The daylight benefit conferred upon adjoining rooms by specular surfaces in top-lit atria

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 204-211

  Lau, Benson ^a   Duan, Zhongcheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrium building; Daylighting performance; Illumination; Multi storey buildings; Specular surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 51049104627     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/asre.2008.5125     Document Type: Article

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