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Study of Visibility Indices of Tradional Japanese Horizontal Blind “Sudare” Based on the Illuminance Different Level Using Physical and Digital Image Experiment Agus Hariyadi a,b ,* and Hiroatsu Fukuda b a Department of Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jl Bulaksumur 1, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia b Faculty of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Hibikino 1-1 Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu 808-0135, Japan * Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected] Abstract Sudare is a tradional Japanese blind made from bamboo. It has been used in Japanese houses for a long me, especially in summer. Its original funcon was to prevent direct solar radiaon from entering a room, and to introduce outside air into a room at the same me. As an element of building, Sudare has the other funcon of creang space for different acvies that need different levels of privacy. The characterisc form of Sudare makes it possible to see objects outside the house. During dayme, it is possible to see clearly the outside environment from inside but sll maintain privacy from outside to inside. The privacy level is determined by the visibility level between each space, or from outside to inside, which are separated by parons. At the same me, Sudare as a shading device can reduce thermal energy consumpon. This study aims to evaluate the effect of the diameter, spacer, scale, and whiteness of Sudare on the level of visibility by comparing people’s responses by means of a quesonnaire using physical and digital images experiment with different condions of illuminance level. The results of the quesonnaire using physical and digital image experiments indicate that both the experiments showed the same trend. The illuminance rao is the main factor that affects the visibility value. A higher rao of illuminance difference between the observer’s room and the object room will increase the value of visibility. The physical characteriscs of Sudare (diameter, spacer, and scale) also influence the visibility value. Small scale Sudare have a beer visibility value in a low illuminance rao whereas large scale Sudare have beer visibility value in high illuminance. High visibility value can be achieved when the illuminance rao is more than 4.30. Keywords: Façade, Visibility, Illuminance, Blind, Efficient energy.

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Study of Visibility Indices of Traditional Japanese Horizontal Blind “Sudare” Based on the Illuminance Different Level Using Physical and Digital Image ExperimentAgus Hariyadia,b,* and Hiroatsu Fukudab

a Department of Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Jl Bulaksumur 1, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia b Faculty of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu, Hibikino 1-1 Wakamatsu, Kitakyushu 808-0135, Japan

* Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

SudareisatraditionalJapaneseblindmadefrombamboo.IthasbeenusedinJapanesehousesforalongtime,especiallyinsummer.Itsoriginalfunctionwastopreventdirectsolarradiationfromenteringaroom,andtointroduceoutsideairintoaroomatthesametime.As an element of building, Sudare has the other functionof creating space for differentactivities that need different levels of privacy. The characteristic form of Sudaremakesit possible to seeobjectsoutside thehouse.Duringdaytime, it is possible to see clearlytheoutsideenvironmentfrominsidebutstillmaintainprivacyfromoutsidetoinside.Theprivacy level isdeterminedbythevisibility levelbetweeneachspace,or fromoutsidetoinside,whichareseparatedbypartitions.Atthesametime,Sudareasashadingdevicecanreducethermalenergyconsumption. Thisstudyaimstoevaluatetheeffectofthediameter,spacer,scale,andwhitenessofSudareonthelevelofvisibilitybycomparingpeople’sresponsesbymeansofaquestionnaireusingphysicalanddigitalimagesexperimentwithdifferentconditionsofilluminancelevel. Theresultsofthequestionnaireusingphysicalanddigitalimageexperimentsindicatethatboththeexperimentsshowedthesametrend.Theilluminanceratioisthemainfactorthataffectsthevisibilityvalue.Ahigherratioofilluminancedifferencebetweentheobserver’sroomandtheobjectroomwillincreasethevalueofvisibility.ThephysicalcharacteristicsofSudare(diameter,spacer,andscale)alsoinfluencethevisibilityvalue.SmallscaleSudarehaveabettervisibilityvalueinalowilluminanceratiowhereaslargescaleSudarehavebettervisibilityvalueinhighilluminance.Highvisibilityvaluecanbeachievedwhentheilluminanceratioismorethan4.30.

Keywords:Façade,Visibility,Illuminance,Blind,Efficientenergy.

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Introduction

Thefaçadeofabuildingfunctionsasathermalmediumthatwillintroducethermalintotheroombyradiationandconductionfromitswindowandbyconductionfromitswall(Vijayalaxmi,2010,pp.75-80);(Paryudi,Fenz,&Tjoa,2013,pp.49-54).Theotherfunctionofafaçadeistoconnectwiththeenvironment.Eachfunctioncanbemeasuredbythermalperformanceandvisualperformance.Alargeropeningwillincreasethevisualperformancebut,ontheotherhand,itwilldecreasethethermalperformance.

InJapan,Sudarehavebeenusedasexternalshadingandinternalpartitions.ManytraditionalJapanesehousesuseSudareasexternalshadingtomaintainthermalcomfortinsidethehouseinthesummer;theyprotectthehousesfromdirectsolarradiationbutstillintroduceoutsideairintotheroom(Figure1,no.1).Thispassivedesignstrategyiseffectivefordetachedhousesinsuburbanareaswheretheenvironmentisstillgoodandnatural.AsinsomeIslamic-architecturebuildings,whichuseatraditionalporouswall,itcancreateauniformdistributionofilluminanceintheinterior,resultinginamoredirectrelationshipwiththeexternalenvironmentandvisualcomfort(Ruggiero,Florensa&Dimundo,2009,pp.1886-1891).Asaninternalpartition,Sudarecandivideaspaceintotwoormoredifferentspaceswithdifferentfunctionsandlevelsofprivacy.Insomeconditions,especiallyonbrightdays,peopleinsidetheroomcanseeactivitiesontheothersideoftheroomoroutsidethehouse,althoughpeopleoutsidethehousecannotseetheactivitiesinside(Figure1,no.2,(a),(b),(c),(d))(Yagi,1982).Thedifferencebetweenoutsideandinsideinthisconditionistheilluminanceleveloftheroom.Theinsideroomhasapproximately200luxwithoutelectricallight,whiletheoutsideilluminancelevelcanbemorethan15,000luxinclearskyorevenmorewhentheskyisovercast.

Figure 1. Japanesetraditionalblind“Sudare”(a)&(c)viewfromoutsidetoinside(b)&(d)viewfrominsidetooutside).

Therehasbeensomeresearchonvisualcomfortindices,butthescopeoftheindexismostlyglareandlightamountorlightquality(Carlucci,Causone,DeRosa&Pagliano,2015,pp.1016-1033);thevisibilityoftheoutsideviewasavisualcomfortindexhasnotyetbeenresearched.Amodernadaptationoftraditionalmasrabiaforsolarprotectionandprivacyhasbeenintroducedinresearchusingverticalcables,buthasnotbeenexplored(Chambers,2014). Inmodernhouses,mostofwhichusetheHVACsystem,thisstrategycannolongerbeusedbecausetheyneedtosealairinsidethehouse.Modernhousesorbuildingsusedtohavebigglassopeningstogetaviewoftheoutsidefromtheinside,whichincreasedthethermalloadfromtheoutsideintroducedtotheinsideofthebuildingthroughitsfaçade.Thiscausedanincreaseincoolingenergyuse

No.1

No.2

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

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(Chirarattananon&Taveekun,2004,pp.680-689;Radhi,Sharples&Fikiry,2013,pp.178-188).Thechallengeistofindafaçadethathasgoodthermalperformancebutstillmaintainsitsvisualperformance.

Inthisresearch,visualperformancewillbeinvestigatedtodevelopanindexofvisibilityusingtheJapanesetraditionalhorizontalblindscalledSudarebasedonvisibilityvalue,whichisthescalarmetricofvisibilitytorecognizetheshape,color,anddetailsofanobject.ThisvalueistheobserverjudgmentforeachconditionofaroomdividedbySudarewithavaluebetween0-6,aswillbedescribedlaterinthispaper.

Methodology

ThisresearchexaminestheeffectofdifferentilluminancelevelsonthevisibilityvalueoftworoomsseparatedbySudare,basedonobserverperceptionoffivedifferenttypesoftraditionalJapaneseSudare.

Schematic Methodology

Anexperimentroomwasusedtosetupacontrollableilluminance-levelconditionbyusingaroomthathadbeenisolatedfromoutsidelight.Basically,oneroomisdividedintotwodifferentzone-rooms,ononesideofwhichwastheobserver,andontheotherwastheobject,orapersonasanobject,tobeseenbytheobserver.BothsideshadLEDlampswitharemotetochangetheilluminancelevel,measuredattheheightoftheworkplane(0.8mabovethefloor).ThedistancebetweenobserverandSudareblindwasthesameasthedistancebetweenobjectandSudareblind.TheLEDlampwasplacedabovetheobserverandabovetheobject.Byusingthismethod,wecouldmakesurethatbothroomshadthesamevariablevalueofilluminancelevel.Tomeasuretheilluminancelevel,weusedanilluminancemeters(Figure3(d))thatwasplacedabovethetable,undertheLEDlamp.ASudareblind,whichcouldbechangedforeachtype,wasplacedinthemiddleoftheroomandseparatedtheroomintoobserverroomandobjectroom.TheschematicdetailisshowninFigure2.

Type of Sudare

Inthisresearch,fivetypesofSudarewereusedtoexaminetheeffectsofthephysicalcharacteristicsofSudare.ThedifferencesbetweeneachSudarewerethediameterofslats,thespacebetweenslats,andthelevelofwhiteness,asshownin Figure3(a).ThediameterandspacerofeachtypeofSudarewasmeasuredwithdigitaldistancemeasurement(Figure3(c));whitenesslevelwasmeasuredwiththeRepleApplicationfromPanasonic(Figure3(b)).ThewhitenesslevelwastheresultofthereflectanceandabsorbancevalueoftheSudaretothesamelightsourcewhenbeingmeasured.

Figure 2.Schematicexperimentroom.

Figure 3. Objectandtoolsofresearch.

(a)SectionofSudare(d)LightMeter

(b)RepleApplication(Source:Applestore)

(c)Digitalmeasurement

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InTable1,wedescribethephysicalcharacteristicsofeachSudare.OnlytypeASudareismadefromplasticstrawslats,whereastheothertypesaremadefrombambooslats.TypeBandtypeCSudarehavesimilarcharacteristics,beingmadeofsmallbamboowithsomesmalldifferenceindiameter,butwereofdifferentcolors.TypeDandESudareweremadefromsolidbamboo.ThecomparisonbetweentheSudare’ssolidpartandspacerpartcanbecalculatedtodeterminethevoidpercentageratiooftheSudare,whichwascalledVoidtoBlindRatio(VBR).

Type DiameterØ[mm]

Spacer[mm]

VBR[%]

WhitenessLevel[lux]

A 4.09

1.51 24%

755

B 2.42

1.31 33%

363

C

2.42

1.31 33%

196

D

2.47

1.01 27%

467

E

1.18

0.64 34%

419

Table1.PhysicalcharacteristicsofSudare.

Questionnaire

Datawerecollectedusingquestionnairescompletedby121studentsandteachersoftheKitakyushuUniversityasobserversforeachdifferenttypeofSudare.Therearetwopartsinthisquestionnaire.PartIwastoexaminetheconditioninwhichobserversstartedtoseeobjectsinroom2whenroom1wasatthemaximumilluminancelevel,around900lux;partIIwastoexaminethelevelofvisibilitywithchangingilluminancelevelsinroom1,fromamaximumilluminancelevelofbetween

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838-876luxtoaminimumlevelofbetween20-31lux,whileroom2wasatthemaximumlevelofilluminance,around900lux.Elevenlevelsofilluminance,frommaximumtominimum,areshowninTable2,andsamplesoftheconditionofeachexperimentcanbeseen in Table3.

Inthisexperiment,observershadtojudgeeachconditionwithavalueofbetween0-6.ThemeaningofeachvaluecanbeseeninTable4.

Table 4. Meaningofjudgmentvalue.Value Meaning0 Cannotseeobject1 Recognizesilhouette(adarkshapeseen

againstalightsurface)oftheobject2 Recognizesilhouetteandcoloroftheobject3 Recognizetheobjectandcolorbuttheseare

notreallyclear4 Recognizeandstarttoseetheobjectand

colorbutcannotpickoutdetail5 Canseetheobjectandcolorandpickout

somedetail6 Canseetheobjectclearly(identifythedetail

andcolor)

Thenextstepsweretore-runtheexperimentusingdigitalimagesofeachlevelforthefivetypesofSudarefromthepreviousexperiment,usingcomputerdisplayinteraction.Datawerecollectedfrom211respondents.Thescaleinthequestionnairehadbeenchangedfrom7levelsto11levelstogivealargerflexibilityscalethaninthepreviousexperiment(Figure4).Thescalefigureguidelinewasplacedbesideeachimagetogivetherespondentthesamefeelingofcomparisonwhendecidingthelevelofvisibility.Thisstepwastakentovalidateandimprovetheaccuracyofthepreviousexperiment.Usingthismethod,therespondentcouldbeanyonewhohadacomputerconnectedtotheInternet.

TypeLevel10[lux]

Level09[lux]

Level08[lux]

Level07[lux]

Level06[lux]

Level05[lux]

Level04[lux]

Level03[lux]

Level02[lux]

Level01[lux]

Level00[lux]

A 876 780 696 605 514 429 344 273 204 108 31B 854 761 677 589 501 416 335 265 198 104 29C 838 750 668 581 493 409 330 259 191 97 24D 860 764 679 592 502 416 334 263 192 98 25E 859 762 679 591 502 416 334 264 194 98 24

Table 2. Illuminancevalueof11conditions.

Type Room2 Room1 Level10(Room2) Level00(Room2)

A

B

C

D

E

Table 3. Experimentroomcondition.

Figure 4.Digitalimagesexperiment.

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Data and Analysis

DatafromtheexperimentshavebeencompiledandtheaveragelevelofilluminanceatwhichrespondentsstartedtoseeobjectscanbeseeninTable5. AlthoughthesourceofLEDlightwasatthesamelevel,thevalueofilluminanceintheworkingtableareawasdifferentbecauseofthedifferenceintheabsorbanceandreflectancematerialoftheSudare.Theilluminanceratiobetweentheobserverroomandtheobjectroomiscalculatedbydividingtheilluminancevalueoftheobjectroom(I2)bytheilluminancevalueoftheobserverroom(I1).Thesmallertheilluminancevalueoftheobjectroom,thesmallertheilluminanceratio.

Theaimofthisfirstpartistoknowtheminimumconditionofroom2(objectroom)inwhichtheobserverstartstorecognizetheobject.Inthisresult,typeCSudarehasthelowestilluminanceratio(0.18),whichmeansithasthelowestilluminancelevelneededfortheobservertostarttoseetheobjectintheobjectroom.TypeCSudarehasthelowestwhiteness(196lux)ofallthetypes.

Inthesecondpartofthequestionnaire,theilluminanceratiosincreased,startingfrom1,whereastheilluminancelevelbetweentheobserverroomandtheobjectroomisthesame.ThedistributionvisibilityvaluecanbeseeninTable6.

SudaretypeRoom1(I1)[Observer]

Room2(I2)[Object]

I2/I1

typeA 849.24 204.16 0.24

typeB 834.89 237.65 0.28

typeC 824.93 152.55 0.18

typeD 844.54 233.48 0.27

typeE 840.95 181.19 0.21

Table 5.Averagevalueofilluminanceratio(I2/I1)foreachSudare.

Type Level 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 00

typeA visibility 4.40 4.50 4.64 4.67 4.78 4.79 4.89 5.10 5.17 5.44 5.52

I2/I1 1.00 1.12 1.26 1.45 1.70 2.04 2.55 3.21 4.30 8.15 87.58

typeB visibility 3.90 4.03 4.22 4.35 4.55 4.76 4.94 5.17 5.41 5.54 5.58

I2/I1 1.00 1.12 1.26 1.45 1.71 2.05 2.55 3.23 4.32 8.19 85.44

typeC visibility 4.37 4.51 4.66 4.81 4.95 5.14 5.26 5.43 5.58 5.70 5.76

I2/I1 1.00 1.12 1.25 1.44 1.70 2.05 2.54 3.24 4.39 8.60 83.78

typeD visibility 3.63 3.73 3.88 4.16 4.36 4.60 4.85 5.14 5.33 5.54 5.63

I2/I1 1.00 1.13 1.27 1.45 1.71 2.07 2.58 3.28 4.47 8.77 86.04

typeE visibility 3.98 4.17 4.26 4.42 4.69 4.90 5.17 5.36 5.51 5.76 5.86

I2/I1 1.00 1.13 1.26 1.45 1.71 2.06 2.57 3.25 4.43 8.78 85.92

Table 6. Illuminanceratioineachlevelcondition.

Figure 5. AveragedistributionvalueforeachtypeofSudareineverylevelcondition.

(a)Distributionofvisibilityvalue

(b)Distributionbandrangeofvisibilityvalue. (c)Distributionbandrangeofvisibilityvalue.

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Fromthevisibilityvalueofallconfigurationsinphysicalexperimentstep,itseemsthatobserversgivequiteahighvalueofvisibility.However,comparingeachothertypeofSudare,ithasvariationsthatcanbeanalyzedtheeffectofdifferentconditionofenvironment.

BasedontheaveragedistributionofvisibilityvalueforeachSudaretypeateverystepofilluminancelevel,allshowedavalueincreasebecauseofthedecreaseinilluminancelevelinroom1(observerroom),asseeninFigure5 (a) and Table6. ComparingtheSudaretypesbasedondiameterandspacer,awiderdiameterandspacerdidnotalwayshaveahighervisibilityvalue,andtypeASudare(biggerdiameterandwiderspacer),with24%VBR,hadahighervaluefromlevel10tolevel6,butafterlevel5,typeESudare(smallerdiameterandnarrowerspacer),with34%VBR,hadahighervaluethantypeASudare.Thismeansthatinthelowerilluminanceratio,SudarewithalargescaleandasmallerVBRhaveabettervisibilityvalue,whereasinahighilluminanceratio,SudarewithasmallscaleandabiggerVBRhaveabettervisibilityvalue.ThisalsohappensifwecomparetypeASudarewithtypeDandtypeBSudare,whichhavenearlythesamewhitenesslevel.InFigure5 (b) and Figure5 (c),wecanseethatasmallerscalewillresultinawiderbandrangeofvisibilityvaluefromlevel10tolevel0condition.ThisresultisalsoanindicationthatthescaleofSudarehastobeanalyzedinmoredetailinlaterresearch.

ComparingtypeBandtypeCSudare,thesetypeshavesimilarcharacteristicsofdiameterandspacer,withdifferentwhitenesslevels:Sudarewithlowerwhitenesslevels(typeCSudarewithawhitenesslevelof196lux)haveahighervalueofvisibilityateverylevelthanhigherwhitenesslevel(typeBofSudarewithwhitenesslevel363lux).

Thenextstepwasre-runtheexperimentusingimagesfromthepreviousexperimentfor211respondents.Inthisexperiment,therespondentsnotonlygaveresponsestotwostepsoftheexperiment,whichwerewhentheystartedtoseetheobjectandanother10differentconditions,buttheyhadtogiveresponsesto21differentconditions,asshowninFigure6.Withthismethod,thedistributionfigureshowsthegradualchangesfromtheminimumvisibilitylevel(cannotseeanything)tothemaximumlevel,basedontheirperception.

Figure 6.Visibilityvaluedistributionofdigitalimagesexperiment.

Figure 7. Visibilityvaluedistributionofdigitalimageexperiment.

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ThestandardenvironmentconditionthatcanbeusedtoanalyzethepossibilitiesofSudaretobeusedonfaçadedesigncanbeseen in Figure7.Theresultsofthevisibilityvaluewhentheinsideilluminancelevelswerebelow1000luxwerebelow3,whichmeansithasalowvisibilityvaluefromoutsideandhighprivacyfrominside.Thevalueisstillunder3whentheilluminancelevelwasthesameastheoutside.Whentheoutsideilluminancewas300luxandtheinside1000lux,thevisibilityvaluewasnear4,whichmeanshighvisibility.Thisalsomeanswhentheobserverwasinsidetheroomwith300luxilluminanceandtheobjectwasoutsidewith1000luxilluminanceor,morelikely,indaytimewheretheoutsidevalueofilluminancelevelisalwaysmorethan5,000lux,andusually10,000luxormore,thevisibilityvaluewillalsohigh.Ahighvisibilityvalueofbetween4and6canbeachievedwhentheilluminanceratioismorethan4.30.

AcomparisonofthevisibilityvaluedistributionofthephysicalexperimentwiththenormalizedvalueofthedigitalimageshowsthesametrendinFigure8.Themaximumandminimumvisibilityvaluesofthedigitalimagesexperimentarelowerthanphysicalexperiment.Thisconditionismorerealisticbecauseofthenumberofstepsin21differentconditions.Inconditionlevel10,theilluminancevaluebetweeninsideandoutsidewasthesame.ThisistheminimumconditionthatwillhappenwhenusingSudareasanexternalblind,andwhentheinsideilluminanceishigherthanthatoutside,theeffectofthevisibilitywillbetheopposite(innight-time).

Avisibilityvalueofbetween0and2isconsideredlow,whichmeansonlytheobject’ssilhouetteisseen,buttheobjectisnotrecognized.However,thelevelofprivacyisconsideredhigh.Avisibilityofbetween2and4isconsideredmedium,whichmeansthatnotonlyanobject’ssilhouetteisseen,buttheobjectanditscolorarerecognizedalthoughtheyarenotclear.Thismeansthatthelevelofprivacyisalsomedium.Meanwhile,avisibilityvaluebetween4and6isconsideredhighandusefulforoccupantstoseeoutside,but,forprivacy,itisconsideredtobelowbecausepeoplecanseewhathappensontheotherside.

Inthisresearch,theconfigurationofSudarewasfixed,whichmeansthediameterorspacerbetweenslatscouldnotbechanged.Forthisreason,theresultscouldnotidentifytheoptimumconfigurationofaSudaretobeusedasabuildingfaçade.

Figure 8. Visibilityvaluedistribution.

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Conclusion

Basedontheanalysisofthequestionnairedatacomparingphysicalanddigitalexperiments,theratioofilluminanceisthemainfactorthataffectsthevalueofvisibility.Thecombinationofwhitenessfactor,scale,andtheratiobetweentheSudare’sdiameterandspacerhaveacorrelationwiththedistributionbandofthevisibilityvalue.Inalowilluminanceratio,abiggerscalehasbettervisibilityvaluebutinhighilluminance,asmallscalehasabettervisibilityvalue.Ahighvisibilityvaluecanbeachievedwhentheilluminanceratioismorethan4.30.AwiderbandrangewilleffectmoreflexibilityofcontrollingthewaytoseeandcanbeachievedwiththesmallratioofSudare.

Thecomparisonofthevisibilityvaluedistributionofthephysicalexperimentandthenormalizedvalueofthedigitalimageshowsthesametrend.Themaximumandminimumvisibilityvaluesofthedigitalimagesexperimentarelowerthanthoseofthephysicalexperiment.Thisconditionismorerealisticbecauseofthenumberofstepsin21differentconditions.

Inrealconditions,thevisibilityvalueofSudarewillimprovewhenusingoutdoorilluminanceasanobjectroombecausetheilluminancelevelisalwaysmorethan1000lux,whilethestandardinteriorilluminancewillbe300lux.

Future Work

ThenextresearchtoundertakeistoinvestigatemoredeeplytheoptimalconfigurationofSudareandtheminimumratioofilluminanceatwhichobserverscanseethroughaSudareblind,usingmorepreciseanduniformmaterialwithinthesameratiobutdifferentscales.Thisresearchhasahighpotentialtobeimplementedinfaçadedesignwithaparametricapproach:changingthespaceroftheSudareaccordingtotheenvironmentilluminancevalue. SimulatingthermalenergyconsumptionwiththedifferenttypesofSudareisalsopossible,tocomparetheeffectofeachtypeontheeffectivenessoftheenergyreductionofthebuilding(Hariyadi,Fukuda&Ma,2017).Bycontrollingtheenvironmentalenergyinputonthebuildingenvelope,energysavingcanbeachieved(Tagliabue,Buzzetti&Arosio,2012,pp.693-703;Hariyadi,Suryabrata,Fitriana&Fukuda,2015,pp.7-12).

Acknowledgements

TheauthorswouldliketothankFukudaLaboratorymembersfortheircooperationduringtheexperiment.TheresearchwassupportedbytheDirectorateGeneralofResourcesforScience,TechnologyandHigherEducationMinistryofResearch,TechnologyandHigherEducationoftheRepublicofIndonesiathroughagovernmentscholarshipforoneoftheauthorsaspartofthePh.D.project.

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