Natural Rhythms and Temporal Perception: Visualization of Sunlight Patterns with Energy Monitoring
Abstract
The research merges architectural design, lighting technology and BIPV to demonstrate a proof-of-concept for the reintroduction of natural rhythms into built environments. My design proposes skylights that combine PV-integrated glazing with indirect skylight well LED lighting to achieve conditions that stimulate the occupants of a selected space while connecting inside to out. Expanding on preset protocols used in recent dynamic lighting research, I created natural protocols with variable light intensity and color generated from recorded building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) monitoring data. The generated protocols were used to control an interior dynamic lighting system introducing a temporal stimulus into the space. The effect of the LED skylight well lighting was compared with the sunlight entering through the skylights using quantitative numeric analysis methods and qualitative visual comparison tools including time lapse photos and videos. A long term study is proposed to better understand and confirm the results and also gather additional user feedback evaluating the intended effect of the dynamic lighting system.
Keywords
Dynamic lighting, Natural rhythms, Pv-integrated glazing, Energy monitoring