Identify regularly occupied spaces in your plans that have windows where daylighting sensors can be installed within 15 feet. These include open and private offices, conference rooms, and cafeterias.
Select glazing that allows enough daylight on as many days, and during as much of the year, as possible. Typically, the visible light transmittance of daylight glazing should be above 60%.
Discuss with your project team the possibility of adding more windows. Windows of different sizes in various locations have different levels of daylight penetration. Skylights offer diffused light, clerestories can provide longer daylight hours, and
Sketch a lighting layout that incorporates daylight sensors for the fixture types that are the most numerous and look to minimize fixtures that use the most power.
Work with your lighting designer, in collaboration with the architect, to determine the applicability of the credit requirements and their potential implementation to your project.
Start thinking and talking about how daylight sensors will be used in different spaces. Introducing this topic before the schematic design is complete will help to optimize the design for daylighting and energy savings.
