Daylight and the occupant: Visual and physio-psychological well-being in built environments

PLEA 2009 - Architecture Energy and the Occupant's Perspective: Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Altomonte, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Daylight; Energy; Physiology; Psychology; Sustainability; Well being

Indexed keywords

BUILT ENVIRONMENT; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; COMPLEX TASK; DAYLIGHT; ENERGY; FIELD MEASUREMENT; HUMAN RESPONSE; LUMINANCE RATIO; NATURAL LIGHTING; PHYSICAL FACTORS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ASPECTS; SOLAR GAIN; SPECTRAL COMPOSITION; VISUAL TASKS; WELL-BEING;

ARCHITECTURE; DAYLIGHTING; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OFFICE BUILDINGS; PHYSIOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VISION; WELL STIMULATION;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84855605150     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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