This paper presents a field study that explores lighting qualities within higher educational classrooms in Singapore.Eight classrooms of three typesdcomputer labs,collaborative learning spaces and lecture hallsdare st...This paper presents a field study that explores lighting qualities within higher educational classrooms in Singapore.Eight classrooms of three typesdcomputer labs,collaborative learning spaces and lecture hallsdare studied.Lighting simulation models are calibrated and validated by measurements taken onsite and utilized to generate both instantaneous and annual physical lighting data.A questionnaire survey is distributed to 333 participants to gather subjective responses to current lighting perception.The results show that electrically lit lecture halls present more uniform distributions of lighting environments,while daylit computer labs and daylit collaborative learning spaces present relatively lower daylighting conditions.For daylit computer labs,horizontal illuminance is an effective predictor in terms of controlling lighting levels;For electrically lit lecture halls,the mean luminance of the horizontal 40_band is an effective predictor in terms of subjective lighting comfort.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the Singapore Building Construction Authority(BCA),Green Building Innovation Cluster(GBIC)Research and Development Grant under grand number GBIC-R&D/DCP 05.
文摘This paper presents a field study that explores lighting qualities within higher educational classrooms in Singapore.Eight classrooms of three typesdcomputer labs,collaborative learning spaces and lecture hallsdare studied.Lighting simulation models are calibrated and validated by measurements taken onsite and utilized to generate both instantaneous and annual physical lighting data.A questionnaire survey is distributed to 333 participants to gather subjective responses to current lighting perception.The results show that electrically lit lecture halls present more uniform distributions of lighting environments,while daylit computer labs and daylit collaborative learning spaces present relatively lower daylighting conditions.For daylit computer labs,horizontal illuminance is an effective predictor in terms of controlling lighting levels;For electrically lit lecture halls,the mean luminance of the horizontal 40_band is an effective predictor in terms of subjective lighting comfort.
