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A review of daylighting strategies in schools: state of the art and expected future trends
The study of daylight conditions within educational buildings has been a topic of interest
since the nineteenth century in western countries, and European ones in particular. Although it has
been argued that providing a view outsideâor even using daylight instead of more stable and
manageable artificial lightâcould reduce studentsâ performance without providing a pleasant and
healthy environment, nowadays it seems that a large consensus upon the need to design well daylit
spaces is being reached. This paper reviews how the research community has tackled the task of
understanding and solving the complex relationships amongst local climate, usersâ needs and
design constraints in school buildings by showing the different approaches used and technological
solutions suggested. The reported case studies, based either on experimental measurements or on
simulations, highlight the need of a comprehensive approach to the topic to fully understand the
nonâtrivial requirements of a daylit educational environment