Many high-rise buildings are built with highly specular envelop such as glass and metallic materials to show the buildings as landmarks and provide the occupants with better views. These specular building envelops, however, frequently cause glare prob...
Many high-rise buildings are built with highly specular envelop such as glass and metallic materials to show the buildings as landmarks and provide the occupants with better views. These specular building envelops, however, frequently cause glare problems when the direct sunlight is reflected from the building facades. The purpose of this study is to suggest a methodology of evaluating the glare potentials from buildings with specular surfaces by computer simulation techniques. An actual building located in Seoul was evaluated in terms of glare potentials by existence of sun, disability glare, visual field, veiling glare.