Effects of luminous environment on worker productivity in building spaces

Journal of Architectural Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 124-132

  Abdou, Ossama A ^a,b  

^a MISR UNIVERSITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Egypt)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DAYLIGHTING; GLARE; ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING; PERSONNEL; PRODUCTIVITY; WINDOWS;

LUMINOUS ENVIRONMENT;

ELECTRIC LIGHTING;

EID: 0031236323     PISSN: 10760431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0431(1997)3:3(124)     Document Type: Article

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