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Progressing the rights to light debate: Part 2: the grumble point revisited [PDF]
, 2005 Purpose - The paper examines the origins of the so-called "grumble point" (a sky factor of 0.2 per cent) as the measure of daylight adequacy in rights to light disputes.
Chynoweth, P
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Daylighting, Space, and Architecture: A Literature Review
Enquiry: The ARCC Journal of Architectural Research, 2015 Daylighting dynamism and constant change can characterize buildings and spaces with a living quality that cannot be achieved with any other design element.
Dalia Hafiz
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Back to the surface – Daylighting urban streams in a Global North–South comparison
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Many urban streams have vanished from the surface as a collateral effect of urban growth. Often, these buried streams have been forgotten, and only street names remind us of their existence. Reasons for stream burial include the gain of space for road or
Karl M. Wantzen +11 more
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High-Performance Integrated Window and Façade Solutions for California [PDF]
, 2020 The researchers developed a new generation of high-performance façade systems and supporting design and management tools to support industry in meeting California’s greenhouse gas reduction targets, reduce energy consumption, and enable an adaptable ...
Breshears, John +11 more
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Empirical Evaluation of the Effect of Heat Gain from Fiber Optic Daylighting System on Tropical Building Interiors [PDF]
, 2014 A fiber optic daylighting system is an evolving technology for transporting illumination from sunlight into building interiors. This system is a solution developed by daylighting designers to reduce operational costs and enhance comfort.
Abdul Rahman, Abdul Malek +3 more
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Daylight Distribution Improvement Using Automated Prismatic Louvre
Journal of Daylighting, 2020 Louvre is a common type of shading devices and has been increasingly used in office buildings. Meanwhile, some reflective types of louvre have been used to provide shade and to redirect daylight deep into buildings interior simultaneously.
Ahmad Eltaweel +3 more
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Integrated Kinetic Fins for Western Facades in Territories with Low Solar Altitudes
Buildings, 2023 Insufficient daylighting can negatively affect working quality and productivity and increase lighting energy consumption in buildings. Particularly, the western orientation has a non-uniform daylighting distribution, especially at the zone next to the ...
Marwa Kamal Fahmy +3 more
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Optimal design of photovoltaic shading systems for multi-story buildings [PDF]
, 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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Materials Science for Energy Technologies, 2020 The present study shows the application of various software performance analysis of daylighting and its energy savings potential in Energy-efficient building topologies.
Asim Ahmad +3 more
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Appraisal of Day-lighting in Sustainable Housing Development in Developing Countries
Journal of Studies in Science and Engineering, 2022 Using natural light in architectural spaces has been very beneficial in several ways including energy efficiency, cost control, health and wellbeing of users, and prevention of electricity dissipation and other negative effects of artificial lighting ...
Eugene Ehimatie Atamewan
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