Comparative study of two daylighting analysis methods with regard to window orientation and interior wall reflectance

Energies

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 5825-5846

  Yoon, Yeo Beom ^a   Manandhar, Rashmi ^a   Lee, Kwang Ho ^a  

^a Hanbat National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Daylighting algorithm; EnergyPlus; Illuminance; Radiosity method; Split flux method

Indexed keywords

RAY TRACING; REFLECTION; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

CALIBRATED MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DIFFUSE COMPONENTS; ENERGY PLUS; FLUX METHODS; ILLUMINANCE; INTERIOR ILLUMINANCE; RADIOSITY METHOD;

DAYLIGHTING;

EID: 84907393337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en7095825     Document Type: Article

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