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CARLOS CORNEJO CARDENAS MSc AEES CAT MARCH 2012

What daylighting considerations could be used to improve some strategies of design for the healing environment building and allow energy savings?

presentation

Introduction
Healing environment and daylighting The term healing architecture Daylight vs Health? How good is the daylight in the Hospital? What strategies are relevance in the healing architecture design? Conclusions

+ DAYLIGHTING HAS BEEN AN IMPLICIT PART OF BUILDING DESIGN

FOR ALMOST AS LONG AS BUILDINGS HAVE EXISTED. (N. Baker, et Al ed., 2001)

The purpose is
Examine The

the potential of the daylighting in the health

application of some design principles

Facilitate

the identification of strategies of daylighting design that influence in the health in UK

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DAYLIGHTING
Care phisically Care socially

Care symbolically

Healing environment

Healing environment and daylighting

Healing architecture, - Creating a supportive environment physically healthy and psychologically appropriate. - A healing environment with appropriate physical aspects indirectly contribute to patients outcome.

DAYLIGHT

vs

HEALTH

Advantage

physical Provision for some daylight and view YES out is much appreciated by patients

psychological

There are strict colours rendering requirements placed on the light sources
To prevent metabolic disorders Resolve the necessity of uniform light

YES

YES

YES YES

YES

DAYLIGHT

vs

HEALTH

DAYLIGHT

vs

HEALTH
physical psychological

Disadvantage

Visual problems of daylighting are glare and veiling reflections To limit sun penetration so that thermal and visual discomforts The amount of light need restrictions, should be adjustable. Expose to ray UV

YES

YES YES YES YES

How good is the daylight in the Hospital?

Daylighting conditions have influence on the state of mind and affect the psycho-emotional and general health. For this the luminous environment plays an important role an integral part of the hospitals healing environment. (Aripin, 2007)

Indispensable for the visual perception as well as in its influence in the immunological state.
Respect to ultraviolet light which is harmful, normal glass already eliminates. Daylight is required in most areas: hall, lobby, corridors, reception, room patients, sun rooms, staff offices, services, etc.

What strategies are relevance?

Effective healthcare design.

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While the most valuable asset of daylight is its free availability, The most difficult aspect is its controllability as daylight changes during the course of the day. Daylighting is more of an art than a science, and it offers a broad range of technologies that provide glare-free balanced light, sufficient lighting levels, and good visual comfort.

+ When designed correctly, daylighting lowers

energy consumption and reduces operating and investment costs:
Reduced

electricity use for lighting and peak electrical demand cooling energy and peak cooling fan energy and fan loads loads

Reduced

Reduced Reduced

maintenance costs associated with lamp replacement HVAC equipment and building size and cost.

Reduced

+ However, to achieve this reduced cooling, the

following criteria must be met:
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High-performance glazing to meet lighting design criteria and block solar radiation Effective shading devices, sized to minimize solar radiation during peak cooling times Electric lights, through the use of photo sensors, automatically dimmed or turned off

+ CONCLUSIONS
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Proposes that healing architecture is a continuous process;

Light is essential for the initiation of design. Involves heating and natural ventilation. It proves that energy saving can be made, in addition to direct health benefits for patients. Characteristic of glazing, is a key issue in the possibility of solving the UV rays. The correct daylight of different areas in hospitals, are those most likely to be experienced by those visiting a hospital as patients, Challenges in the healing environments within this vision of saving energy.

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Especially in the use the new materials, colours, textures, and atmospheres that produce different bright that affect the well being

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ASHRAE Design Guide ed., 2009. Advanced Energy Design Guide for Small Hospitals and Healthcare Facilitie. [on line]. Available at: http://aedg.ashrae.org/Download.aspx?type=registrants&aedg=4&source=0f2013ad-b44846bf-8fec-88ad5f70a574. (Accesed: 15 Febrero 2012) Backer N., 2012 Audio of the Lecture in CAT, Wales. Boyce, P., 2009. The SLL Lighting Handbook (the society of light and lighting) [on line]. Available at: http://ezzatbaroudi.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/handbook.pdf Accesed: 15 Febrero 2012)

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Questions?

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