Analysis of Natural Lighting and Visual Comfort Multipurpose Hall Building Using Software DIALux Evo 10.0 Case Study: Multipurpose Hall Building of Imbanagara Raya Ciamis Village Chief’s Office, West Java

The multipurpose hall is a multifunctional place, this building is usually used to fulfil public/public activities such as meeting or as an indoor sports room. To carry out these activities, of course, it is necessary to have comfortable conditions so that the activities in them can run well, one form of comfort is the availability of natural lighting in the room. In addition to saving energy expended on buildings, natural lighting aims to provide visual comfort for the people inside. In order to get optimal lighting, it must meet the applicable standards and have been regulated in the Indonesian National Standard (SNI). This study examines the availability and feasibility of natural lighting and the level of visual comfort in the Multipurpose Hall of the Imbanagara Raya Ciamis Village Head Office. The research method used is a quantitative method obtained from the help of the Dialux Evo 10.0 simulation software. The data obtained will be adjusted to the lighting standards from SNI. After doing the synthesis, it is known that the Multipurpose Hall building lacks natural lighting, therefore a recommendation will be given in the form of using Skylights, so that the building gets natural lighting in accordance with the Indonesian National Standard (SNI).

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