From Daylight Harvesting to Daylight Autonomy

摘要

Daylighting is a relatively new term for an ancient practice. In the millennia before the introduction of electricity, buildings were designed to take advantage of daylight to illuminate interior spaces. The Egyptians used daylight control to temper the heat of their extreme climate, introducing lattice and screens with different size openings to allow for daylight penetration into a space. In Rome, buildings were designed around courtyards surrounded by living space to maximize available daylight.