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This module is a targeted overview of lighting issues relevant to environmental designers. Illuminating engineering tools and the characteristics of light sources (daylight, lamps and luminaires) are considered in parallel with the human response to lighting to deliver integrated lighting design strategies for complex environments.
Module summary:听This module is structured as an organised investigation into our developing understanding of light and its contribution to people's wellbeing in buildings. Opportunity will be taken to examine the scientific, social and biological aspects and how these impact the design of buildings.听 The sequence of weekly sessions will also reflect the professional path of building procurement. Given the speed at which research is delivering new insights, this structure is intended to encourage participants to take an open minded, expansive perspective on the subject in order to become well informed and develop skills to participate in shaping the built environment.
The following aims are ordered to reflect the structure of the module:
- To explore the role of light in people's health and wellbeing
- To explore how light in and around buildings forms a 'lit environment'
- To explore parameters used to describe the lit environment within and around buildings
- To explore the varying aspects of light, its definition, generation and use
- To determine goals that equate with the maintenance of health and wellbeing within and around buildings
- To translate these goals into realisable building design objectives
- To introduce tools to analyse, predict and deliver building design objectives for light use
- To demonstrate routes to achieving the above
- To integrate the use of lighting design tools with other building performance and aesthetic design processes in the realisation of sustainable buildings
- To engender a culture of curiosity, review and lifelong learning in this field
Module learning outcomes:听At the end of this course, you will be able to
- Demonstrate awareness of the significance of light to wellbeing and the mechanisms involved
- Determine and present objectives for lighting in buildings to enhance well being
- Implement suitable tools to meet lighting objectives in buildings that enhance wellbeing
- Deliver reasoned and well informed prediction and evaluation of lighting within buildings
- Be ready to develop a professional role and interest in the field of light and wellbeing
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
Last updated
This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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