Assessing and predicting average daylight factors of adjoining spaces in atrium buildings under overcast sky

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2142-2152

  Du, Jiangtao ^a   Sharples, Steve ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atrium daylighting; Average daylight factor; Radiance simulation; Vertical daylight factor

Indexed keywords

AREA RATIOS; ATRIUM BUILDINGS; ATRIUM DAYLIGHTING; CORE AREA; DAYLIGHT FACTORS; DESIGN STRATEGIES; LIGHTING SIMULATION; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MEASURED DATA; NATURAL LIGHT; PRELIMINARY DESIGN; RADIANCE SIMULATION; SCALE MODELS; SKY CONDITION; SOLID WALL; SURFACE REFLECTANCE; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS; VERTICAL DAYLIGHT FACTOR; WINDOW AREA;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAYLIGHTING; ELECTRIC LOAD FORECASTING; ENERGY UTILIZATION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

DAYLIGHT SIMULATION;

BUILDING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LIGHT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIANCE;

EID: 79959942255     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.04.020     Document Type: Article

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