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About this Journal
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.
Time to Publication: 70 days
Frequency: Bi-annual (2 issues/year) – articles are published continuously throughout the year
Indexed: Web of Science, ESCI, Scopus, DOAJ, and other databases
Article Publishing Charge (APC): No publication fees are charged to authors, and articles are published as Open Access.
Newest Articles
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Efficiently providing visual comfort and thermal performance in office buildings is critical for occupant well-being and environmental sustainability. Dynamic façade systems play a key role in regulat...
Journal of Daylighting 13 (2026) 347-362
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Daylight has a direct impact on patient comfort and building energy consumption in healthcare facilities. It is essential to design healthcare facilities using strategies that prioritise individual he...
Journal of Daylighting 13 (2026) 333-346
RESEARCH ARTICLE
This study optimizes horizontal shading devices for south-facing office façades in Kathmandu to balance daylight, energy, and visual comfort under current and future climates. From 210 simulations var...
Journal of Daylighting 13 (2026) 315-332
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Improving Renewable Energy Forecasting through Integrated Analysis of Solar and Meteorological Data
This study investigates the application of machine learning, deep learning, and hybrid approaches for predicting solar radiation and meteorological variables. Using a dataset of 6,421 hourly observati...
Journal of Daylighting 13 (2026) 300-314
Latest Issues
Volume 13, Issue 1
June 2026
Volume 12, Issue 2
December 2025
Volume 12, Issue 1
June 2025
Volume 11, Issue 2
December 2024
Featured Articles
REVIEW ARTICLE
With the growing urgency to reduce carbon emissions in the built environment, enhancing daylight availability in historic buildings has become a critical and challenging task due to the required balan...
Journal of Daylighting 13 (2026) 57-75
REVIEW ARTICLE
Outdoor urban spaces are essential to residents’ well-being, yet their thermal comfort is increasingly compromised by urbanization and climate change. Although urban morphology has been widely studied...
Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 468-490
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Multi-objective Optimization of Girih Tile Patterns and Colored Glass in Orosi Windows: A Case
Efficient energy use is vital in architecture, and the building envelope plays a key role in aesthetics, thermal comfort, energy efficiency, and natural lighting. Traditional architecture has employed...
Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 441-467
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Evaluating the Impact of Lighting Conditions on Workers’ Safety and Health in Industrial Settings
Lighting is a key element of design that plays a significant role in affecting workers’ health and safety in industrial workspaces. Given the scarcity of scientific studies addressing visual environme...
Journal of Daylighting 12 (2025) 420-440
