A review of indices for assessing visual comfort with a view to their use in optimization processes to support building integrated design

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volumn 47, Issue , 2015, Pages 1016-1033

  Carlucci, Salvatore ^a   Causone, Francesco ^b   De Rosa, Francesco ^b   Pagliano, Lorenzo ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Daylight; Glare; Lighting; Objective functions; Visual comfort; Visual comfort assessment; Visual discomfort indices

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BUILDING INTEGRATED; COMFORT INDEX; DAYLIGHT; HUMAN NEEDS; INTEGRATED DESIGNS; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; VISUAL COMFORT; VISUAL COMFORT ASSESSMENTS; VISUAL DISCOMFORT; VISUAL DISCOMFORT INDEX;

GLARE;

EID: 84926209212     PISSN: 13640321     EISSN: 18790690     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.03.062     Document Type: Review

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