We are now facing the challenge of sustainable development. This thesis focuses on
the building illumination of one downtown hospitality building, the Renaissance
Vancouver Hotel (RVH), to demonstrate three options for sustainable development of
architectural lighting.
The thesis employs architectural exterior lighting based on the technology of light
emitting diodes (LEDs) as a vehicle to demonstrate how to reduce the energy
consumption and maintenance costs of decorative lighting on building façades via
three transformative lighting strategies. These three transformative lighting strategies
demonstrate three possibilities of applying LEDs to develop architectural creativity and
energy sustainability for an outdoor decorative lighting system.
The first transformation utilizes LEDs for the retrofit of existing compact fluorescent
lights (CFLs) on the RVH’s façades and rooftop, in order to improve and diversify the
building’s illumination in a sustainable manner.
The second transformation optimizes the yearly programming of the new outdoor
decorative LED lighting in accordance with differing seasonal and temporal themes in
order to save energy, demonstrate architectural creativity via versatile lighting patterns,
and systematically manage the unstable generation of renewable energy.
The third transformation explores the potential of on-site electricity generation in an
urban context instead of its purchase from BC Hydro. Photovoltaic (PV) panels will
generate the electrical requirements of the RVH’s decorative exterior LED lighting.
This transformation will transfer daytime solar energy to electricity for night outdoor
building illumination; consequently, it can encourage outdoor activities in the nighttime
for Vancouverites, and is a means of compensating for the limited daytime hours in
Vancouver’s winter months.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:BVAU./4070 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Chen, Leah Ya Li |
| Publisher | University of British Columbia |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | 3810633 bytes, application/pdf |
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