Non imaging transmission of daylight into darker parts of buildings
Contact: Prof. Jean-Louis Scartezzini
Within IEA Task 21, several daylight guiding systems were developed and tested at LESO-PB. Objective: efficient collection and redistribution of diffuse light rays from the sky vault.
These systems were developed follwing the principles of non-imaging optics, whose properties had already produced outstanding results in solar concentrators.
Background | Research | References | Prototypes | Façade | Architecture
Related LESO-PB PhD theses
- Systèmes anidoliques d’éclairage naturel / Courret, Gilles; Scartezzini, J.-L. (dir.). Ph.D. Thesis. – Lausanne : EPFL, 1999
- Méthode expérimentale d’évaluation des performances lumineuses de bâtiments / Michel, Laurent; Scartezzini, J.-L. (dir.). Ph.D. Thesis. – Lausanne : EPFL, 1999
- Simulations numériques de systèmes d’éclairage naturel à pénétration latérale / Compagnon, Raphaël; Scartezzini, J.-L. (dir.). Ph.D. Thesis. – Lausanne : EPFL, 1993
Selected publications
- Anidolic daylighting systems / Scartezzini, J.-L.; Courret, G. – In Solar Energy, vol. 73, num. I (2002), p. 123-135.
- A low environmental impact anidolic facade / Altherr, R.; Gay, J.-B. – In Building and Environment, vol. 37, num. I (2002), p. 1409-1419.
- Design of anidolic zenithal lightguides for daylighting of underground spaces / Molteni, S. et al. – In Solar Energy, vol. 69, num. N (2001), p. 117-129.
- Design and assessment of an anidolic light-duct / Courret, G.; Scartezzini, J.-L.; Francioli, D.; Meyer, J.-J. – In Energy & Buildings, vol. 28 (1998), p. 79-99.
- Anidolic zenithal openings : Daylighting and shading. / Courret, G.; Paule, B.; Scartezzini, J.-L. – In Lighting Research and Technology. (1996).