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Business expectations and preferences regarding the introduction of daylight saving in Queensland [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines the role of organisational, industry and regional characteristics in determining business support for the introduction of daylight saving in Queensland, Australia.
Andrew Worthington
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Losing sleep at the market: An empirical note on the daylight saving anomaly in Australia [PDF]

open access: yes
The ‘daylight saving effect’ predicts that the mean weekend return following the spring and fall/autumn changes in daylight saving time is less than the mean weekend return throughout the rest of the year.
Andrew Worthington
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Integration of Photovoltaic Shading Device and Vertical Farming on School Buildings to Improving Indoor Daylight, Thermal Comfort and Energy Performance in Three Different Cities in China

open access: yesBuildings
This study explores the integration of photovoltaic (PV) shading devices and vertical farming (VF) in school buildings to optimize indoor daylight, thermal comfort, and energy performance across three different climate regions in China: Beijing, Shanghai,
Weihao Hao   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Effects of Daylight Saving Time on Vehicle Crashes in Minnesota [PDF]

open access: yes
Daylight saving time (DST), implemented as an energy saving policy, impacts many other aspects of life; one is road safety. Based on vehicle crash data in Minnesota from 2001 to 2007, this paper evaluates long- and short-term effects of DST on daily ...
Arthur Huang, David Levinson
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Avaliação de ferramentas de simulação de iluminação natural por meio de mapeamento digital de luminâncias da abóboda celeste e entorno [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico. Programa de Pós-graduação em Engenharia CivilEntre os métodos de maior potencial para a análise do fenômeno da iluminação natural no ambiente construído, encontram-se a ...
Pereira, Roberto Carlos
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Daylight in the built environment

open access: yes
Relatively recent cultural and technological changes, particularly in Westernized societies, have led to habitat and lifestyle shifts that have gradually estranged us from daylight. Although human beings are resilient and appear able to cope with extreme
Schueler, Andreas   +15 more
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Burning Daylight Volume 1, 2012

open access: yes, 2012
Lauren A. Benjamin / What You See Is the Base of All the Faith In The World: Thingly Bodies in The Book of John Mandeville -- Alexis Wolf / Oroonoko: the African King of England -- A.L.
Burning Daylight
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The Non-Image-Forming Effects of Daylight: An Analysis for Design Practice Purposes

open access: yesBuildings
Daylight plays a crucial role in human health, and as research into its effects expands, it is essential for designers to estimate the non-image-forming impacts of various daylighting and lighting strategies.
Ting Chen, Zhiyuan Zhang
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Poetic Daylight – a pavilion for the perception of daylight

open access: yesIOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Abstract Daylight provides us with an understanding of time and space, specifying where we are in the world, every day. We delight in experiencing the changeability of daylight – from morning to evening perceiving how light and darkness affect the spaces surrounding us.
L Grønlund   +3 more
openaire   +1 more source

Análise da iluminação natural calculada por meio do programa Energyplus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro Tecnológico. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia CivilPara uma boa avaliação do desempenho termo-energético da edificação é necessário analisar também o uso da iluminação natural,
Ramos, Greici
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