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Mixed-Dimensionality Approach for Advanced Ray Tracing of Lamellar Structures for Daylighting and Thermal Control

Kostro, André
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Scartezzini, Jean-Louis  
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Schueler, Andreas  
Scartezzini, Jean-Louis  
2013
Proceedings of CISBAT 2013 Cleantech for Smart Cities and Buildings
CISBAT 2013

The appropriate choice of the type of glazing and glazed area in a façade depends on many factors. They include amongst other criteria: location, orientation, climatic condition, energetic efficiency, usage of the building, required user comfort, and the architectural concept. All requirements cannot be fulfilled at all times and priorities have to be set to find a compromise between occupant comfort, design objective, cost and energetic efficiency. An innovative glazing system combining daylighting, glare protection, seasonal thermal control and clear view was developed [1] and patented by the authors. This design was developed using a novel ray tracing approach to obtain a strongly angular dependent transmission with specific angular distribution. Taking advantage of the changing elevation of the sun between seasons, a seasonal variation is created by a strongly angular dependent transmittance. In this paper we present the mixed dimensionality approach used to achieve a very fast and accurate ray tracing of any lamellar structure that has a two dimensional profile. The originality of the presented Monte Carlo algorithm is the separation of intersection and interaction. Intersections are computed using only the two dimensions of the profile thereby increasing significantly computational speed. Interactions are computed using vector calculus in three dimensions and provide accurate results with very little computational load. With such optimizations, the user interface could be designed to give an instantaneous idea of the light path in the modelled system. The model also calculates an accurate bidirectional transmittance distribution function that is used in a Radiance simulation to obtain a rendering of the daylighting distribution in an office space. Hereby we can compare the daylighting performances of the novel design based on optical microstructures with those of other CFSs. Finally the combination of simulated angular dependent transmittance and Meteonorm data provides an estimate of transmitted energy over the year and proves the efficiency of the presented optical microstructures for dynamic thermal control. The proposed working principles of redirection and angular dependent transmittance are thereby demonstrated. The software provides all the mentioned results in the user interface where the performances of different designs can also be compared, making the optimization process of a profile with a defined objective very intuitive.

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conference paper
Author(s)
Kostro, André
Scartezzini, Jean-Louis  
Schueler, Andreas  
Editors
Scartezzini, Jean-Louis  
Date Issued

2013

Publisher

EPFL Solar Energy and Building Physics Laboratory (LESO-PB)

Publisher place

Lausanne, Switzerland

Published in
Proceedings of CISBAT 2013 Cleantech for Smart Cities and Buildings
Volume

II

Start page

1115

End page

1120

Subjects

Microstructures

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Daylighting

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Thermal Control

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Smart Windows

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Complex Fenestration System

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Ray Tracing

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Monte Carlo

URL

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/190601
Editorial or Peer reviewed

NON-REVIEWED

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EPFL

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LESO-PB  
Event nameEvent placeEvent date
CISBAT 2013

Lausanne, Switzerland

September 4-6, 2013

Available on Infoscience
January 13, 2014
Use this identifier to reference this record
https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/99468
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