Khaled Mansy

co-author of "Recommended Practice for Daylighting Buildings"

February 4, 2014

Dr. Mansy is a professor in the School of Architecture, College of Engineering, Architecture, and Technology. He holds a Ph.D. in Architecture, with honors, from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 2001. Previously, Professor Mansy published the online book, "Design Guidelines for Sustainable Biological Field Stations," Oklahoma Academy of Sciences, ISBN: 978-0-9843264-1-9.

His expertise is in passive and low-energy architecture, daylighting design, sustainability, building technology, building systems, passive systems, environmental control, and environmental performance of buildings with special interest in energy simulation in buildings. He also has a background in urban design. Dr. Mansy provides peer-review for research papers submitted to international journals, such as Energy and Buildings, Building and Environment, and Construction and Building Materials. He provided review to the US Department of Energy, The European Union, and King Fahd University, KSA. He also provided peer review to national and international conferences, such as, ARCC 2013, ACSA 2012, DCA 2012, Solar 2011, ASHEE 2011, ACSA 2008, PLEA 2007, Housing Symposium III, Saudi Arabia (2007); and Greenbuild International Conference 2005 and 2006.

This book is published by the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA). IESNA's Daylighting Committee members joined forces to put together a much needed "Recommended Practice for Daylighting Buildings."

Daylighting has proven to be the key for energy savings in commercial buildings. It does not only save light energy, but also saves cooling energy since daylight is a cool source of light compared to the majority of artificial light sources. However, daylighting design requires a high level of expertise that is not always readily available on the design team. In addition to factors impacting the design of electric lighting systems, daylighting design also depends on a significantly extended application context, which includes site characteristics, climate, and neighboring landscape and structures. It also involved envelope systems design and glass technology. Indeed, design for daylight requires a much wider knowledge that coves a myriad of topics. For that reason, this book was developed. The book is organized in 15 chapters that cover the following: introduction, daylighting benefits, daylighting challenges, daylighting sources, standard sky luminance distributions, daylight characteristics, daylighting design, daylight delivery methods, fenestration technologies, glazing systems, shading systems, frame systems, electric lighting integration, and daylight performance simulation and design tools.

URL: https://library.okstate.edu/news/celebratingbooks/2014-honorees/khaled-mansy

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