Estidama — Pearl Rating System

Standards

Abu Dhabi Pearl daylighting compliance

The Estidama Pearl Rating System is Abu Dhabi's green building certification scheme. DL-Light performs the required daylighting compliance assessment across six reference dates and produces detailed date-by-date reports alongside the synthetic compliance summary.

Results show pass/fail status per Pearl credit criterion, formatted for direct submission in Estidama project documentation. The assessment covers all daylighting credit requirements of the Pearl Building Rating System.

Six-date analysis as required by Estidama
Detailed report per date + synthetic summary
Pass/fail per Pearl credit criterion
Formatted for Estidama project submission
Adapted to Abu Dhabi climate

Frequently asked questions

What is ESTIDAMA assessment?

ESTIDAMA is the United Arab Emirates' environmental assessment method for buildings. It includes daylighting credits that require specific illuminance and daylight distribution metrics to support occupant comfort and energy efficiency.

How does DL-Light compute it?

DL-Light computes illuminance and daylight metrics required for ESTIDAMA compliance using climate-based dynamic simulation with local weather data. It generates reports showing compliance with ESTIDAMA lighting credits for occupied spaces.

What thresholds or standards apply?

ESTIDAMA daylighting credits require demonstration of adequate illuminance for at least 75% of regularly occupied floor area, with target illuminance of 300 lux or greater for task areas. DL-Light calculates useful daylight illuminance (UDI) to assess compliance.

Going further

Read the full DL-Light user-guide reference for Estidama — Pearl Rating System: Windows guide · macOS guide.

Estidama — Pearl Rating System

Abu Dhabi Pearl daylighting compliance

Frequently asked questions

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