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Methodology for Assessing Daylighting Design Strategies in Classroom with a Climate-Based Method

Moreno, María Beatriz Piderit; Labarca, Constanza Yañez - In: Sustainability 7 (2015) 1, pp. 880-897

Considering the importance of daylight in the performance and well-being of the students, an investigation has been carried out in daylit classrooms. The objective was applying a methodology that integrates the daylight variations to know the annual lighting performance in typologies that...

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Improving the validity and credibility of the sociocultural valuation of ecosystem services in Amman, Jordan

Peck, Megan; Khirfan, Luna - In: Ecological economics : the transdisciplinary journal of … 189 (2021), pp. 1-17

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Comparative Study of Two Daylighting Analysis Methods with Regard to Window Orientation and Interior Wall Reflectance

Yoon, Yeo Beom; Manandhar, Rashmi; Lee, Kwang Ho - In: Energies 7 (2014) 9, pp. 5825-5846

The accuracy and speed of the daylighting analysis developed for use in EnergyPlus is better than its predecessors. In …

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Empirical Evaluation of the Effect of Heat Gain from Fiber Optic Daylighting System on Tropical Building Interiors

Munaaim, Muhammad Arkam C.; Al-Obaidi, Karam M.; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 12, pp. 9231-9243

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. As an … innovative technology, fiber optic daylighting systems can illuminate building interiors efficiently compared with other …

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Solar and Lighting Transmission through Complex Fenestration Systems of Office Buildings in a Warm and Dry Climate of Chile

Bustamante, Waldo; Vera, Sergio; Prieto, Alejandro; … - In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 5, pp. 2786-2801

the year. The objective of this paper is to evaluate the thermal and daylighting performance of office buildings … consisted of measuring the short wave solar and daylighting transmission through fenestration systemsby means of pyranometers … high solar and daylighting control of incoming solar radiation. The other two ESD systems evidence a general good …

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A Comparative Study of the Building Energy Performance of Thermotropic Windows

Yao, Jian; Zheng, Rong-Yue - In: Open House International 42 (2017) 1, pp. 16-22

windows achieve a great advantage in improving daylighting performance and in reducing the overall energy demand, by reducing …

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Towards an Analysis of Daylighting Simulation Software

Acosta, Ignacio; Navarro, Jaime; Sendra, Juan J. - In: Energies 4 (2011) 7, pp. 1010-1024

The aim of this article was to assess some of the main lighting software programs habitually used in architecture, subjecting them to a series of trials and analyzing the light distribution obtained<em> in situ</em>ations with different orientations, dates and geometry. The analysis examines Lightscape...

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Chronobiological aspects of green buildings daylighting

Hraska, Jozef - In: Renewable Energy 73 (2015) C, pp. 109-114

main purposes. First, the author presents and summarizes a conceptual framework of chronobiological aspects of daylighting …

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Natural light controls and guides in buildings. Energy saving for electrical lighting, reduction of cooling load

Gago, E.J.; Muneer, T.; Knez, M.; Köster, H. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 41 (2015) C, pp. 1-13

The residential sector is responsible for approximately a quarter of energy consumption in Europe. This consumption, together with that of other buildings, mainly from the tertiary sector, makes up 40% of total energy consumption and 36% of CO2 emissions. Artificial lighting makes up 14% of...

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The role of window glazing on daylighting and energy saving in buildings

Hee, W.J.; Alghoul, M.A.; Bakhtyar, B.; Elayeb, OmKalthum; … - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 42 (2015) C, pp. 323-343

daylighting aspects of a building are considered concurrently. Optimization techniques offer a balance solution for the … glazing on the energy and daylighting performances of building through the previous researches. Then, the optimization …

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