Daylight in atrium buildings: A critical review

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 301-312

  Sharples, S ^a   Lash, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrium; Daylighting; Deep plan buildings; Energy; Lighting; Roofs; Sustainability; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849027316     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/asre.2007.5037     Document Type: Article

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