Measured daylighting potential of a static optical louver system under real sun and sky conditions

Building and Environment

Volumn 92, Issue , 2015, Pages 347-359

  Konis, Kyle ^a   Lee, Eleanor S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Daylighting; Field measurements; High dynamic range luminance images; Optical louver system; Sunlight redirecting system

Indexed keywords

CEILINGS; DAYLIGHTING; GLARE;

DAYLIGHT AUTONOMIES; FIELD MEASUREMENT; LUMINANCE IMAGES; LUMINANCE UNIFORMITY; OPTICAL LOUVER SYSTEM; SOLAR ALTITUDE ANGLE; SUNLIGHT REDIRECTING SYSTEM; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

LUMINANCE;

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; LIGHT EFFECT; LUMINESCENCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURAL COMPONENT;

EID: 84930227254     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.04.024     Document Type: Article

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