Daylighting in buildings

Scientific Board

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Mandana S. Khanie is an Assistant Professor in Daylighting and Lighting at the section for Indoor Environment at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). She specializes in daylighting and visual comfort through her research at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), at the Laboratory of Performance-Integrated Design (LIPID), and later on at DTU. Her research and teaching focus on façade strategies, integrated lighting and daylighting strategies, gaze–photometry, human performance, and exposure-response characterization to spectral lighting. Mandana is currently the course responsible for a highly populated course at DTU on Daylighting and Lighting in buildings where different aspects of the two topics from façade strategies, performance, and visual comfort and health potentials to calculations and evaluations related to then are taught through exercises, examples, and cases. Since she joined DTU, she has supervised several master and bachelor students where they have explored indoor quality where light, acoustics, overheating and natural ventilation. She has been funded externally from different resources, which has enabled her initiate a daylighting lab at the section of indoor environment with research and education prospects.
Mandana Sarey Khanie
Federica Giuliani is a researcher in the Faculty of Engineering at the Università Niccolò Cusano, Rome, Italy. Her research work focuses on design processes and the integration of daylight. She is also an architect and therefore tries to integrate knowledge from her profession into her research work. She profoundly believes in the importance of a holistic approach that can combine design needs and requirements with building technology. She both leads the international projects DAYKE (Daylighting Knowledge in Europe) and NLITED (New Level of Integrated TEchniques for Daylighting education). She is a member of the CIE-Italia and TC 3-54.
Federica Giuliani
Natalia Sokol is an assistant professor at the Gdansk University of Technology with 15 years of lighting design and teaching experience. Her work with stained glass, luminaire and lighting design led her to study daylight within the built environment. Natalia’s research for the Faculty of Architecture focuses on daylight analysis tools (PhD), user’s perception of variously lit environments, daylighting for urban design areas and daylight education. In her work with students she aims to reveal the creative, scientific and a fun side of the lighting profession. Natalia is actively engaged in daylight educational projects DAYKE (Daylighting Knowledge in Europe) – the precursor of NLITED as well as in Daylight Academy’s Educational Package on Daylight, IEA and CIE reports on daylight and electric light
Natalia Sokol
In the past nine years, Niko has been working in the field of lighting and daylighting, mixing technical and observed-based evaluation. He blends his background in engineering with principles and methods from the domains of environmental psychology and architecture. His research focuses on the role of user in driving energy saving for integrated daylighting and electric lighting solutions, targeting mainly at the role of controls. He participated in the International Energy Agency (IEA) SHC Task 50 and led Subtask D of IEA SHC Task 61 / EBC Annex 77 together with Prof Werner Osterhaus, Aarhus University. He teaches in several courses related to daylighting and lighting at graduate level at Lund University, as well as on exchange in other universities (La Sapienza, Italy and Royal University of Bhutan). He recently co-authored the book "Daylighting and lighting under a nordic sky", available in most of online book shops.
Niko Gentile

LECTURERS AND GROUP LEADERS

Aicha Diakite-Kortlever is a researcher and lighting engineer working in the field of daylighting, sustainable urban planning and environmental modelling. She is currently based in Berlin, completing her PhD at the Chair of Lighting Technology at the Technische Universität Berlin (TUB). Her doctoral research proposes spectral sky models to enable the integration of new daylighting strategies into the design of urban structures that support people’s well-being. Aicha received several awards for her work including the H.-J.-Helwig-Prize 2014 by the German Society of Lighting Technology, the Hans-Peter-Willumeit-Award by the Center of Human-Machine Systems and the Clara-von-Simson-Prize honoring women in science and engineering by the TUB.
Aicha
Diakite Kortlever

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Mandana S. Khanie is an Assistant Professor in Daylighting and Lighting at the section for Indoor Environment at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). She specializes in daylighting and visual comfort through her research at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), at the Laboratory of Performance-Integrated Design (LIPID), and later on at DTU. Her research and teaching focus on façade strategies, integrated lighting and daylighting strategies, gaze–photometry, human performance, and exposure-response characterization to spectral lighting. Mandana is currently the course responsible for a highly populated course at DTU on Daylighting and Lighting in buildings where different aspects of the two topics from façade strategies, performance, and visual comfort and health potentials to calculations and evaluations related to then are taught through exercises, examples, and cases. Since she joined DTU, she has supervised several master and bachelor students where they have explored indoor quality where light, acoustics, overheating and natural ventilation. She has been funded externally from different resources, which has enabled her initiate a daylighting lab at the section of indoor environment with research and education prospects.
Mandana
Sarey Khanie
In the past nine years, Niko has been working in the field of lighting and daylighting, mixing technical and observed-based evaluation. He blends his background in engineering with principles and methods from the domains of environmental psychology and architecture. His research focuses on the role of user in driving energy saving for integrated daylighting and electric lighting solutions, targeting mainly at the role of controls. He participated in the International Energy Agency (IEA) SHC Task 50 and led Subtask D of IEA SHC Task 61 / EBC Annex 77 together with Prof Werner Osterhaus, Aarhus University. He teaches in several courses related to daylighting and lighting at graduate level at Lund University, as well as on exchange in other universities (La Sapienza, Italy and Royal University of Bhutan). He recently co-authored the book "Daylighting and lighting under a nordic sky", available in most of online book shops.
Niko
Gentile
Angel is a sustainability and building simulation consultant with primary focus on daylight and visual human centric studies. Angel has a background in building engineering from the Polytechnic University on Madrid and a masters in sustainability from Lund University. He currently works for ACC glass and façade consultants at Stockholm. With a deep understanding of advanced daylight and view metrics, Angel has a wide portfolio of projects with both domestic and international certification systems. Together with Paul Rogers, he has participated in the development of the LEED pilot credit for Nordic Countries and assists Paul Rogers in his work with the WELL (IWBI) certification Light Concept Advisory Board. Angel has also served as assistant teacher for daylight courses at KADK university of Copenhagen and KTH university of Stockholm. Academic involvement also includes supervision of thesis work at KTH.
Angel
Perez Morata
elle Foldbjerg Rasmussen is Head of Performance & Simulations at MicroShade A/S. She holds a M.Sc. in Engineering from Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and has more than 20 years of experience working with Daylight, Indoor climate and Energy in buildings. Her works focus on solar shadings and the complex balance of the façade for contributing to more sustainable buildings. Helle is a member of CEN and ISO standardization committees on Daylight.
Helle
F. Rasmussen
Marie-Claude Dubois is senior lecturer at the Swedish University of Agriculture Sciences and associate professor at the Department of Architecture and the Built Environment, Lund University, Sweden. She has previously worked as expert on sustainable design for White architects (2012-2020), after employments as associate professor (2003-2010) at Laval University, Canada, and senior researcher (2001-2003) within the Daylight Group of the Danish Building Research Institute. After award of a PhD at the Faculty of Engineering of Lund University (2001), she has contributed to more 50 peer-reviewed scientific communications in the field of daylighting, building simulation, solar shading, solar energy and climatic design. She has previously been Subtask leader of International Energy Agency Task 50 (Lighting Retrofit) and Task 41 (Solar Energy and Architecture).
Marie-Claude
Dubois
Pimkamol Mattsson is associate senior lecturer at the department of Architecture and Built Environment, Lund University. She is with Environmental research group. Her lighting research concerns individuals’ use of lighting and lighting controls, and how these affects energy use and mental health. The research has been conducted in different types of environments (such as home, preschool, healthcare, office and urban environments) applying theories and methods from design, technology and psychology disciplines. Pimkamol is also interested in the design of built environments from both users’ and professionals’ perspectives. Her research relates to how energy-efficiency design and solutions interact with building users including young children, persons with vision impairment as well as older adults. She has been teaching in architecture and industry design programs, lecturing on light and colour, and their impacts on individuals.
Pimkamol
Mattsson
Eleonora Brembilla is an Assistant Professor in the Building Physics and Services group at the TU Delft Faculty of Architecture, in The Netherlands.  Her expertise is in daylight modelling and monitoring, including annual daylight simulation, weather files, solar radiation data, and operational daylight performance. Her PhD thesis “Applicability of Climate-Based Daylight Modelling” tackled current daylight simulation practice and unveiled the uncertainties found in widespread daylight performance metrics. She is actively collaborating with industrial companies and with professional associations, such as the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) and the International Building Performance Simulation Association (IBPSA).
Eleonora
Brembilla

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Architect and daylight certification specialist at ACC glass and facade consultants in Sweden. Paul is team leader to a group of eight daylight certification specialists. He is principal author of two key reports regarding the modernization of Sweden’s daylight regulations and also involved in the development of daylight criteria for the Nordic Svanen, Miljöbyggnad and Breeam-SE certification systems. He has also served on Swedish Standard Institute's (SIS) national review board for the European daylight standard EN 17037:2018 and helped to formulate the LEED pilot credit for Daylight for Nordic Projects. He is Sweden Green Building Council's and Svanen Nordic label’s designated expert on Daylight and currently serves on the WELL (IWBI) certification Light Concept Advisory Board. He is a frequent author and lecturer on the subject of daylight and founder of ‘Svensk dagsljusberäkning’ (Swedish daylight calculation) with more than 500 members on LinkedIn
Paul
Rogers
Dr Emanuele Naboni (BArch, MArch, MPhil, PhD in Building Science, LEED AP, Licensed Architect) is, since 2010, Associate Professor at the Institute of Technology of the Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen, School of Architecture (KADK). He teaches and researchers in the field of Sustainable Design at different scales: Urban, Buildings and Components with a focus in linking Ecosystems and Humans via Performative, yet qualitative, Design. He is teaching at various Programs, with a major focus on the Master of Architecture in Extreme Climates, and he is Co-director of the Building Performance Simulation Lab, which focuses on Environment simulation. He teaches in the PhD School running a course on Research Methods. Emanuele worked for years in the field of sustainable design contributing to 47 buildings design, 36 of which are built. He sketches and draws sustainable architectural designs, performs simulation, measures post construction performances. He consulted foremost international architectural offices including BIG, William McDonough and Mario Cucinella Architects, with his office e3Lab founded in 2010 (www.e3lab.org). He has consulted for the implementation of sustainable strategies for a series of Sustainable systems in USA, Europe, and Asia and developed new façade types for various manufacturers that are now in the market (2003-13). He consulted Autodesk for the development of Building Performance Simulation Tools for building performance modelling. Emanuele was sustainable design specialist and analyst at the “Performance Design Studio” of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP for 4 years. He developed prefabricated facades prototypes with a spin-off of Gehry Technologies. He won several sustainable design competitions. His projects and researches are published in magazines such as DETAIL, Architectural Record, Domus.
Emanuele
Naboni
Jens Christoffersen (Denmark) joined the VELUX Group in 2010, where he work in the Knowledge Center for Daylight, Energy and Indoor Climate group (DEIC). Jens completed his PhD at the Technical University of Denmark in 1995 and worked at the Danish Building Research Institute until he moved to VELUX. In VELUX, the role of Jens Christoffersen and the department is to be knowledge and competence centre in the area of daylight, energy and indoor climate – related to the effects of VELUX products in buildings. In addition, Jens has been active in the development of the European Standard EN 17037 Daylight in Buildings, and a member of several international standardization committees.
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Federica Giuliani is a researcher in the Faculty of Engineering at the Università Niccolò Cusano, Rome, Italy. Her research work focuses on design processes and the integration of daylight. She is also an architect and therefore tries to integrate knowledge from her profession into her research work. She profoundly believes in the importance of a holistic approach that can combine design needs and requirements with building technology. She both leads the international projects DAYKE (Daylighting Knowledge in Europe) and NLITED (New Level of Integrated TEchniques for Daylighting education). She is a member of the CIE-Italia and TC 3-54.
Federica
Giuliani
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Natalia Sokol is an assistant professor at the Gdansk University of Technology with 15 years of lighting design and teaching experience. Her work with stained glass, luminaire and lighting design led her to study daylight within the built environment. Natalia’s research for the Faculty of Architecture focuses on daylight analysis tools (PhD), user’s perception of variously lit environments, daylighting for urban design areas and daylight education. In her work with students she aims to reveal the creative, scientific and a fun side of the lighting profession. Natalia is actively engaged in daylight educational projects DAYKE (Daylighting Knowledge in Europe) – the precursor of NLITED as well as in Daylight Academy’s Educational Package on Daylight, IEA and CIE reports on daylight and electric light
Natalia
Sokol
Degreed “Summa cum laude” in Architecture with a thesis on visual comfort, PhD in “Building Physics” with a thesis on daylight simulation through sun/sky simulators. In 2006-07, post-doc fellowship at the National Research Council of Canada in Ottawa (Ontario, Canada). He’s currently an Associate Professor for the Department of Energy of the Politecnico di Torino. Research topics concern the integration of electric lighting and daylighting for both energy saving and comfort and health for the occupants of indoor and outdoor spaces (visual and non-visual effects of light). Research is carried out innovative responsive façades (microalgae as shading systems, responsive glazing – thermochromic or electrochromic), through field analyses (measurements and surveys through questionnaires), software simulations and experiments in test-rooms or real environments. He gives lectures in many courses (degree, post-degree, PhD) on lighting and daylighting, sustainable architecture and planning, ergonomics. He authored over 80 scientific papers, published in international Journals, receiving the Leon Gaster Award for the best paper published (2010) on ‘Light Research & Technology’, and the best paper award for a paper published in Applied Energy (2019). He’s author of the handbook ‘Guide on daylighting design’, and of 3 paragraphs of the ‘Lighting design handbook’ and of 1 paragraph of the book “Sustainable indoor lighting”. He’s part of CIE (Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage). He’s associate editor of ‘Journal of Daylighting’ and he serves as reviewers for several international journals.
Valerio RM
Lo Verso
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Luca
Zaniboni
Nicolas Roy (Denmark) is a Senior Daylight Specialist, VELUX A/S, Daylight, Energy and Indoor Climate Department. He has extensive experience in daylight tools and design, and the main architect behind VELUX Daylight Visualizer.
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