Daylight in urban canyons: Planning in Europe

PLEA 2006 - 23rd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Brotas, Luisa ^a,b   Wilson, Mike ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Renewable Energy   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Daylight; Planning; Reflected sunlight; Urban canyons

Indexed keywords

CLEAR SKY; DAYLIGHT; DAYLIGHT FACTORS; INITIAL DESIGN; OVERCAST SKIES; REFLECTED SUNLIGHT; SIMPLIFIED CALCULATIONS; URBAN CANYONS; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

PLANNING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

URBAN PLANNING;

EID: 84865740915     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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