The Influence of Reflected Solar Glare Caused by the Glass Cladding of a Building: Application of Caustic Curve Analysis

Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 347-357

  Brzezicki, Marcin ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSTIC CURVES; CONVEX SHAPES; GEOMETRICAL CONDITIONS; GLASS CLADDING; LUMINANCE VALUE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRECISE POSITION;

CLADDING (COATING);

GLARE;

FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOMETRY; LUMINESCENCE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRECISION; SOFTWARE; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT;

EID: 84859629117     PISSN: 10939687     EISSN: 14678667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8667.2011.00751.x     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Abramoff, M., Magelhaes, P. & Ram, S. (2004), Image processing with ImageJ, Biophotonics International, 11(7), 36-42.
2. Al-Sallal, K. (2007), Testing glare in universal space design studios in Al-Ain, UAE desert climate and proposed improvements, Renewable Energy, 32, 1033-44.
3. Bassett Consulting Engineers (2008), STAR Project, Assessment of Reflected Solar Glare from Glazed Façade Pirrama Road, Tabcorp. Available at:, accessed November 24, 2009.
4. Brzezicki, M. (2010), The influence of glare caused by glass cladding of high-rise buildings, in Proceedings of the High Rise Towers and Tall Buildings. Design and Construction of Safe and Sustainable High Rise Structures, International Conference Munich, April 14--16, 60-61.
5. Coates, Ch. (2005), Dimming Disney Hall; Gehry's Glare Gets Buffed, Los Angeles Downtown News. Available at:, accessed December 10, 2011.
6. Chiabrando, R., Fabrizio, E. & Garnero, G. (2009), The territorial and landscape impacts of photovoltaic systems: definition of impacts and assessment of the glare risk, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 13, 2441-51.
7. Eisele, J. & Kloft, E. (2003), High-Rise Manual: Typology and Design, Construction and Technology, Birkhäuser, p. 159.
8. Lockwood, E. H. (1967), Caustic curves, in A Book of Curves. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, pp. 182-5.
9. Naai-Jung, S. & Yen-Shih, H. (2001), An analysis and simulation of curtain wall reflection glare, Building and Environment, 36, 619-26.
10. Perry, M. J. (1990), Mechanisms of discomfort glare, Lighting Research and Technology, 22(3), 159-60.
11. Prasad, D. K. & Snow, M. (2005), Designing with Solar Power A Source Book for Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV), The Images Publishing Group Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia, p. 32.
12. Roaf, S., Crichton, D. & Nicol, F. (2009), Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate Change: A 21st Century Survival Guide, Architectural Press. An imprint of Elsevier, Oxford, Burlington, MA, p. 230.
13. Schiller, M. (2003), Shiny Buildings, Society of Building Science Educators - SBSE News, Winter, 2-3.
14. Zack, G. W., Rogers, W. E. & Latt, S. A. (1977), Automatic measurement of sister chromatid exchange frequency, Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry, 25(7), 741-53.