Publication detail

Sunlight exposure conditions for buildings in European localities

VYCHYTIL, J. MOHELNÍKOVÁ, J.

Original Title

Sunlight exposure conditions for buildings in European localities

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Sunlight exposure represents one of key parameters of indoor climate comfort, especially for residential buildings, schools and care homes. It depends on the sunlight time in specific design situations like a locality, building type, window size, position and orientation. A practical evaluation of sunlight access into buildings is based on a standard methodology in EN 17037. The methodology based on parameters of minimum solar altitude is specified for given geographical locality and time of the sunlight exposure evaluation. The aim of this study is to compare how the sunlight exposure is changed in European regions. The evaluation is based on the standard limitations to specify potentials for the building insolation assessments in different geographical localities. Research value of the study deals with the general overview of the sunlight potential of building insolation in different European climatic regions. It can be important for building design and urban planning process in those localities. The research is focused on determining the minimum solar altitude for 33 capitals and for all days from 1st February to 21st March specified by the standard to ensure the required minimum insolation time.

Keywords

Solar radiation, Sunlight exposure, Solar altitude, Building insolation, Minimum solar altitude

Authors

VYCHYTIL, J.; MOHELNÍKOVÁ, J.

Released

2. 12. 2024

Publisher

Elsevier

Location

The Netherlands

ISBN

2590-1230

Periodical

Results in Engineering

Year of study

24

Number

1

State

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Pages from

1

Pages to

15

Pages count

15

URL

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123024014634?via%3Dihub

BibTex

@article{BUT191175,
  author="VYCHYTIL, J. and MOHELNÍKOVÁ, J.",
  title="Sunlight exposure conditions for buildings in European localities",
  journal="Results in Engineering",
  year="2024",
  volume="24",
  number="1",
  pages="1--15",
  doi="10.1016/j.rineng.2024.103208",
  issn="2590-1230",
  url="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123024014634?via%3Dihub"
}