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Assessment and Improvement of Daylighting Quality in Classrooms with Double-Side Windows

open access: yesBuildings
Daylighting in educational buildings is a key factor in ensuring visual comfort and maintaining indoor environmental quality. In this context, daylight quality plays a crucial role in enhancing the lighting conditions within classrooms.
Ezzaddeen Ali Mohammed Saeed AL-Mowallad   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

The development of local solar irradiance for outdoor computer graphics rendering [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Atmospheric effects are approximated by solving the light transfer equation, LTE, of a given viewing path. The resulting accumulated spectral energy (its visible band) arriving at the observer’s eyes, defines the colour of the object currently on the ...
Busu, Ibrahim   +6 more
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Optimal design of photovoltaic shading systems for multi-story buildings [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This study provides new insights into the comprehensive energy and economic performances of photovoltaic shading systems (PVSS) in multi-story buildings. A numerical shading model was developed to evaluate the shading effect from an upper PVSS row on its
Fang, Yueping   +7 more
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Recent Advances on Thermochromic Inks for Security Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Materials Technologies, EarlyView.
Thermochromic security inks have garnered interest in recent years as security elements for authentication, information encryption, and anti‐counterfeiting. This review outlines different types of thermochromic materials, how they have been developed as functional inks, and how advancements in property enhancement, sustainability, and printing ...
Duarte B. Oliveira   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Influence of material solution of cover shells on stable daylight

open access: yesResearch in Agricultural Engineering, 2015
The impact of material solution of cover shells on stable daylight. Light is supplied to the stable via a roof skylight, where wired glass is the infill of skylight structure, through open side walls, whereby the influx of light on one side is influenced
M. Balková, D. Páleš
doaj   +1 more source

Disrupting J‐Aggregation in Triazatruxene Dimers to Develop Responsive Luminescent Inks for Anti‐Counterfeiting Applications

open access: yesAdvanced Optical Materials, Volume 13, Issue 8, March 13, 2025.
This study investigates the stimulus‐responsive behavior of trialkylated triazatruxene dimers for third‐generation luminescent security inks. In particular, the derivative with flexible dodecyl chains displays high‐contrast, reversible color changes upon heating or shear, driven by liquid crystalline phase transitions and involving J ...
Raúl Martín   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrated Dynamic Photovoltaic Facade for Enhanced Building Comfort and Energy Efficiency

open access: yesBiomimetics
This simulation study explores the potential of a novel façade design with integrated control system comprising a dynamic photovoltaic (PV) facade integrated with dimming lighting control to enhance the work environment in office buildings and achieve ...
Masoud Valinejadshoubi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Road Safety Audit for the Intersection of US 59 and IA 9 in Osceola County, Iowa Final Report, March 2012 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) requested a road safety audit (RSA) of the US 59/IA 9 intersection in northwestern Iowa, just south of the Minnesota border, to assess intersection environmental issues and crash history and recommend ...

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On the Diagram of Iso-daylight-factor

open access: yesJOURNAL OF THE ILLUMINATING ENGINEERING INSTITUTE OF JAPAN, 1968
The improved Iso-daylight-facor Diagrams are described for calculating the direct daylight-factor by using the images of solid angle projection diagram, convex mirror and fish-eye lens.We devised two types of the diagrarm for each of the above three images and were able to use one of them according to shape of light source.We compared theoretical ...
Yoshiteru Fujiwara, Yoshihiko Otani
openaire   +2 more sources

3D Printing of Soft Robotic Systems: Advances in Fabrication Strategies and Future Trends

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Collectively, this review systematically examines 3D‐printed soft robotics, encompassing material selections, function integration, and manufacturing methodologies. Meanwhile, fabrication strategies are analyzed in order of increasing complexity, highlighting persistent challenges with proposed solutions.
Changjiang Liu   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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