OPTIMIZING DAYLIGHTING USING VERTICAL LIGHTPIPES IN THE DESIGN OF VERTICAL SHOPPING MALL KANO

📄 Project Abstract

In commercial buildings, two-thirds of the sale time is during the day, it provides opportunity for optimizing the daylight potential of the region and reducing electric consumption. This solves the two key problems in shopping malls; these are visual and thermal discomfort of workers and customers. The current population growth and scarcity of land in Kano triggered the adaptation of vertical mall, which has a higher height ratio in relation to its area. Most of the shopping malls lack one of the two important key areas which are thermal and visual comfort, therefore the need to optimise these two key elements in design and hence the problem of this study. The aim of the study is to design a vertical shopping mall that optimises daylighting using vertical light pipes (VLP) in Kano. A careful study of the literature reveals that the above is only possible using experimental research design as it is the best to test the efficiency of light pipes in buildings. The methodology adopted for...