Daylighting & Lighting Design Resources

This is a guide to resources on daylighting or natural lighting in building design, site planning, performance measurement, lighting technology, materials, etc. This selected list includes research tools, historical sources, and strategies for finding materials at UC Berkeley and on the Internet.

Search Terms for books & articles
Reference
Guides & Handbooks
Design for Daylighting
Lighting
Solar
Windows / Glazing
Indexes for journal & newspaper articles
Journals (selected)
Organizations
Research Guides

Compiled by Susan Koskinen. Content reviewed: September 2006.

Search Terms

To find books in library catalogs or articles in the indexes.

Architectural design
Architecture and climate
Architecture and solar radiation
Buildings--Environmental engineering
Daylight
Daylighting

Interior lighting
Libraries--Lighting
Light in architecture
Lighting
Lighting, Architectural and decorative
(Type of buildings)--Lighting

Reference

Bibliographies, Dictionaries, Encyclopedias for terminology, definitions, illustrations

Architectural daylighting: a recent bibliography / Monticello, Ill.: Vance Bibliographies, [1985]. Architecture series--bibliography A 1364.

EnvDesign NA200 .A12 A7 no.1364 Index

Encyclopedia of building technology / edited by Henry J. Cowan. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice Hall, c1988.

EnvDesign TH9 .E481 1988 Reference desk

Code for lighting / Society of Light and Lighting. Oxford; Boston: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002.

EnvDesign TH7715 .C63 2002

Construction glossary : an encyclopedic reference and manual / J. Stewart Stein. 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, c1993.

EnvDesign TH9 .S78 1993 Reference desk

Dictionary of architectural and building technology / Henry J. Cowan and Peter R. Smith; with contributions by Jose Carlos Damski. 3rd ed. New York : E & FN Spon, 1998.

EnvDesign NA31 .C63 1998 Reference desk

Masters of light. first volume. twentieth-century pioneers / Henry Plummer = Masutazu obu raito. dai 1-kan. 20-seiki no. Tokyo: E ando Yu, (A+U) 2003. Kenchiku to toshi. Rinji zokango ; 2003, Nov.

EnvDesign NA2794 .P585 2003

Recommended practice of daylighting / prepared by the IESNA Daylighting Committee. Illuminating Engineering Society of North America. Daylighting Committee. New York: The Society, 1999.

EnvDesign TH7791 .I4 1999

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Guides & Handbooks

Applied illumination engineering / by Jack L. Lindsey. 2nd ed. Lilburn, GA: Fairmont Press; Upper Saddle River, NJ : Distributed by Prentice Hall PTR, c1997. Chapter 15.

EnvDesign TK4161 .L54 1997

E Source technology atlas series / Boulder, Colo., USA: E Source, 1993-- . Vol. 1: Lighting.

EnvDesign TJ163.3 .E86 1993 Reference v. 1-5 (c1993-c1996) + CD-Rom

Fiber optic lighting : a guide for specifiers / by Russell L. DeVeau. 2nd ed. Lilburn, GA: Fairmont Press; Upper Saddle River, NJ: Distributed by Prentice Hall PTR, c2001.

EnvDesign TH7725 .D48 2001

Human factors design handbook: information and guidelines for the design of systems, facilities, equipment, and products for human use / Wesley Woodson. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1992.

EnvDesign, Engin TA166 .W57 1992 Reference

The IESNA lighting handbook : reference & application / Mark S. Rea editor-in-chief. 9th ed. New York, N.Y.: Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, c2000.

EnvDesign TK4161 .I46 2000 Reference

The handbook of lighting surveys & audits / John L. Fetters. Boca Raton: CRC Press, c1998.

EnvDesign TK4399 .F2 F48 1998

Light, light, light: effective use of daylight and electric lighting in residential and commercial spaces / Jane Grosslight; illustrations by Jeffrey W. Verheyen. 2nd ed. Tallahassee, FL: Durwood Publishers, 1990.

EnvDesign TH7975 .D8 G76 1990

Recommended practice of daylighting / prepared by the IESNA Daylighting Committee. Illuminating Engineering Society of North America. Daylighting Committee. New York: The Society, 1999.

EnvDesign TH7791 .I4 1999

Site layout planning for daylight and sunlight: a guide to good practice / PJ Littlefair. Repr. with corrections. Watford: Building Research Establishment, 1995. BRE report; BR 209.

EnvDesign NA2794 .L581 1995

Time-saver standards for architectural lighting / Gary Steffy. New York: McGraw Hill, 2000.

EnvDesign TK4188 .S753 2000 Reference

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Design

Resources on design for daylighting; includes case studies, performance and design

Climate considerations in building and urban design / Baruch Givoni. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold 1998.

EnvDesign NA2541 .G56 1998

Concepts and practice of architectural daylighting / Fuller Moore; illustrations by Gregory Anderson. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1991.

EnvDesign NA2794 .M661 1991 Reference

Daylight design of buildings / Nick Baker and Koen Steemers. London: James & James, c2002.

EnvDesign NA2794 .B35 2002

Daylight performance of buildings / edited by Marc Fontoynont. London: James & James. Science Publishers, 1999.

EnvDesign NA2794 .D38 1999

Daylighting / American Institute of Architects. Washington, D.C.: The Institute, c1982.

EnvDesign TH7791 .D391 1982

Daylighting and window design / London: Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, c1999. Series title: Lighting guide; LG10.

EnvDesign TH7791 .D393 1991

Daylighting : design and analysis / Claude L. Robbins. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1986.

EnvDesign, Engineering TH7791 .R631 1986

Daylighting for sustainable design / Mary Guzowski. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2000.

EnvDesign NA2542.3 .G89 2000

Daylighting: natural light in architecture / Derek Phillips; with a foreword by Carl Gardner. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2004. Includes sections on: history, environment, windows, human factors, energy, and case studies which cover sports arenas, hotels, educational facilities.

EnvDesign NA2794 .P45 2004

Daylighting performance and design / Gregg D. Ander. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, c2003.

EnvDesign NA2794 .A53 2003

Designing with innovative daylighting / P.J. Littlefair. Watford, Herts, England: Construction Research Communications, 1996. Series title: Building Research Establishment report.

EnvDesign TH7791 .L58 1996

Developments in innovative daylighting / Paul Littlefair. London: Building Research Establishment, 2000.

EnvDesign NA2794 .L76 2000

The HOK guidebook to sustainable design / Sandra Mendler, William Odell. New York: J. Wiley, c2000.

EnvDesign NA2542.35 .M445 2000

Light & space: modern architecture / edited and photographed by Yukio Futagawa; introduction by Paolo Portoghesi; text by Riichi Miyake = Hikari no kukan / kikaku satsuei Futagawa Yukio; jobun Paoro Porutogegi; Tokyo: A.D.A. EDITA, c1994-

EnvDesign NA2794 .L5 1994 1-2 (c1994)

Light in Japanese architecture / Henry Plummer = Nihon kenchiku ni okeru hikari to kage / Henri Purama. Tokyo: E and Yu, 1995. Series title: Kenchiku to toshi.

EnvDesign NA2794 .P58 1995

Light revealing architecture / Marietta S. Millet; illustrations by Catherine Jean Barrett. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1996.

EnvDesign NA2794 .M55 1996 Reserve

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Lighting

American national standard practice for office lighting / prepared by the IESNA Office Lighting Committee. New York: Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, 2004. ANSI/IESNA recommended practice; RP-1-04. Includes standard lighting levels, drawings and graphs.

EnvDesign TK4399 .O35 .A44 2004

Architectural interior systems : lighting, acoustics, air conditioning / John E. Flynn [et al.]. 3rd ed. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, c1992.

EnvDesign TH7011 .F581 1992

Architectural lighting / M. David Egan, Victor W. Olgyay. 2nd ed. Boston: McGraw-Hill, c2002.

EnvDesign TH7703 .E3297 2002

Architectural lighting design / Gary Steffy. 2nd ed. New York : John Wiley, c2002.

EnvDesign TH7703 .S78 2002

IES recommended practice for lighting offices containing computer visual display terminals / prepared by the Subcommittee on Visual Display Terminals, IES Committee on Office Lighting. New York: Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, 1990. RP (Illuminating Engineering Society of North America); 24.

Opto TK4399 .O35 I37 1990

The IESNA lighting handbook: reference & application / Mark S. Rea, editor-in-chief. 9th ed. New York, N.Y. : Illuminating Engineering Society of North America, c2000.

EnvDesign TK4161 .I46 2000 Reference

Interior lighting for designers / Gary Gordon; ills by Gregory F. Day. 4th ed. Hoboken, N.J.: J. Wiley, c2003.

EnvDesign TK4175 .G67 2003

Lamps and lighting / edited by J. R. Coaton and A. M. Marsden.d A.M. Marsden. 4th ed. London; Sydney; New York: Arnold, 1997. Chapter 19 by J.A. Lynes on daylighting.

EnvDesign TK4161 .L27 1997

Lighting handbook / Bloomfield, N.J.: North American Philips Lighting Corp., 1984.

EnvDesign TH7710 .L531 1984 Reference

Lighting: Interior and Exterior / Robert Bean. Burlington, MA.: Architectural Press, 2004. Includes a glossary, lamp data, illustrations and case problems.

EnvDesign TH7703 .B42 2004

Lighting modern buildings / Derek Phillips. Oxford ; Boston: Architectural Press, 2000.

EnvDesign TH7703 .P513 2000

The lighting pattern book for homes / Russell P. Leslie, Kathryn M. Conway. 2nd ed. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996.

EnvDesign TK4255 .L47 1996

The lit interior / William J. Fielder; with contributions by Frederick H.Jones. Oxford; Boston: Architectural Press, 2001.

EnvDesign TH7703 .F54 2001

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Solar

See Solar Design Resources guide for more references

Energy in architecture: the European passive solar handbook / edited by John R. Goulding, J. Owen Lewis, Theo C.Rev. ed. London: B.T. Batsford for the Commission of the European Communities, Directorate General XII for Science, Research and Development, 1992.

EnvDesign NA2542.3 .E647 1992. On 2 hour reserve

Protecting solar access: a guidebook for California communities / by American Planning Association. Sacramento: Calif. Energy Commission, 1980.

EnvDesign TH7414 .A4 Library has:[V.1-2]

Solar radiation and daylight models for the energy efficient design of buildings / T. Muneer; with a chapter on Solar spectral radiation by H.Kambezidis. 1st ed. Oxford; Boston: Architectural Press, 1997.

EnvDesign NA2542 .S6 M86 1997 CD-ROM on Perm Reserve; book in stacks Book + CD-ROM

Sunlighting as formgiver for architecture / Lam, William M. C. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1986.

EnvDesign NA2542 .S6 L351 1986 copy 1 noncirculating

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Windows

Glazing design and performance for windows and interior spaces.

Climate and energy use in glazed spaces / Maria Wall. Lund, Sweden: Lund University, Lund Institute of Technology, Dept. of Building Science, 1996.

EnvDesign TJ163.5 .B84 W35 1996

Contemporary windows / Amanda Baillieu. London: Mitchell Beazley, 2003.

EnvDesign NA3020 .B35 2003

Residential windows: a guide to new technologies and energy performance / John Carmody, Stephen Selkowitz, Lisa Heschong. 1st. ed. New York: Norton, 1996.

EnvDesign TH2275 .C37 1996

Windows in buildings: thermal, acoustic, visual, and solar performance / T. Muneer; with a chapter on sol. Oxford ; Boston : Architectural Press, 2000. System requirements: Microsoft Excel software.

EnvDesign TH2270 .W645 2000 Shelved: CD-ROM Perm Reserve; Book in stacks

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Indexes for journals and newspapers

Applied Science and Technology Index - via WilsonWeb - UC Only

Coverage: 1983--present

Art Full Text / Art Index Retrospective - via WilsonWeb - UC Only

Coverage: 1929-1984, 1984-present

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals - via CSA - UC Only

Coverage: 1860's - present

Architecture Indexes & Abstracts - Periodical & Newspaper Indexes - ENVI Guide

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/architecture_articles.html

Compendex - UCB Only. Covers engineering, architectural technology.

Coverage: 1884 - present

Environmental Planning - article indexes - ENVI Guide

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/environmentalplanning_articles.html

Expanded Academic ASAP - UC Only

Coverage includes 1988 - present

History of Science and Technology (@RLG) - UC Only

Coverage: 1976 - present

IEEE Xplore (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) - UC Only

Coverage: 1988 - present

INSPEC UCB Only. Indexes 4,000+ scholarly journals, conference proceedings, books, reports, and dissertations in physics, electrical engineering and electronics, computers and control, and information technology.

The backfiles can be searched separately at INSPEC Archive (1898-1968).

Lexis-Nexis Academic - UCB Only. good for current worldwide news and information.

Coverage: Recent 20 years

NTIS (National Technical Information Service) - via CSA - UCB Only

Coverage: 1964 - present

PapersFirst/ProceedingsFirst - via FirstSearch/OCLC - UC Only. Includes papers and proceedings from worldwide conferences, symposia, meetings, expositions, workshops, and congresses. and the proceedings from

Coverage: 1993 - present

ProQuest Direct (Research Library) - UCB Only. Indexes more than 1,000 magazines and journals on art, business, humanities, health, social sciences, and sciences. Includes some full text. Coverage includes 1975 to the present.

Coverage: 1975 - present

Web of Science - UCB Only. Science, Social Science, and Arts and Humanities Citation Indexes.

Coverage: 1900 - present

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Journals

Architectural lighting / Springfield, Or.: Cassandra Pub. Corp., 1987-

EnvDesign TH7700 .A734 Library has: 1(1987)-

Architectural Record / New York City: The Record and Guide, 1891-

EnvDesign NA1 .A7 Library has: 1(July 1891)-

Architectural science review / Sydney: Academic Press, 1958-

EnvDesign TH845 .A1 A272 Library has: 1(1958)-42(1999)

Building services journal : the magazine of the CIBSE / London: Published for the Builder Group Ltd. and the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers by Building Services Publications.

EnvDesign TH6014 .B8 Library has: 20:8(Aug 1998)-

International journal of lighting research and technology / CIBSE. London: Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers, c1993-

Engineering TH7700 .L5 Library has: 25(1993)-

Lighting dimensions / [New York, etc., Lighting Dimensions Associates, etc.]

EnvDesign PN2091 .E4 L54 Library has: 5:5(July/Aug 1991)-17:4(May/June 1993), 17:6(Sept 1993)-

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Organizations

Architecture Research Institute - select Bibliography for publications by subject.

http://www.architect.org/about_us/index.htm

Daylighting Collaborative - started by the State of Wisconsin.

http://www.daylighting.org/

Illuminating Engineering Society of North America

http://www.iesna.org/ See Daylighting Com.

Windows & Daylighting Group, Building Technologies Department, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.

http://windows.lbl.gov/

Architectural Lighting Online - International Association of Lighting Designers.

http://www.archlighting.com/

NTRL (National Technical Reports Library) - Index to government sponsored research reports.

https://ntrl.ntis.gov/search/Index.aspx

P G & E- Daylighting Initiative - In addition to the daylight models exhibit, the Pacific Energy Center offers several resources on the topic of daylighting including factsheets and books on daylighting. The Daylighting Initiative program aims to raise awareness of good daylighting practice within the design community and to improve the practice of daylighting design.

http://www.pge.com/mybusiness/edusafety/training/pec/daylight/daylight.shtml

Heliodon - Pacific Energy Center, PG & E. Heliodons provide an effective tool for the visualization and calculation of solar effects at the window, building, or site scale. Access to heliodons via Center for Environmental Design Research Building Science Laboratory.

http://www.pge.com/pec/heliodon

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Research Guides

Building Codes & Regulatory Resources - This is a guide to locating codes, especially for California and the San Francisco Bay Area, in the UC Berkeley libraries and on the Internet.

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/Codes.html

Building Science Resources

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/architecture_buildingscience.html

Climatic Design Resources - This is a guide to locating codes, especially for California and the San Francisco Bay Area, in the UC Berkeley libraries and on the Internet.

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/architecture_climate.html

Green Design Resources

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/GreenAll.html

Sundials: Research Resources

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENVI/Sundials.html

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