Lighting quality and office work: Two field simulation experiments

Lighting Research and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 191-223

  Boyce, P R ^a,b   Veitch, Jennifer A ^c   Newsham, G R ^c   Jones, C C ^d   Heerwagen, J ^d   Myer, M ^a   Hunter, C M ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Institute for Research in Construction ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHTING FIXTURES; VISIBILITY;

LIGHTING QUALITY; OFFICE WORK;

LIGHTING;

EID: 33748258502     PISSN: 14771535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1365782806lrt161oa     Document Type: Article

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