Green Star: Daylight
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This 16-minute course is designed to equip professionals with the essential knowledge and practical skills needed to evaluate spatial daylight autonomy (SDA) in building design using Green Star guidelines. The course focuses on leveraging daylight modeling techniques to ensure compliance with sustainability standards and enhance occupant comfort through optimized natural light distribution.
Course Structure:
This two-session course begins with an introduction to the concept of spatial daylight autonomy, emphasizing its role in assessing daylight levels in regularly occupied spaces. Participants will learn the criteria defined by Green Star, such as achieving specified illuminance levels (e.g., 160 lux for 80% of the occupied hours) and understanding the requirements for different building classes.
The first session covers the basics of setting up a daylight model, including defining boundary conditions, grid resolutions, plane heights, and reflectivity properties for walls, ceilings, and floors. The session also explores how to run simplified simulations using climate files, define analysis zones, and set time intervals for efficient modeling.
In the second session, participants delve into interpreting SDA results. They will learn to analyze detailed outputs, identify discrepancies in inputs (e.g., visible light transmittance or VLT inconsistencies), and address challenges such as external shading and low daylight penetration in specific zones. The course demonstrates practical techniques for visualizing results, overlaying them on architectural drawings, and refining model parameters to meet compliance and design objectives.
Key Learning Outcomes:
Understand the concept of spatial daylight autonomy and its application in sustainable building design.
Learn to configure daylight models, including grid settings, plane heights, and boundary conditions.
Run daylight simulations and interpret outputs to assess compliance with Green Star standards.
Identify and resolve input inconsistencies to improve daylight modeling accuracy.
Evaluate and refine design parameters, such as shading and reflectivity, for optimized daylight performance.
Course Completion:
By the end of this course, participants will have the confidence and expertise to perform spatial daylight autonomy modeling in alignment with Green Star requirements. They will be equipped to simulate, analyze, and refine daylight strategies, ensuring optimal natural light distribution and compliance with sustainability guidelines. Participants who complete the course and achieve an 80% pass mark on the final quiz will receive a Certificate of Completion.
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