Global Certificate in Daylighting Innovations for Residences

• Fundamentals of Daylighting: An introduction to daylighting concepts, benefits, and principles, including the physics of daylight, solar geometry, and daylight factors. • Daylighting Design Strategies: Exploration of passive and active design strategies for daylighting, such as building orientation, window placement, shading devices, and skylights. • Daylighting Systems and Technologies: Overview of advanced daylighting systems and technologies, including light shelves, clerestories, light pipes, and fiber optics. • Daylighting Metrics and Performance Evaluation: Study of daylighting metrics, such as daylight autonomy, useful daylight illuminance, and glare index, and how to evaluate daylighting performance using simulation tools and field measurements. • Daylighting Integration with Electric Lighting: Examination of the integration of daylighting with electric lighting systems, including daylight harvesting, dimming controls, and lighting quality. • Codes, Standards, and Guidelines for Daylighting: Overview of the relevant codes, standards, and guidelines for daylighting, such as LEED, WELL, and ASHRAE. • Sustainable Daylighting Materials and Products: Investigation of sustainable daylighting materials and products, such as low-e coatings, spectrally selective glazing, and dynamic shading. • Daylighting in Different Climates and Cultures: Comparison of daylighting approaches and practices in different climates and cultures, including tropical, temperate, and cold regions, and traditional and modern architectural styles.