Impacto del color y la tipología en la calidad lumínica de aulas educativas. El caso del bloque I de la Universidad la Gran Colombia

Abstract

Student performance and learning involve different variables; within these, artificial lighting plays an important role, since, in combination with morphological, color, and material characteristics, its quality can be higher or lower, affecting uniformity and reflectance and failing to comply with minimum regulatory requirements. The objective of this study is to analyze relationships between typology, openings, and color that allow the identification of acceptable levels of artificial lighting in representative educational classrooms to formulate architectural improvement strategies. To achieve this, a characterization of the classroom typology, materials, and morphology of openings in the facade was carried out, based on the LIDAR survey and BIM modeling; to later, through dynamic simulations in Dialux, evaluate a base scenario and 20 improved ones. The results obtained allowed us to establish that the base simulation meets 60% of the minimum regulatory requirements established by RETILAP; likewise, improvement scenario number 20 with 91% glazing greater than the baseline, materials with 17% reflectance in walls, therefore it complies with 60% reflectance and 90% uniformity, concerning the regulations. With this analysis, it can be concluded that for educational classrooms with similar characteristics to the case study, architectural adaptations must be made to improve the lighting comfort indices.