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A Study of Luminance Distribution Patterns and Occupant Preference in Daylit Offices KEVIN VAN DEN WYMELENBERG1,2, MEHLIKA INANICI1 1 University of Washington, College of the Built Environment, Seattle, WA, 98103, USA 2 University of Idaho, Department of Art Architecture, Boise, ID 83702, USA ABSTRACT: New research in daylighting metrics and developments in validated digital High Dynamic Range photography techniques suggest that lu minance based lighting controls have the potential to provide occupant satisfaction and energy saving improvements over traditional illuminance based lighting controls. This paper studies the occupant preference of patterns of luminance within these contexts. Three existing luminance threshold analysis methods (scene average based luminance threshold, predetermined absolute luminance, and task average based luminance) are studied as well as additional candidate metrics for their ability to explain luminance variability of 18 participant assessments of ‘preferred’ and ‘just disturbing’ scenes. The most consistent and effective existing metric is found to be ‘absolute luminance threshold’, where the criteria is determined as limiting the percentage of pixels that exceed the threshold (~10 % of pixel values 2000 cd/m2 were rated as ‘just disturbing’). Keywords: luminance based lighting controls, discomfort glare, occupant preference, high dynamic range imaging INTRODUCTION hand, visual performance studies (such as Blackwell Successful daylight designs of o