New static lightshelf system design of clerestory windows for Hong Kong

Building and Environment

Volumn 72, Issue , 2014, Pages 368-376

  Xue, Peng ^a   Mak, C M ^a   Cheung, H D ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Illuminance; Meniscus glazing panel; Static lightshelf; TracePro; Uniformity distribution

Indexed keywords

DAYLIGHTING;

ILLUMINANCE; MENISCUS GLAZING PANEL; STATIC LIGHTSHELF; TRACEPRO; UNIFORMITY DISTRIBUTION;

GLAZES;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; BUILDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LIGHT; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84890275449     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.11.017     Document Type: Article

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