Predicting daylight illuminance by computer simulation techniques

Lighting Research and Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-129

  Li, D H W ^a   Lau, C C S ^a   Lam, J C ^a  

^a Dept of Building Construction   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ERROR STATISTICS; ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

DAYLIGHT COEFFICIENT APPROACH; DAYLIGHT FACTOR APPROACH; DAYLIGHT ILLUMINANCE; LUMINANCE; LUMINANCE MEASUREMENT; SOFTWARE PACKAGE RADIANCE;

DAYLIGHTING;

EID: 3142675681     PISSN: 14771535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/13657828041i108oa     Document Type: Article

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