Graphical Representation of Climate-Based Daylight Performance to Support Architectural Design

LEUKOS - Journal of Illuminating Engineering Society of North America

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-61

  Kleindienst, Siân ^a   Bodart, Magali ^b   Andersen, Marilyne ^a,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Annual simulation; Climate based metrics; Daylighting; Schematic design; Temporal maps

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL NEEDS; CASE MAPS; CLIMATE DATA; CLIMATE-BASED METRICS; DAYLIGHTING DESIGN; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; EARLY DESIGN STAGES; GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS; ONE STEP; OVERALL QUALITY; SCHEMATIC DESIGN; SKY CONDITION; SKY MODELS; SPATIAL VISUALIZATION; TIME OF DAY; USEFUL DAYLIGHT ILLUMINANCE; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; DATA VISUALIZATION; DAYLIGHTING; GRAPHIC METHODS; METEOROLOGY;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 54949116889     PISSN: 15502724     EISSN: 15502716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1582/LEUKOS.2008.05.01.003     Document Type: Article

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