Architectural Engineering

Synopsis:

Lighting should be understood as a complex topic, with implications for a number of technical and non-technical disciplines. The quality of lighting influences how accurately we see objects around us, it defines our visual comfort, and effects a number of physiological processes in our bodies. The lighting we install in our surroundings also directly affects wildlife ecosystems.

The D24SST course addresses lighting technology tasks, integrating numerous requirements for indoor environment quality, human physiology, environmental impacts, and energy, economic, and operational influences. Virtual computer models are used to solve the tasks. An integral part of the course is the practical use of measuring technology as a tool for assessing illuminance, luminance, glare, spectral properties of materials, etc.

Requirements:

Willingness to search, to try, to learn, to think critically. Desire to move in an interdisciplinary environment.

Syllabus of lectures:

The introduction to the course will summarize the basic requirements and new findings regarding the lighting of buildings. Subsequently, students will focus on the chosen issue in greater detail.

Syllabus of tutorials:

According to the number of students, according to the agreement with the teacher.

Study Objective:

A graduate of the course should be able to „see“ and „predict“ light in space. The student should acquire the necessary theoretical knowledge, practical procedures and a feeling for the conscious use of light as a structural element, as a primary tool in the work of an architect/constructor. A comprehensive, interdisciplinary approach makes it possible to use current technologies and strategies for lighting in buildings as a means of creating quality, functional architecture.

Study materials:

! EN 12464-1 - 4, Lighting of work places

! EN 17037 (730582), Daylight in buildings, 2018

! DARULA, Stanislav; KAŇKA, Jan a MOHELNÍKOVÁ, Jitka. Osvětlení denním světlem. Praha: Informační centrum ČKAIT, 2024. ISBN 978-80-8826548-1

! Jiří Habel a kolektiv, Světlo a osvětlování, FCC Public 2013.

! ČSN 36 0011-1 Měření osvětlení prostorů - Část 1: Základní ustanovení. Praha : ÚNMZ, únor 2014.

! ČSN 36 0011-2 Měření osvětlení prostorů - Část 2: Měření denního osvětlení. Praha : ÚNMZ, únor 2014.

! VYCHYTIL, Jaroslav., KAŇKA, Jan. Stavební světelná technika - přednášky. Praha: Nakladatelství ČVUT v Praze, 2016, 176 s. ISBN 978-80-01-06060-5.

? Peter R. Boyce, Human Factors in Lighting, third edition, CRC Press 2014.

? Daylight Academy, Changing perspectives on daylight: Science, technology, culture. AAAS 2017.

? KITTLER, Richard., KOCIFAJ, Miroslav., DARULA, Stanislav. Daylight Science and Daylight Technology. Londýn: Springer Science + Business Media, 2012, 342 s. ISBN 978-1-4419-8815-7.

? http://thedaylightsite.com/library-3/books/

? Websites of the course and of teachers.

Note:

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The course is a part of the following study plans: