The influence of the urban environment on the availability of daylighting in office buildings in Israel

Building and Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 745-752

  Capeluto, Isaac Guedi ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Daylighting; Design tools; Office buildings; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAYLIGHTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OFFICE BUILDINGS; WINDOWS;

SKY SOLID ANGLE (SSA);

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

BUILDING; LIGHT;

EID: 0037400606     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-1323(02)00238-X     Document Type: Article

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