An important part of building design and the creation of a sustainable built environment is the use of natural daylight.

There are many factors that affect our perception of space, including the quality and quantity of light. When designing a
project, daylight should be considered as a fundamental architectural element that affects the space perception.

Building orientation, opening area, glare avoidance, thermal comfort, visual needs, and the perception of space and building
properties all play a role in the design of sufficient natural light.

The daylight illuminance level and daylight autonomy have been investigated in the six foundation school building models in the
Erbil province via using the Insight Daylight Analysis.

Daylight Advantages:

Energy saving

Benefits of natural light when it comes to daylight, there are a number of factors to consider, but the most important one is the
average illumination level, which has a direct impact on how the space functions and how it is perceived.

The Sufficient daylight level decreases the necessity for artificial light in space that leads to energy saving and less energy
consumption.

Illuminance

A illuminance is defined as "the ratio of the luminous flux incident on an infinitesimal surface in the neighbourhood of the
points, to the area of surface

As far as standardization and regulation are concerned, this is the most widely accepted and simplest daylight metric.

For instance,

in LEED V4 option2 illuminance have been referred and point have been indicated to determine the illuminance ratio. The range
of acceptable illuminance threshold has been limited between 300 to 3000Lux

For measuring direct sunlight and daylight parameters, there are five pre-defined tools: Illuminance Analysis, Daylight
Autonomy, LEED2009 IEQC8 ot1, LEED V4 EQ C7 OPT2 and solar access.

In all of the case studies, Daylight Autonomy and LEED V4EQc7 opts2 have been used to analyze daylight.

The LEED V4 EQc7 opts2 tool was used to obtain the spatial Daylight Analysis (sDA) metric, while the LEED V4 EQc7 opts2 tool
used the Annual Sunlight Exposure (ASE) data.

As evidenced by the study's findings, present built settings need to increase their natural light performance. When it comes to
daylight illuminance, the results can differ based on the design layout.

A horizontal working plane of 30 inches (80 centimeters) above the finished floor level was used to calculate daylight performance
and illuminance. Ontology-based 3D models and analytical tools have been established. According to LEED v4 option2, daylight
illumination should be between 300 and 3000lux. On the 21st of September and the 15th of March, the hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
on both days have been selected as well.