Dynamic daylight control system implementing thin cast arrays of polydimethylsiloxane-based millimeter-scale transparent louvers

Building and Environment

Volumn 82, Issue , 2014, Pages 87-96

  Park, Daekwon ^a   Kim, Philseok ^b   Alvarenga, Jack ^b   Jin, Keojin ^a   Aizenberg, Joanna ^b   Bechthold, Martin ^a,b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daylight control system; Dynamic window system; Energy efficiency; Transparent louvers

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GLAZES; LIGHTING; OFFICE BUILDINGS; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE; SILICONES;

ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING; DAYLIGHT QUALITIES; DYNAMIC WINDOWS; FLUIDIC CHANNELS; NATURAL DAYLIGHT; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; QUANTITATIVE TESTS; TRANSPARENT LOUVERS; MILLIMETER-SCALE;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; LIGHT EFFECT; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; BUILDING; LIGHT; VENTILATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906837572     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.07.016     Document Type: Article

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