Validation of skylight performance assessment software

ASHRAE Transactions

Volumn 112 PART 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 44-56

  Laouadi, A ^a,b   Arsenault, C ^b  

^a ASHRAE ^*  (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ILLUMINANCE COMPARISON; INDOOR DAYLIGHT AVAILABILITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RECTANGULAR WOODEN BOX;

DAYLIGHTING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; EVALUATION; GLAZES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; WINDOWS;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 33750318836     PISSN: 00012505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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