The Luminance Differences index: A new indicator of user preferences in daylit spaces

Lighting Research & Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-66

  Parpairi, K ^a   Baker, N V ^b   Steemers, K A ^b   Compagnon, R ^c  

^a HELLENIC OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEILINGS; LIGHT REFLECTION; LUMINESCENCE; STATISTICAL METHODS;

LUMINANCE DIFFERENCES (LD);

DAYLIGHTING;

EID: 0036274450     PISSN: 14771535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1365782802li030oa     Document Type: Article

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