External perforated Solar Screens for daylighting in residential desert buildings: Identification of minimum perforation percentages

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1929-1940

  Sherif, Ahmed ^a   Sabry, Hanan ^a   Rakha, Tarek ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Clear sky; Daylight Glare Probability; Desert; Dynamic Daylight Performance Metrics; Solar Screen

Indexed keywords

CLEAR SKY; DATES AND TIME; DAYLIGHT AVAILABILITY; DESERT; DESERT CLIMATES; DESERT CONDITIONS; DIRECT SOLAR RADIATION; FAR-ZONE; INDOOR SPACE; LIVING ROOM; NATURAL LIGHT; NEAR ZONE; PERFORMANCE METRICS; SAUDI ARABIA; SHADING SYSTEMS; SOLAR PENETRATION; SOLAR SCREEN; SPECIFIC DESIGN; TRADITIONAL BUILDINGS;

AVAILABILITY; DESIGN; EXPERIMENTS; GLARE; LANDFORMS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN;

DAYLIGHTING;

BUILDING; CLEAR SKY; DESERT; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETERIZATION; PERFORATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RESEARCH WORK; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY; SHADING; SOLAR RADIATION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84860578762     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.02.029     Document Type: Article

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