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Journal of Daylighting

Journal of Daylighting is a peer-reviewed international journal devoted to investigations of daylighting in buildings. It is the leading journal that publishes original research on all aspects of Energy, buildings, and lighting. Read more

Open Access — free for readers, articles are published free-of-cost.
Rapid Publication: Bi-annual (articles are published continuously throughout the year)
Publication Fee: No charges
Year Started: 2014
Time to Publication: 70 days

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Multi-objective Optimization of Window and Shading Systems for Enhanced

Addressing the challenges of global warming and rising energy demands, this study explores fixed shading systems as passive and sustainable solutions to improve energy efficiency, thermal comfort, and daylight performance in office buildings.

Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 91-110

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Designing Adaptability Strategy to a Novel Kinetic Adaptive Façade (

The design and evaluation of adaptive facades (AFs) have become increasingly complex due to advancements in morphology, control strategies, and adaptability techniques.

Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 69-90

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Feasibility Study of Five Solar Thermal Power Plants in Arequipa,

Knowing the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) allows for evaluating the profitability of different energy generation technologies, identifying the options with the lowest costs, and, in turn, promoting the transition to more sustainable energy sources for governments and private companies.

Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 51-68

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Optimisation of Indoor Spatial and Temporal Aspects of Deep Architectural

Visual comfort in deep rooms with side lit openings varies by positions and time; thus, interventions are required to provide comfort for all users in a room.

Journal of Daylighting (2025) 40-50

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The Effect of Curved Light Shelves, Ceiling and Window Characteristics

Daylighting is related to the user's psychological and physiological effects in educational space. The amount of daylighting significantly influences visual comfort, work tasks, academic performance and productivity.

Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 21-39

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Daylight Optimization of the South-Faced Architecture Classrooms Using Biomimicry-

Building design is a product of multiple factors, such as concept and aesthetics, building materials and technologies, environmental conditions, and daylight requirements of the inner spaces.

Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 1-20

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Design Alternatives of Light Shelves using Altmann Linkage

This paper proposes a novel new light shelf design with Altmann linkage using its kinetic principles: geometry and rotational angles. As previous studies explain a light shelf’s design in two ways: static and movable, the proposed one in this study has the potential to track the path of the sun due to its diagonal movement. .

Journal of Daylighting 11 (2024) 391-407

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Optimum Geometry of Double-skin Self-Shading Facade of Classrooms

The significant energy consumption in educational spaces worldwide and its environmental impact greatly influence the quality of space, learning levels, and student comfort.

Journal of Daylighting 11 (2024) 372-389

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Parametric Optimization Approach to Evaluate Dynamic Shading Within Double-Skin

This research aims to support the choice of an appropriate dynamic louver shading system (DL-SS) within double-skin facade insulated glazed units (DSF-IGUs) as a high-performance integrated window system (DSF-IGUs/DL-SS) that meets both thermal and energy performance via daylight availability under a tropical climate.

Journal of Daylighting 11 (2024) 349-371

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Artificial Neural Network to Predict Curvature Light Shelf Design Related

Energy Optimization in building design field now has been revolutionized due to AI and machine learning applications. Leveraging daylight to reduce artificial lighting consumption holds promise for significant energy savings, yet the nonlinear nature of daylight patterns poses challenges in prediction and optimization.

Journal of Daylighting 11 (2024) 334-348

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Investigation of the Effect of Parametric Patterned Façade and

Parametric design is one of the thriving contemporary architectural treatments that not only has an influence on the design of building envelopes but is capable of affecting the users physically and psychologically.

Journal of Daylighting 11 (2024) 312-333

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Analyzing Passive Design Retrofits using Pareto Front Optimization to Reduce

Buildings are one of the leading sources of carbon emissions in the world. Most of the carbon emissions are released during the operation phase of the building.

Journal of Daylighting 11 (2024) 290-311

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Tracker-less Sunlight Collection Apparatus, using an Array of Optical

The paper describes an array of optical cones as a potential configuration for tracker-less daylighting, without using an electro-mechanical tracker. Subsequently, a single optical cone is analyzed, mainly in terms of sunlight collection efficiency and acceptance angle, as a function of the cone's geometrical dimensions.

Journal of Daylighting 11 (2024) 279-289

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Analytical Study on Reducing the Heating Effects of Daylight and

Climate change is an environmental issue that is rapidly escalating due to the effects of global warming. The increase in carbon emissions, along with various human activities such as industrial processes, land use changes, and the reckless consumption of natural resources, are among the primary causes of global warming.

Journal of Daylighting 11 (2024) 268-278

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Optimising Daylighting Performance Through Side light with Passive Devise Design

Passive lighting design plays an important role in providing natural lighting to save electricity consumption in buildings. This study aims to investigate the performance of natural lighting and the potential of alternative designs through sidelights with 3 shading device models and light shelves with different sizes in north, west, east, and south orientations.

Journal of Daylighting 11 (2024) 247-267

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Unfolding 3D Space into Binary Images for Daylight Simulation via

Daylighting plays a crucial role in building science, impacting both occupants’ well-being and energy consumption in buildings. Balancing the size of openings with energy efficiency has long been a challenge. .

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 204-2013

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Integrative Lighting Design: How to Optimize Visual and Non-visual

The objective of this paper is to outline fundamental principles for the electric lighting design of workplace environments such as offices. The study considers both the suggested guidelines and values for non-visual light design and the specifications for visual tasks dictated by the EN 12464-1:2021.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 192-203

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The Effect of Parametric Patterned Façade Variations on Daylight

Parametric design influences on building envelope design are exponentially increasing in the current era due to the dominance of computational design on architectural outcomes.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 173-191

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Analysing the Daylighting Performance of the Main Prayer-hall in

This paper studies the daylighting quality of the indoor prayer-hall in The Great Upper Mosque of Hama city in Syria, highlighting this distinctive historical converted building that has been functioning as a mosque since the entry of Islam in the 6th century AD.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 153-172

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Sunlight-Daylight Signature: a Novel Concept to Assess Sunlight and

Daylighting and solar availability at urban scale has come to play a crucial role in the perception of discomfort conditions for people, both in outdoor and indoor spaces, and on the energy consumption of buildings.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 136-152

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Ray Tracing Algorithm to Simulate Laser-Cut Panel Light-Redirecting

Daylighting simulation software is an important tool to improve the quality of building design and to improve the quality of the built environment. For its application to correspond to reality, its algorithm needs to reflect real behaviour in the best possible way.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 87-98

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The Effects of Orientation and Width of Space Between Buildings

Excessive heat in the high-rise urban fabric has contributed to pedestrian and occupants' discomfort. Establishing wind circulation in space with an environmentally compatible and optimal configuration is necessary to improve comfort in this region.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 99-116

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Evaluation of the Visual Comfort and Daylight Performance of the

The daylight in classrooms is a crucial aspect that affects the quality of the learning environment and the overall performance of the students. Visual arts, such as painting, sculpture, carving, textile design and photography, require specific lighting conditions, which are different from the regular classroom standards.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 117-135

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Design Optimization of the Skylight for Daylighting and Energy Performance

In terms of sustainable design, lateral windows and skylights are important. Daylighting has become a vital component in office buildings because it increases occupants' productivity, well-being, and energy savings via windows and skylights.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 72-86

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The Architectural Design of Building Façade Models Related to

Lighting control integrated with daylighting is recognized as an important and useful strategy in energy efficient building design. One of the right factors to reduce energy consumption for artificial lighting during the day is the maximum utilization of sunlight.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 60-71

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Evaluation of Occupants’ Visual Perception in Day Lit Scenes: A

Daylight improves indoor environmental quality, the physical and mental health of occupants, and their efficiency. Research in the area of human-centric lighting that considers the visual and non-visual effects of light on human vision, have focused on examining human visual perception in response to a wide variety of lighting aspects.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 45-59

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Impact of Window Design on Dynamic Daylight Performance in an

Window design affects the building's appearance. Besides, it has a significant impact on daylight performance and the visual comfort of interior spaces.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 31-44

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Visual Comfort Assessment of Hospital Patient Rooms with Climate Responsive

As advanced technologies become prevalent, they are being used more widely in numerous fields. The building sector is not an exception. One of these cutting-edge technologies is responsive facades, which are used in buildings and have an undeniable effect on daylighting.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 17-30

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Biomimicry as an Approach to Improve Daylighting Performance in Office

Biomimicry inspired architects to solve complex design problems and develop adaptive solutions for enhancing the environmental quality. Fields of inspiration include energy efficiency, natural ventilation, daylighting, and structural stability.

Journal of Daylighting 10 (2023) 1-16

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Energy (miscellaneous): #36/78
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: #140/270
CiteScoreTM 2023: 4.0

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Editorial Board

Prof. Antonio Manuel Peña García
University of Granada, Spain

Dr Canan Kandilli
Usak University, Turkey

Dr Ferdinando Salata
University of Rome, Italy

Dr Fabio Peron
IUAV University of Venice, Italy

Dr Susana Lagüela López
University of Vigo, Spain

Dr Valerio Roberto Maria Lo Verso
Politecnico di Torino (Polytechnic University of Turin), Italy

Prof. Yuehong Su
University of Nottingham, UK

Dr. Kacem Gairaa
center for renewable energy development, Algeria

Dr Umberto Berardi
Ryerson University, canada

Prof. Önder Güler
Istanbul Technical University, Türkiye

Dr Boon Han Lim
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia

Prof Laura Bellia
University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Dr Paola Sansoni
CNR-INO, Italy

Dr Arsenio Barbón
University of Oviedo, Spain

Dr. Feride Şener Yılmaz
Istanbul Technical University, Turkey

Dr Rizki A. Mangkuto
Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia

Dr. Francesco Nocera
Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Catania (ITALY), Italy

Dr Marina Bonomolo
University of Palermo, Italia

Dr Francesco Sommese
University of Naples Federico II, italy

Dr. Francesca Fragliasso
University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Dr Seyed Morteza Hosseini
Aalborg University, Denmark

Dr Petar Pejic
University of Niš, Serbia

Dr Paula M. Esquivias
University of Granada, Spain

Dr Hui Lv
Hubei University of Technology, China

Wei Wang
Southeast University, 中国

Dr jian yao
Ningbo University, China

Dr Osama Mohamed Omar
Beirut Arab University, Lebanon

Dr Mohammed Salah Mayhoub
Al-Azhar University, Egypt

Dr. Peng XUE
Beijing University of Technology, China

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Optical Characteristic Investigation on an Underwater Adjustable Focus Solar Concentrator

This paper presents an underwater adjustable focus solar concentrator, which is composed of a piece of transparent elastic membrane and a hollow cylindrical-like structure.

Journal of Daylighting 6 (2019) 169-175

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Impact of Building Typology on Daylight Optimization Using Building Information

Daylight represents one of the crucial factors that affect directly on the building performance and its occupants. This study assesses the daylight performance in the multi-storey residential buildings (apartments) in Erbil city.

Journal of Daylighting 6 (2019) 187-201

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Acrylic Panels Applications as Building Materials and Daylighting Devices

Enormous studies have been conducted to enhance the daylighting utilization in buildings either by direct lighting techniques, lighting reflection systems, lighting transporting systems, or by light tracking systems.

Journal of Daylighting 7 (2020) 258-272

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Power Factor Correction of Compact Fluorescent and Tubular LED Lamps

Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) and Light-emitting Diode (LED) lamps have received wide acceptance in lighting applications during the last few years.

Journal of Daylighting 7 (2020) 73-83

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Effect of window glazing on colour quality of transmitted daylight

In this study, the colour quality of the daylight transmitted through different window glazing types is evaluated. The analysis considered four different types of window glazing: laminated, monolithic, coated and applied film glazing ranging in luminous transmittance from around 0.

Journal of Daylighting 4 (2017) 37-47

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A Review on Solar Concentrators with Multi-surface and Multi-

Solar concentrator always plays an important role in solar energy collection as it could enhance the energy density effectively. Various structures of solar concentrators have been researched in recent years, among which multi-surface (MS) and multi-element (ME) combinations are the two typical structures.

Journal of Daylighting 6 (2019) 80-96

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Evaluation of Daylight Availability for Energy Savings

Dynamic daylight simulations are very useful instruments in daylighting design process. They allow an in depth analysis of indoor daylight availability levels and define if they are adequate to perform a particular visual task.

Journal of Daylighting 2 (2015) 12-20

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Appraisal of the visual environment in an industrial factory: a

The physiological and psychological benefits of daylighting for office occupants have been well explored. Current research usually focuses on visual comfort in office buildings.

Journal of Daylighting 3 (2016) 12-26

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Metamodeling of the Energy Consumption of Buildings with Daylight Harvesting –

Daylight harvesting is a well-known strategy to address building energy efficiency. However, few simplified tools can evaluate its dual impact on lighting and air conditioning energy consumption.

Journal of Daylighting 8 (2021) 255-269

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A Methodology to Link the Internal Heat Gains from Lighting

This paper critically discusses the procedure prescribed by the Italian Technical Standards to account for the internal gains in the calculation of the energy performance indices for a building.

Journal of Daylighting 1 (2014) 56-67

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Daylight utilization with light pipe in farm animal production: a

Light pipes, which are complex optical systems, offer a passive way to bring daylight to deep buildings, such as agricultural buildings. However, the lack of reliable performance predictability methods for light pipes represents a major obstacle preventing their widespread use.

Journal of Daylighting 3 (2016) 1-11

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Design and optical evaluation of a novel asymmetric lens-walled

Solar concentrating system is an effective way of combing solar energy with the building to satisfy the needs besides of electricity and hot water, also includes building heating, refrigeration, dehumidification, which require higher quality heat source.

Journal of Daylighting 4 (2017) 26-37

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Daylight Transport Systems for Buildings at High Latitudes

This paper is a literature study of daylight transport systems aiming at selecting the most appropriate ones for application at high latitudes. It is limited to the systems that transport light at a long distance from the façade and distribute it either in the building core or at a rear place in a room adjacent to the façade. .

Journal of Daylighting 6 (2019) 60-79

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Alerting Effect of Light: A Review of Daytime Studies

Light affects humans beyond only image formation. Several studies have reported that light can increase daytime alertness and can therefore be positively utilized to counter daytime fatigue and increase productivity in workspaces.

Journal of Daylighting 9 (2022) 150-163

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An Investigation-Based Optimization Framework of Thermal Comfort Analysis in

Optimization becomes more valuable when the optimal variables decision can consider sensitivity analysis. To get optimum results quickly, this study established a synthetic sensitivity analysis and multi-objective optimization approach, which is combined with an energy simulation framework characterized by parallel processing.

Journal of Daylighting 9 (2022) 48-63

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Development of Fresnel-based Concentrated Photovoltaic (CPV) System with Uniform

Different designs have been presented to achieve high concentration and uniformity for the concentrated photovoltaic (CPV) system. Most of the designs have issues of low efficiency in terms of irradiance uniformity.

Journal of Daylighting 1 (2014) 2-7

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Daylighting metrics: an approach to dynamic cubic illuminance

Advances in research work in the field of numerical analysis of daylight performance have generated in-depth knowledge on photometric measurements of daylight quality.

Journal of Daylighting 5 (2018) 34-42

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An Approach to Determine Specific Targets of Daylighting Metrics and

This study comes from an integrated approach combining daylighting and thermal aspects of building spaces. Several room configurations derived from the combination of four main design variables are tested.

Journal of Daylighting 8 (2021) 1-19

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The Significance of Aperture Proportion for the Lighting Behaviour and

Traditional solar screens in Iran (called Moshabak) are architectural devices used mainly in hot-arid regions, with two interrelated functions: controlling the penetration of sunlight and gaze from outside.

Journal of Daylighting 9 (2022) 242-256

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Application of Micro-structured Sunlighting Systems in Different Climatic Zones

Two-sided micro-structures on windowpanes have been developed for redirecting sunlight into the depth of rooms in order to improve daylighting. In a joint research project comprehensive sunlighting-systems for windows are developed, integrating micro-structures in triple-glass units.

Journal of Daylighting 6 (2019) 52-59

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Daylight in Buildings and Visual Comfort Evaluation: the Advantages and

Exposure to daylight significantly affects the psychological well-being of occupants by diminishing headaches, eye tensions, or stress. Daylight penetration is a matter of collaboration between building façade and perimeter zones that can be controlled through façade design features. .

Journal of Daylighting 8 (2021) 181-203

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A Combined Method for an Exhaustive Investigation of the Anidolic

Lighting quality in office environments is a broad concept that must be taken into account in the design stage to deliver comfortable spaces to reduce workers' stress.

Journal of Daylighting 8 (2021) 149-164

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Outdoor Investigation of High Concentrator Photovoltaic Under Uniform and Non-

This study was performed in outdoor conditions to quantify the level of influence on the electrical performance of the Multi-junction (MJ) solar cells.

Journal of Daylighting 7 (2020) 1-12

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A Survey on Daylighting Education in Italian Universities. Knowledge of

Daylighting is a strategic topic to achieve sustainable buildings, so it is more and more imperative that it is implemented in architecture curricula to prepare a new generation of daylighting-oriented practitioners.

Journal of Daylighting 8 (2021) 36-49

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Phasor Method to Estimate Illuminances Due to Parallel Arrays of

Direct horizontal illuminance along a calculation row due to two parallel arrays of large numbers of identical light sources behaves like a periodic signal with a sinusoidal pattern, which contains useful information for design purpose.

Journal of Daylighting 7 (2020) 246-257

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