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This research assesses whether the indoor visual environment in three day care centres in Galicia (Spain) for people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia (ADOD), complies with a set of dementia-friendly design criteria and principles of environmental psychology. Qualitative evaluations, combined with measurements of indoor lighting parameters (i.e. horizontal and vertical illuminances - EH, EV; correlated colour temperature - CCT), areconducted to assess the indoor visual conditions. Building Performance Simulation (BPS) is used to evaluate the indoor daylight availability. The study highlights that indoor visual aids and lighting level for task undertaking and circadian entrainment are insufficient. Altough BPS can underpin daylight contribution from the design stage, further research regarding daylight metrics is needed to include nonvisual effects of light within the BPS capabilities.
Author(s): Carballeira M, Hamza N
Editor(s): Hamza, N. and Underwood, C.
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: Building Simulation and Optimization, Third IBPSA-England Conference
Year of Conference: 2016
Pages: 155-162
Print publication date: 12/09/2016
Acceptance date: 11/08/2016
Date deposited: 15/11/2016
Publisher: Newcastle University
URL: http://www.ibpsa.org/?page_id=797
Notes: Visual Environments, building performance simulation , Dementia day care centres
Library holdings: Search Newcastle University Library for this item
ISBN: 9780701702540
