Optimizing lighting strategy in classroom using DIALux software: Case study of GKU-B Indonesia

Lighting system has been an active element in educational environment. Lighting plays a great role in designing classrooms in an institution. Inadequate lighting environment may result in poor task performance of learning activity. This paper will demonstrate how lighting strategy will affect the illuminate level in a classroom. The location of case study is General Lecture Building – West, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia. Lighting strategy used will be implemented based on the needs of problems assessed during the existing simulation and field survey. In order to verify an efficient lighting system in a classroom, consisting of artificial and natural lighting, a help of specialized software called DIALux Evo is used.