Proposed Fashion House in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria (Effective Use of Day Lighting in Enhancing User’s Comfort and Reduce Energy Consumption in Fashion Houses)
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2023-12
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Lead City University
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Human comfort in an environment is hinged on a number of factors that permit the wellbeing of the occupants regarding thermal comfort, anthropometric safety, acoustics, visual quality and all these are useful through improved comfort level for light, air and smell. This research looks into
effective use of day lighting and how it is use to achieve Users’ comfort and visual through the study of relevant literature and the use of case study approach of existing fashion houses south- west Nigeria. Result of the study revealed that most fashion houses in Nigeria are far off from the required lighting standards. The natural lighting strategies like, size of windows openings, window orientation to maximize natural daylight, orientation of the building which allows energy conservation which were incorporated into the proposed design to optimize adequate lighting that positively and significantly impact the psychological and physiological needs of the users of the proposed facility in terms of comfort and enhance visual. The study recommends that stakeholders should look into adopting the identified strategies in order to achieve human
comfort and visual in a fashion house or similar building design.
Keywords: Fashion house, Lighting, Visual, Users’ comfort, Ibadan.
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Fashion house, Lighting, Visual, Users’ comfort, Ibadan.