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, Session Block A2

14:30 Daylight Architecture and Health

Chair: Helmut Koester, Koester Lichtplanung, Frankfurt, Germany

Better health with natural daylight

  • The positive influence on the circadian system
  • The decrease in melatonin level
  • The increase of serotonin and cortisone levels

Helmut Koester, Koester Lichtplanung, Frankfurt, Germany

Form follows daylight

  • Daylight effects on mental health
  • Design process for balanced daylight
  • Balancing daylight, heat gains and losses

Pablo La Roche, CallisonRTKL, Los Angeles, United States

Evaluation of daylight distribution in offices on human performance

  • Spatial distribution of daylight in office environment
  • Human performances variables
  • Comparison of different light environments

Andrea Vargova, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava, Slovakia

Brief Presentations

Ultraviolet exposure of historical educational building in the high-altitude city of Quito

Jairo Acuna, Urban Physics Joint Laboratory, France

Impacts of the indoor environment in our homes and schools on child health

Daniel Tschudy, Velux, Denmark

Integration of daylighting into educational building design using Heliodon for physical modeling

Angela Read, Donovan Architects, Philadelphia, United States

15:30 Coffee Break