The effect of an atrium and building orientation on the daylighting and cooling load of an office building. : An early stage study.

• Main Author: Verma, Anurag
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: KTH, Installations- och energisystem 2017
• Subjects: Atrium; Daylighting; Cooling loads; Energy; Simulation; Daylight autonomy; Orientation; Early stage study; Architectural Engineering; Arkitekturteknik
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-219590

The thesis is an outcome of a collaborative work between the author and an architect. It aims to answer design questions that were posed in the early stages by the team of a student architect and the author himself relating to the daylighting performance of the building located in Stockholm, Sweden. Two design elements of interest that were to be evaluated were decided: the orientation of the building and the effect of introducing an atrium in the building. Annual daylighting performance simulations were carried out and these two design elements were parametrically varied to see the effect on the daylight distribution inside the building for the given architectural model. For the same design parameters, an energy model was created and simulated to see the effect of these design alteration on the cooling loads of the building. The importance of early stage collaboration between engineers and designers have also been discussed which sets the contextual scene of the thesis.