Optimal sun-shading design for enhanced daylight illumination of subtropical classrooms

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1844-1855

  Ho, Ming Chin ^a   Chiang, Che Ming ^b   Chou, Po Cheng ^c   Chang, Kuei Feng ^d   Lee, Chia Yen ^e  

^a MOI   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c SHU TE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Day lighting; Energy saving; Numerical simulation; Sun shading

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SOURCES; SCHOOL BUILDINGS; SUN; WINDOWS;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; (PL) PROPERTIES; ELSEVIER (CO); EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; ILLUMINANCE DISTRIBUTION; ILLUMINANCE RATIOS; IN ORDER; LIGHTING CONDITIONS; LIGHTING POWER; NUMERICA L RESULTS; PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS; SUBTROPICAL REGIONS; UNIFORM ILLUMINATION;

LIGHTING;

EID: 48949115589     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2008.04.012     Document Type: Article

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