Calibration and Validation of Climate-Based Daylighting Models Based on One-Time Field Measurements: Office Buildings in the Tropics

ABSTRACTCalibrated climate-based lighting simulation models of buildings have the capacity to perform an essential role in postoccupancy evaluations, such as annual frequency assessments of daylighting quality and visual discomfort. However, in most postoccupancy case studies the role of lighting analysis is temporally limited by instantaneous measurements or limited in scale by requiring constant monitoring with expensive sensors. It is challenging to build calibrated models based on point-in-time measurements due to the presence of electric lighting, transient use of dynamic shades, limited information on the material specifications, and short durations of accessibility to the spaces being studied. The authors propose and present a calibration process for annual daylighting and electric lighting simulation models based on one-time field measurements of large daylit and electrically lit spaces exemplified through a data set of 540 individual office desks across 10 office spaces. The calibration process i...