Immersive virtual environments, understanding the impact of design features and occupant choice upon lighting for building performance

Building and Environment

Volumn 89, Issue , 2015, Pages 217-228

  Heydarian, Arsalan ^a   Carneiro, Joao P ^a   Gerber, David ^a   Becerik Gerber, Burcin ^a  

^a Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Building performance; Design decision making; Immersive virtual environments; Lighting; Occupant behavior; Occupant building interactions

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; AUTOMATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; DECISION MAKING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; LIGHTING; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PROCESS CONTROL; RAPID TRANSIT; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ARTIFICIAL LIGHT; BUILDING PERFORMANCE; DESIGN DECISION-MAKING; DESIGN FEATURES; IMMERSIVE VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS; LIGHTING CONTROLS; OCCUPANT BEHAVIOR; SEMI-AUTOMATIC CONTROL;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BUILDING; CONTROL SYSTEM; DECISION MAKING; LIGHT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84925378599     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.02.038     Document Type: Article

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