Investigation on Natural Lighting in Houses Constructed in Different Times in Island City
- VernacularTitle:海岛城市住宅自然采光卫生学调查
- Author:
Weiping CHEN
;
Liping DONG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Lighting;
Hygienic investigation;
House
- From:
Journal of Environment and Health
1992;0(04):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To understand the natural lighting in houses in constructed in different times island city and the influential factors in Dinghai, Zhoushan. Methods 3 districts, 92 families living in the buildings with 4-6 floors were chosen in Dinghai, Zhoushan, the daylight factor and the ratio of the window and the floor were determined, the subjective evaluation such as good, common, worse, the worst was done among 323 person according to the Code of Housing Design,GB50096-1999, Daylight Code of Building Design, GB50033-2001, Design Code for Planning City Residential Areas, GB50180-1993. Results The daylight in all the investigated houses met the requirement in GB50180-1993. The ratio of the window and the floor in the living room, bedroom, kitchen was larger than 1/7, that of the dinning room was more than 1/10, which met the requirement in GB50096-1999, in addition, the ratio of the newly buildings was higher than that of the old. The total qualified rate of the lowest daylight factor was 58.2, the main bedroom ranked the best, the living room ranked the worst, significant different results were seen in the houses constructed in different times, in 1980s, 1990s and 2000, it was 43.3%, 54.7% and 76.7% respectively. 91.9 percent of people who living in the first floor think the natural lighting worse, even the worst. Conclusion All the natural lighting designs for the involved houses in the island city can meet the requirements in the national standard of China, some people still complained the bad natural lighting, especially those who living in the lower floors.
