Solar availability: A comparison study of six irradiation distribution methods

Proceedings of Building Simulation 2011: 12th Conference of International Building Performance Simulation Association

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 2627-2634

  Ibarra, Diego ^a   Reinhart, Christoph F ^a  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPARISON STUDY; DESIGN PRACTICE; DIFFERENT HEIGHTS; NEW YORK CITY; SOLAR ANGLE; SOLAR IRRADIANCES; TEST CASE; TEST SCENES; TIME COST; URBAN CONTEXT;

IRRADIATION;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84870176731     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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