Recognizing the Evolutionary Process of Using Daylight in Schools With Improving Users Performance Approach

Subject Areas : Architectural studies

Romina Khalilzadeh aghdami ¹ (Department of Art and Architecture, West Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran. )
s.majid mofidi ² (Department of Architecture, Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, Iran University of Science & Technology, Tehran, Iran)
Mansoureh Tahbaz ³ (- Associate Professor, Department of Architecture and Urban Planning, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.)

Received: 2024-04-27 Accepted : 2024-07-29 Published : 2024-09-11

Keywords: Daylight, School, Performance Improvement, Environmental Comfort, Energy Efficiency,

Abstract :

Learning and education are important parts of every person's life. Schools play the most important role in societies regarding the education of the next generation. Using daylight in designing schools has attracted the attention of designers over the years, and besides improving the efficiency of students, it affects their physical and mental health. Due to performing visual activities in the classroom, it requires qualitative light and providing quantity alone is not effective. Centuries ago, researchers have conducted studies related to the daylight using in schools, and the investigation of this trend indicates daylight using in educational environments. Considering the occurrence of energy crisis in the world and the need to use energy as a factor for growth, development and exercise of the countries power, the use of renewable energy is an undeniable necessity. Daylight using is a factor for participation in reducing energy consumption, and providing environmental comfort requires investigating the factors affecting the quality of received daylight. In order to provide environmental comfort and prevent disturbing glare, it is necessary to design the windows according to the space in order to achieve the criteria of daylight desirability, including the uniformity and useful daylight illuminance. The purpose of this study is to investigate the evolutionary process of using daylight in schools in order to recognize the effects of events in these changes. For this purpose, changes have been investigated with positivist philosophy based on empirical sciences and with inductive reasoning approach. Finally, the development of daylight in schools is affected by the three principles of growth and development of technology, the energy debate, as well as the development of educational theories, and the need to use the appropriate algorithm to use the potential of solar energy in schools with the aim of achieving visual comfort and energy efficiency is proven.

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