Standard daylight coefficient model for dynamic daylighting simulations

Building Research and Information

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 68-82

  Bourgeois, D ^a   Reinhart, C F ^b   Ward, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c Anyhere Software   (United States)

Author keywords

Daylight coefficient; Daylighting; Energy; Industry Foundation Class (IFC); Simulation

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEASUREMENT THEORY;

DAYLIGHT COEFFICIENTS; DAYLIGHTING SIMULATIONS; INDUSTRY FOUNDATION CLASS (IFC); STATIC MODELING;

DAYLIGHTING;

EID: 37049033615     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613210701446325     Document Type: Article

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