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Control systems for indoor lighting and computer simulation: analysis and comparison between software packages capabilities and results on a real cas…

2018

In the last years, computer capabilities have evolved rapidly and also the way to simulate building physics phenomena is changed and more developed. Each simulation software is developed with a less or more similar aim, using different algorithms and models and being used by people with different profile: specialist, architects, engineers, installers, etc. This paper deals with the analysis of capability of some of the most utilised software used to predict indoor lighting, including natural daylight contribution and assessment of energy consumption and savings related to specific design options. Furthermore, two of the analysed software have been tested simulating a case studying. Results …

Automated control systems for indoor lighting: from design to actual performances' assessment

In recent years, but already around 1980, many buildings have been equipped with Building Automation and Control (BAC) systems. These systems were applied as a normal upgrade of traditional systems in different field of the industrial sector. In general, they can be applied to the building plants in order to carry out a series of functions. The main benefits of the installation of this kind of system are well known. First of all, it has been shown that BACs systems installation increases the energy savings and because using many typologies of sensors (e.g. presence detectors to control lighting system) and because, by monitoring the data it is possible to modify plant’s strategies and also …