Visitors' visual responses towards daylighting in historic museum galleries in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Sheikh Ahmad, Sabarinah, Ahmad, Noraini, Talib, Anuar, Yaman, Rostam
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers (AMER) 2014
• Subjects: NA2542.35 Environmental aspect of architecture; NA Architecture; NA2400 Museums. Exhibitions; NA2794 Daylighting. Illumination of buildings; TH Building construction
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/46945/1/46945.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/46945/; http://www.amerabra.org/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Daylighting in historic buildings is not an easy criterion to manage as natural light fluctuates according to the sky conditions. Many visual comfort issues are associated to high illuminance levels, glare, high contrast areas, lack of visual adaptation and overheating. Daylighting in urban museum...